They all float in this first ‘It’ trailer

Author Stephen King has had a very hit and miss track record when it comes to adaptations of his stories. For every Shawshank Redemption, The Shining and The Green Mile, there’s a The Lawnmower Man, Sleepwalkers and Maximum Overdrive. Even within some of his projects that are seen as a success, there can be weak moments. Take the TV mini-series based on his door-stop-thick novel, It – the first two thirds were fantastically freaky, spawning a generation of coulrophobics, but the last third is somewhat of a let down.

Hoping to rectify this is director Andrés Muschietti. His previous project Mama proved that he can do creepy, and this first trailer for his version of It brings all the scares.

Starring Midnight Special‘s Jaeden Lieberher, and Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard, this film will form the first of two movies. This one will tell the story of the ‘Loser’s Club’ during their younger years as they first try and take down the evil clown, Pennywise. The second movie will then see the adult versions of the children take over the fight.

Taking on the role of Pennywise is Bill Skarsgård, and he has big shoes to fill. Tim Curry was pant-wettingly scary, just seeing him is enough to induce nightmares. We’re still not quite sold on the appearance of this Pennywise, clowns are always creepier when they don’t look evil, but this trailer shows some great promise.

It arrives in the UK and U.S on 8th September 2017.