Watch the It: Chapter 2 trailer now and get ready to float into theaters in September

The first It: Chapter 2 trailer is both a coulrophobic reckoning and a chance to appreciate the master-stroke casting of the modern Losers Club. Opening with a long scene of Beverly (played in present-day scenes by Jessica Chastain) visiting her childhood home, Beverly realizes that she didn't leave the terror behind with her school years. Maybe coming back to Derry was a mistake.

The tense-into-terrifying apartment visit (is it just me or are naked old ladies becoming a horror trope) accounts for all but 30 seconds of the 2:55 trailer. In that last half-minute we're introduced to the rest of It: Chapter 2's Losers Club 27 years later: James McAvoy as Bill, Bill Hader as Richie, Isaiah Mustafa as Mike, Jay Ryan as Ben, James Ranson as Edie, and Andy Bean as Stanley.

It: Chapter 2 will hit theaters on September 6, 2019. The first movie is still the highest-grossing horror movie ever, so we'll see if Pennywise can lure enough people back into theaters to break his own record.

Find more to scream and shout about this year in our guide to new horror movies. Or take a look back at our horror favorites from 2018 in this video recap.

Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.