In 1986, the unofficial “King” of horror (Stephen King) unleashed what would become one of his quintessential stories. It was a saga about a group of outcasts that bands together to survive–and then later–take down a horrifying monster that feasts on children. The book’s title, IT, played on one of the key ingredients to a truly terrifying villain: not knowing what it is.
Only a couple years later, ABC was considering making a made-for-TV film based on the novel. The task was ambitious to say the least, since the source material is over a thousand pages long. The network also faced the challenge of towing the line between being a faithful adaptation and getting past the TV censors.
So, let’s head into the town of Derry, Maine, and learn more about the 1990 mini series based on Stephen King’s novel, IT!