The old lady scene
It was genuinely creepy until she turned into an over the top CGI cartoon. Less is more in horror movies.
shareThat was one of the main problems with these newer films - too many CGI monsters. Got very formulaic and boring after a while, and not to mention it wasn't frightening.
shareNo, these movies are the first and best adaptation of the book. Ever.
Yes they were better than the originals with Tim Curry and I liked them overall, but they should have cut down on the CGI monsters running towards the camera. It stopped being scary the first time they did it never mind the umpteenth time.
shareIt IS a shapeshifter, there's no other way to achieve the more outlandish forms he takes, and even a lot of the forms had an anorexic guy running around in a costume or costumes augmented by CGI. The only 100% CGI thing I can think of was Chapter 2's Spider Pennywise, although even that had Bill Skarsgard in some moments, especially when he's been shrunk by insults and he's a baby. The behind-the-scenes footage shows Skarsgard being stapled to the set in his pancake head prosthetic.