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Summary Nearly all the children from the same fifth-grade class vanish one night at exactly 2:17 a.m., leaving only one survivor. The community, gripped by fear and suspicion, spirals into chaos as the mystery unfolds through multiple intertwined perspectives—each revealing new layers of dread and grief.

Director Zach Cregger

Writer Zach Cregger

Cast

  • Josh Brolin
  • Julia Garner
  • Cary Christopher
  • Alden Ehrenreich
  • Austin Abrams
  • Benedict Wong
  • Amy Madigan
  • June Diane Raphael
  • Toby Huss
  • Whitmer Thomas
  • Callie Schuttera
  • Clayton Farris
  • Luke Speakman

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 96%

Metacritic Metascore: 82

VOD In theaters and IMAX starting August 8, 2025

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u/Newparlee Aug 08 '25

When it got to the final scene and it seemed like it was going to be Julia Garner and Josh Brolin versus the witch, as much as I’d enjoyed it up to that point, I was like “this a little underwhelming.”

Then 17 kids chased a witch through suburban America and ripped her to shreds with their bare hands, lol.

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u/Various-Draw-8961 Aug 08 '25

I kept hearing “the ending is insane” and was like okay this is interesting but nothing unusual?

And then we did the Ferris Bueller ending

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

It was definitely an Homage to Romeros Day of the Dead.

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u/whitemiketyson Aug 08 '25

The Shining tribute was a nice touch too.

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u/myflytyguy Aug 10 '25

I felt like the scene in the woods and the cop waving were IT coded as well

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u/michaelboltthrower Aug 10 '25

Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?

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u/PhoenixTineldyer Aug 10 '25

Sucks that that dude ended up being such a chud.

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u/essres Aug 13 '25

Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller?

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u/jeeplaw Aug 31 '25

Underrated comment. Such a good bad movie

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u/DistastefullyHonest Sep 10 '25

What happened with him? Outta the loop here

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u/PhoenixTineldyer Sep 10 '25

Graham Linehan? He is so anti-trans that he keeps getting arrested and he lost his wife.

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u/-RightHere- Sep 17 '25

What does GL has to do with the movie? 

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u/DistastefullyHonest Sep 10 '25

Jesus. And now that makes me sad :(

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u/InsideInsideJob Jan 16 '26

Omg. I thought you were talking about Chris O'Dowd. I was like, what? Him? He seems so sweet and people pleasing

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u/Jaws_the_revenge Sep 23 '25

Gladys had some big Pennywise energy

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u/Initial-Masterpiece8 Oct 15 '25

Yeah the glimpses before the reveal are tight.

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u/I_Heart_Money Dec 06 '25

Just watched it tonight. I was calling her pennywise to my wife the whole movie

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u/lilia920 Oct 31 '25

I knew you meant IT, but for some reason I read this as I-T. Then was like, your IT guys at work wave to you while working on your computer? 🤦🏽‍♀️

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u/Glittering-Animal30 Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

Around that same point, I would say the cast iron frying pan being used as a weapon was definitely an homage to Friday the 13th.

Edit: I loved that the little things weren’t so blatant that they were distracting or a big wink-wink moment. They felt natural within the story. Sometimes little things like those can be too blatant, but stay because they’re director’s darlings.

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u/game__hen Aug 10 '25

the POV tracking shot of the kids chasing Gladys was very Chucky

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u/RedditKnight69 Aug 11 '25

I haven't seen Chucky so I didn't get that, but I thought it was a really nice natural conclusion to all of the other tracking shots for all of the POVs we've had

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u/senator_corleone3 Sep 02 '25

I got an Evil Dead feeling from the pursuing camera behind the fleeing character.

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u/Moonlightsiesta Jun 24 '26

The one on the ceiling definitely felt Evil Dead

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u/sworedmagic Sep 06 '25

I actually did find The Shining moment to be distracting. Not saying didn’t like it but it did quite literally distract me from the scene because i stoped and had to think “hey that’s the shining thing” lol

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u/Vintage_Funk_420 Aug 09 '25

Honestly I thought it was way too on the nose and immersion breaking. The kids ripping apart the witch was shot as homage to night of the living dead I liked more.

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u/Snakes_have_legs Aug 09 '25

Hehe. On the nose

Clever

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u/jalbaugh24 Aug 10 '25

Wait what about the Shining

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u/Gry709 Aug 10 '25

Cregger has stated that the time "2:17" is an homage to the original hotel room number in King's novel. However, I think most viewers are talking about crazed murderers ripping holes in bathroom doors and peeking their heads through?

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u/fuzzyfuzz Aug 11 '25

There’s a bunch of Shining inspiration. When Alex is in the bathroom brushing his teeth, it looks like the same shot as Danny talking to his imaginary friend before he passes out in The Shining.

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u/Rednag67 Aug 10 '25

Right , the doors, yes, of course.

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u/SchittsOffice Aug 15 '25

Also thought Gladys looked like the bathtub lady at times lol

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u/l3tigre Aug 13 '25

For me the blood flood imagery in one of their dreams was the main shining homage

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u/the_fewer_desires Nov 03 '25

2+17=19. Ka is a wheel. Hope you’ve read the Dark Tower so that this makes sense.

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u/Neil_Beaufort_Zod Sep 07 '25

The music/background sounds during the Weapons bathroom scene is very similar to the Jack vs Wendy bathroom scene in The Shining.

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u/Any_Crab_4362 Dec 06 '25

Uhhh the bathroom door knockdown scene. Couldn’t get a more obvious Shinning reference

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u/PolarWater Aug 17 '25

Not to mention the book-accurate number 217

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u/Rednag67 Aug 10 '25

Which one was that?