The upcoming silver-screen remake of Stephen King’s It has generated a massive amount of attention. The new trailer floated up nearly 200 million views in its first 24 hours, smashing a world record for first-day trailer traffic previously held by Fate of the Furious . But It hasn’t had the smoothest road to theaters. In 2015, True Detective director Cary Fukunaga walked away from the film, leaving Mamá director Andrés Muschietti to helm a new version of the script. That script, judging by remarks from a disgruntled Fukunaga, is likely a much more “conventional” version than the “experimental” film he wanted to make. It’s ironic that the idea of “conventional” horror should have attached itself to such a notoriously unconventional horror novel. The difficulty of adapting King’s 1986 magnum opus for the screen means that until now, Hollywood hasn’t tried to top the...