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Review: Overlong 'It Chapter Two' confronts scarier evils than Pennywise the clown

There are things far more horrific than evil, shape-shifting sewer clowns in "It Chapter Two," the bruising conclusion to the 2017 Warner Bros. hit that brings the now-adult heroes home to face their ultimate fears.

That ancient, festering evil still lurks in Derry, Maine, where seven misfit friends dubbed the "Losers Club" were terrorized as kids one summer by Pennywise the Clown, the monstrous Stephen King creation who's fueled nightmares since the 1986 publication of "It" and the 1990 miniseries of the same name.

Pennywise returns with new tricks, sharper teeth and a hankering for revenge in the sequel opening Sept. 6 and directed again by Andy Muschietti ("Mama") from a

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