Stephen Kings 85% Rotten Tomatoes Monster Horror Flick Is Clowning Its Streaming Competitors

Now that spooky season is officially upon us, there's no better time to be a Stephen King fan, and yet another of his adaptations is moving up the streaming charts. It (2017), which was Bill Skarsgrd's debut performance as Pennywise the Clown, has joined the sequel, It Chapter Two, in the Max top 10. The film currently sits in the #3 spot, falling only behind Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and a more recent King adaptation, Salem's Lot. It is set in 1989 and tells the story of a group of bullied kids who work together to destroy a shape-shifting monster who takes the form of a clown and preys on children in their hometown of Derry. The film stars Jack Dylan Grazer and Finn Wolfhard and currently sits at an 85% score from critics and an 84% rating from general audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.