[Oliver_W]

Inside the apartment, Bev receives a poem postcard as the older woman begins to act strangely and sweat. “You know what they say about Derry?” the woman asks Bev. “No one who dies here really dies.” The lady reveals a scar on her chest and appears naked in the kitchen. The lady runs at Bev as the trailer cuts away to a montage of the other characters

Sounds shit. You just know the running will be accompanied by a "scary" music cue. Don't the filmmakers understand what made the scene so effective in the book and miniseries - Bev slowly realising something wasn't quite right was creepy and unsettling. Making so blatant is just ... wrong

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Sounds shit. You just know the running will be accompanied by a "scary" music cue. Don't the filmmakers understand what made the scene so effective in the book and miniseries - Bev slowly realising something wasn't quite right was creepy and unsettling. Making so blatant is just ... wrong

I mean, it’s part of the trailer? The scene itself in the film could last for about 5 minutes for all we know.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Sounds shit. You just know the running will be accompanied by a "scary" music cue. Don't the filmmakers understand what made the scene so effective in the book and miniseries - Bev slowly realising something wasn't quite right was creepy and unsettling. Making so blatant is just ... wrong

Describes everything that was wrong with the first film. They abandonned the building tension and dread in favour of jumpscares. Boring.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Describes everything that was wrong with the first film. They abandonned the building tension and dread in favour of jumpscares. Boring.

Yup. To be fair, in the book there was a "spooky house" bit, but they

Spoiler:

went there to kill the werewolf. They succeeded, and It couldn't take that form anymore, and the house lost its spookiness because It couldn't go there

It was more jumpy and actiony rather than being creepy, and would have worked fine in a Modern Horror Movie(tm) as it was.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Sounds shit. You just know the running will be accompanied by a "scary" music cue. Don't the filmmakers understand what made the scene so effective in the book and miniseries - Bev slowly realising something wasn't quite right was creepy and unsettling. Making so blatant is just ... wrong

I have to agree with this. I really hope the whole movie isn't just jump scares like the first. I did enjoy the first movie but it was missing that sense of tension and dread that made the tv series so good.