It (titled onscreen as it chapter one) is a 2017 american supernatural horror film directed by andy muschietti and written by chase palmer, cary fukunaga, and gary dauberman. It is an american supernatural horror media franchise centering around the shapeshifting creature it, who wakes up every 27 years to feed off the fear of children. Sep 8, 2017the horror thriller “it”, directed by andrés muschietti (“mama”), is based on the hugely popular stephen king novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades.