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Stephen King on 'It,' 'Stranger Things,' what's scary. The undisputed master of modern horror, Stephen King remains as vital and prolific today as he was when his first classics — including Carrie, Salem’s Lot, The Shining, and The Stand — were published four decades ago.

For proof of the best- selling author’s continuing relevance, look no further than the numerous adaptations of his work currently arriving on screens both big and small. Be it Audience Network’s Mr. Mercedes and Spike TV’s The Mist, Netflix’s upcoming Gerald’s Game and 1.

The Dark Tower, 2. King’s macabre tales. That trend will continue come Friday, when director Andrés Muschietti (Mama) delivers a movie based on King’s 1. It, a sprawling saga about a group of self- proclaimed “losers” in Derry, Maine, who are forced to contend with an ancient evil that takes the form of a clown named Pennywise.

Already brought to life by a memorable 1. ABC miniseries — highlighted by Tim Curry’s unforgettable performance as the pasty- faced fiend — it’s a tale of adolescent anxieties and unholy terror that encapsulates much of what makes King’s writing so great. It’s also nothing short of gigantic, its narrative set across two distinct time frames, which is why Muschietti’s film (which at one point was going to be helmed by True Detective’s Cary Fukunaga) will only tackle half of King’s tome, focusing on its protagonists when they’re kids, and leaving their adult experiences for a potential sequel.

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Speaking to Yahoo Movies from his home in Maine, King says that Muschietti’s It gets the book right, and after enduring scores of cinematic translations — some significantly better than others — he would certainly know. Moreover, he sounds excited about the sudden explosion of TV shows and movies that take his stories as source material — as well as the one, Netflix’s Stranger Things, that doesn’t replicate his writing so much as channel its spirit. From last year’s rash of real- life scary- clown sightings, to his collaborations with George A. Romero (Creepshow) and Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist), to the adaptations that he thinks got short shrift from audiences and critics, the acclaimed author doesn’t hold back in our wide- ranging interview.

Yahoo Movies: It is my favorite novel of yours, and I’m in the process of re- reading it for the first time in years…Stephen King: I hope it holds up a little bit. It does, and reading it now is a unique experience, because the book was so important to me as a kid, and yet from an adult perspective, it resonates in all these different ways…It’s funny, isn’t it — some of them just holler at you across the years. Obviously, the immediate reason for my re- read is the new adaptation of It.

Have you seen the film yet? Yeah, I saw it in Florida maybe five or six months ago, and then I saw it again last month, when it was pretty well locked up.

So yeah, I’ve seen it twice. And I think what I saw the last time was pretty much the finished product. They may have tinkered with it a little more. Were you involved with the film in any way? No. Was that by choice?

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They didn’t ask me. At one point, somebody sent me the script — do you remember Cary Fukunaga? I read his script, and he was very much on the right track. First of all, what they did in splitting that story right down the middle — saying, “We’ll do the kids, and if we’re successful with the kids, we’ll do the grown- ups. We’ll come back and do Chapter 2.” I don’t know if you’re aware of this or not, but the last thing in the final cut that I saw — the penultimate final cut, anyway — is a title card that says, “The End of Chapter 1.” And depending on how the movie does, they’ll make another one. I think they’re pretty well set on that now. Which will be interesting, because that’s the perfect way to do it.

Otherwise, you’re in miniseries territory, where ABC was all those years ago. I recently revisited the 1. ABC miniseries, and it traumatized my younger daughter — which, I guess, is the goal. It traumatized a lot of 8- to 1. And those kids are now grown up. They’re kids of the ’8. Tim Curry as Pennywise the clown in ABC’s  It miniseries (Photo: Everett Collection)More.

After years of adaptations, do you like to be involved in the movies and TV shows based on your work? Well, I’m primarily a book guy. That’s what I do; that’s what I’m best at. And at the time that It was in preproduction — it was in preproduction, it was out; it was green light, it was yellow light. And that was kind of in the corner of my eye. I usually have something that I’m working on that I can do, and I think you’re best when you concentrate on what you can do. The other thing is, do they really want the writer in there to screw up what they’re doing?

There have been some fantastic movies done that I had nothing to do with. Misery is one. Stand by Me is another one — I can’t remember if I saw that script.

I saw the script for Frank’s [Darabont] film of The Shawshank Redemption, and my reaction was, “This is a fantastic script and nobody will shoot it, because it’s too much talk.” So that’s how that turned out. If they ask me to get involved, sometimes I will say OK. But it’s usually reluctant, because it’s basically free work for them.

And you don’t know what’s going to be accepted and what’s not. Because I’m sitting here in Maine, they’re out there wherever they are, and they have a team and they don’t necessarily want some guy calling signals from the bleachers, you see what I mean? The focus of It will undoubtedly fall on Pennywise, who’s now being played by Bill Skarsgård. Does his interpretation of the character more closely align with what you originally envisioned — or does Tim Curry’s miniseries portrayal still reign in your mind? I thought Tim Curry made the miniseries. He did. If Pennywise doesn’t work, obviously the thing doesn’t work at all, you know?

People come to a thing like that because they want to be frightened, and if Pennywise isn’t frightening, the thing falls on its face, obviously. But Tim Curry did scare a lot of kids — you’re probably a case in point! Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the clown in the new film It (Photo: Warner Bros)More. Definitely. Pennywise is scary in the book, he needed to be scary in that miniseries, and he needs to be scary in the movie. And he is. They’re both good. I wouldn’t pick one above the other. I would just say that Andy [Muschietti] had more to work with in terms of modern technology and, for all I know, budget too.

I’m sure he must have had more; I can’t remember what the miniseries cost — at one time I knew — but it wasn’t that much. It was a TV thing. After last year’s rash of menacing- clown sightings, you took to Twitter in support of clowns.

Were you annoyed that you were being blamed, at least in part, for this phenomenon? I shrugged it off. The Thirteenth Floor Full Movie In English there. Because clowns are scary.

There’s just no way around that. Clowns can be as angry as they want, and that’s their right — they’re clowns! I mean, obviously they love kids. I came out in support of some clowns in Europe who asked me to say something nice about clowns because they go to hospitals and try to cheer up sick kids. I mean, if I were a sick kid and I saw a f–king clown coming, all the red lines would go off on my gear, because I’d be scared to death! So kids are scared of clowns.

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