'It: Welcome To Derry' review: A familiar yet fresh jaunt into the past

'Hey, Stranger Things peeps – it's 1962, we were "kids on bikes" first. You too, Goonies.' Photos: Handout

There's a wealth of depth and expanse to the universe of woes and wonders crafted by Stephen King, and the happy news is that we have an ever-widening field of storytellers eager to explore its darker corners (they're all dark, Davey).

In recent years, we've had Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, the Carrie TV show), Osgood Perkins (The Monkey), Francis Lawrence (The Long Walk) and Edgar Wright (The Running Man), among others, tackling King-related projects with varied but usually good results.