All The President’s Horror
From ‘It’ To ‘The Exorcist’
It comes out today, the Stephen King screen rehash that really does look better than the two-part Emmy-winning mini-series made in 1990. The 90s adaptation cost $12 million to make, which would be about $22.5 million today. The budget for It (2017) was $35 million, so it better look better.
Director Andres Muschietti’s career was sparked by Guillermo Del Toro, the producer of Muschietti’s first studio film, Mama. Mama grossed $146 globally on a budget of $15 million. If It does a similar ratio (10x) it will gross somewhere around $350 million, placing it among the top-5 highest global grossing horror films of all-time. It did just break the pre-sales record for horror films on Fandango, so there’s a chance.
If It does this well, Muschietti is as hot as a hire gets in Hollywood. So why did he choose this film? Why does America want to see It so bad?
Scary clowns resonate.
Is it a coincidence that clowns are the focal point of American Horror Story this season? I’m gonna say no.
