"that the story ""owes a big debt to Stephen King’s ""It"""" (1986) and that it has shades of ""Torchwood"" episode ""From Out of the Rain"" and ""Doctor Who"" serial ""The Greatest Show in the Galaxy"". In conclusion, McAllister notes that ""[t]his may not be earth-shattering kids’ TV, but it’s good creepy fun nonetheless."" This was the eighth of eleven Sarah Jane Adventures serials to be adapted as a novel. Written by Phil Ford, the book was first published in Paperback on 6 November 2008. The Day of the Clown The Day of the Clown is the second story of Series"
"quite comprehend but against which they must fight. Described as a mysterious, prehistoric entity from beyond time and space, It is a monster of unknown origin that preys on Derry's residents every twenty-seven years, stating It finds the fear in children akin to ""salt(ing) the meat"". Among It's powers is shapeshifting into a form that induces fear while killing the victim, normally assuming the form of a middle-aged man dressed in a clown costume, calling itself """"Pennywise the Dancing Clown"""" and occasionally Bob or Robert Gray, modeled after Bozo, Clarabell and Ronald McDonald. It can also manipulate people and use"
"It (miniseries) It (also known as Stephen King's It) is a 1990 American supernatural thriller horror drama miniseries directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and adapted by Lawrence D. Cohen from Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name. It is the first of two adaptations of the novel; the second being the 2017 film adaptation and its upcoming 2019 sequel. The story revolves around a predatory shapeshifter which has the ability to transform itself into its prey's worst fears, allowing it to exploit the phobias of its victims. It mostly takes the human form of a sadistic, wisecracking clown called"
"Maine, created a trinity of fictional Maine towns—Derry, Castle Rock and Jerusalem's Lot—as central settings in more than one work. On several occasions in ""It"", the Losers find themselves at 29 Neibolt Street, a run-down, abandoned house near the trainyard. It's here where Eddie Kaspbrak first encounters It, which shows itself as a mix between a homeless leper and its familiar Pennywise form. Later, after Eddie tells them his story, Bill and Richie go to investigate the house and are chased off by It, the creature having taken the form of a werewolf. Soon after these incidents, the Losers Club"
"the answer was clowns. King thought of a troll like the one in the children's tale ""Three Billy Goats Gruff"", who inhabited a sewer system. The character was portrayed in its Pennywise form by Tim Curry in the 1990 television adaptation and in the 2017 film adaptation by Bill Skarsgård, who will reprise the role in ""It: Chapter Two"", which is scheduled to be released on September 6, 2019. In the novel, It is an eternal entity that can shape shift and change forms. After arriving on Earth, It would sleep for approximately 27 to 30 years at a time,"
"Club. While looking through Mike's history scrapbook, the Losers realize that Pennywise, which they refer to as ""It"", is a monster who awakens every thirty years to devour children. Bill realizes It killed Georgie, leading the Losers into Derry's sewers to kill the creature. Stan is ambushed by Bowers and his friends Victor Criss (Gabe Khouth) and Belch Huggins (Chris Eastman), but the latter are both killed by It. Henry is left traumatized, his hair turned white. Stanley regroups with the Losers, but is grabbed by It. The Losers use It's ability to access their imaginations and use it against"
"It – Chapter Two It: Chapter Two is an upcoming American supernatural horror film and the sequel to the 2017 film ""It"". Both parts were adapted from the 1986 novel ""It"" by Stephen King. The second part is directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Gary Dauberman. Set in 2016, 27 years after the events of 1989 described in the first film, the film stars Bill Skarsgård, who reprises his role as Pennywise. James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Jay Ryan, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, James Ransone, and Andy Bean portray the adult versions of The Losers Club, while Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia"
"from Bowers. All the while each member of the group has encountered terrifying phenomena in various forms; these include the same menacing clown who attacked Georgie, a headless boy, a fountain of blood, a diseased and rotting man, a creepy painting come to life, Mike's parents burning alive, and a phantom Georgie. Now calling themselves ""The Losers Club"", they realize they are all being terrorized by the same entity. They determine that ""It"" assumes the appearance of what they fear, awakens every 27 years to feed on the children of Derry before returning to hibernation, and moves about by using"
"abandon numerous subplots by virtue of the novel's length and the network's time-slot restrictions. Production on ""It"" began in early 1990, and the series was filmed over a period of three months in New Westminster, British Columbia in mid-1990. ""It"" aired on ABC over two nights on November 18 and 20, 1990, attracting 30 million viewers in its premiere. Critics praised Tim Curry's performance as Pennywise. For his work on the miniseries, Richard Bellis received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a mini-series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore). In Derry, Maine, in 1960, Georgie Denbrough"
"downtown part of Derry to symbolize It's death. In the novel ""Dreamcatcher"", when Mr. Gray tries to put a worm in Derry's water by use of the Standpipe, It is no longer there due to the 1985 flood. In its place is a memorial featuring a cast-bronze statue of two children and a plaque underneath, dedicated to the victims of the 1985 flood and of It. The plaque has been vandalized with graffiti reading, ""PENNYWISE LIVES"". The character has been named by several outlets as one of the scariest clowns in film or pop culture. The Bowers Gang is a"
"from Stephen King's book ""It"". The trio started a Facebook page for the so-called ""Northampton clown"" and were using the appearances to drive traffic to the page. In March 2014, Matteo Moroni from Perugia, Italy, owner of the YouTube channel DM Pranks, began dressing up as an evil clown and terrifying unsuspecting passersby, with his videos racking up hundreds of millions of views. A rash of sightings appeared in California in October 2014, which centered around the ""Wasco clown"", and primarily occurred in the Wasco, California area with photos appearing on social media. A person in clown attire was spotted"
"times in a massive, cataclysmic event similar to an asteroid impact, in the place that would, in time, become Derry, Maine. Throughout the novel ""It"", some events are described through It's point of view, through which It describes itself as the ""superior"" being, with the Turtle as someone ""close to his superiority"" and humans as mere ""toys"". It explains it prefers to kill and devour children, not by nature, but rather because children's fears are easier to interpret in a physical form and thus children are easier to fill with terror. It says this is akin to ""salting the meat."""
"Pennywise. The protagonists are The Lucky Seven, or The Losers Club, a group of outcast kids who discover Pennywise and vow to destroy him by any means necessary. The series takes place over two different time periods, the first when the Losers first confront Pennywise as children in 1960, and the second when they return as adults in 1990 to defeat him a second time after he resurfaces. ""It"" features an ensemble cast, starring Richard Thomas, John Ritter, Annette O'Toole, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Tim Reid and Richard Masur as the seven members of the Losers Club, and Tim Curry"
"of minor character Jimmy Cullum were of all of Henry's friends, creating the assumption that they were attacked and killed by It (possibly as means to worsen Henry's sociopathism). On December 13, 2011, Cemetery Dance published a special limited edition of ""It"" for the 25th anniversary of the novel () in three editions: an unsigned limited gift edition of 2,750, a signed limited edition of 750, and a signed and lettered limited edition of 52. All three editions are oversized hardcovers, housed in a slipcase or traycase, and feature premium binding materials. This anniversary edition features a new dust jacket"
"Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a mini-series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for his work on the film. It (miniseries) It (also known as Stephen King's It) is a 1990 American supernatural thriller horror drama miniseries directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and adapted by Lawrence D. Cohen from Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name. It is the first of two adaptations of the novel; the second being the 2017 film adaptation and its upcoming 2019 sequel. The story revolves around a predatory shapeshifter which has the ability to transform itself into its prey's"
"awakening and its return to hibernation mark the greatest instances of violence during its time awake. In one example, It caused the disappearance of over three hundred settlers from Derry Township in 1740–43. In 1957, It awoke during a great storm which flooded part of the city, whereupon It went on a feeding spree, starting by killing Georgie Denbrough. However, the Losers Club forced It to return to an early hibernation when it was heavily wounded by the young Bill Denbrough in the first Ritual of Chüd. As the story opens, It has awakened approximately 27 years later and is"
"reminds them that It awakens once roughly every 27 years for 12–16 months at a time, feeding on children before going into slumber again. The group decides to kill It once and for all. At Mike's suggestion, each person explores different parts of Derry to help restore their memories. While exploring, Eddie, Richie, Beverly, and Ben are faced with manifestations of It (Eddie as Belch Huggins in leper form, Richie as a Paul Bunyan statue, Beverly as the witch from Hansel & Gretel, and Ben in the form of Dracula). Bill finds his childhood Schwinn, ""Silver"", and brings it to"
"centers on an 1820s frontiersman on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling. In 2017, he played the racist police officer Philip Krauss in the film ""Detroit"", about the 1967 Detroit riots. His work in the film was praised with one critic calling it ""towering"" while another deemed it ""terrifyingly confident"". Poulter was initially cast as Pennywise the Clown in the 2017 remake of the Stephen King miniseries ""It"". However, it was announced in June 2016 that Bill Skarsgård was cast instead, since Poulter was forced to drop out, due both to"
"the gutter. He chases until it falls down into a storm drain on Witcham Street. He then sticks his right arm down into the drain and screams. The scene can be found in the opening chapter of the 1986 book. Also derived from ""It"", the episode ""Fear and Loathing"" revolves around a troubled person who (unwillingly) takes the form of a person's worst fear, and in one instance appears as a clown, a visual allusion to Pennywise of the film version of ""It"" (1990). In Region A, Entertainment One released the first season on Blu-ray on June 14, 2011, and"
"final look, to celebrate pre-production getting underway. Beginning from July 11, 2016, Muschietti posted a variety of missing person posters of children within the Derry area, including Betty Ripsom, Richie Tozier, Paul Greenberg, Jonathan Chan, and Tania McGowan. The first official image for ""It"" debuted on July 13, 2016, introducing the first look at Skarsgård's Pennywise The Dancing Clown, as well as an interview with Skarsgård, conducted by Anthony Breznican. Thomas Freeman of ""Maxim"" wrote ""... Skarsgard in full, terrifying costume, ... he's clearly got what it takes to fill King's most macabre, nightmare-inducing creation."" Chris Eggertsen of HitFix responded"
"him. Eddie imagines his inhaler is full of battery acid, melting half of It's face. Beverly fires silver earrings at It, the Losers believing it can kill the creature. It escapes down a dark hole to hibernate. The Losers think they have killed it and make a vow to return to Derry as adults, should It ever rise again had it actually survived. Bowers, driven insane by seeing It kill his friends, falsely confesses to the deaths of all those killed by It and is institutionalized. In 1990, Mike (Tim Reid) works as a librarian in Derry. It (Tim Curry)"
"and Pennywise the Dancing Clown, respectively, with Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Nicholas Hamilton, and Jackson Robert Scott in supporting roles. Principal photography began in the Riverdale neighborhood of Toronto on June 27, 2016, and ended on September 21, 2016. Other Ontario locations included Port Hope and Oshawa. ""It"" premiered in Los Angeles on September 5, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures on September 8, 2017. Upon release, the film set numerous box office records and grossed $700 million worldwide."
"and comes out in Bassey Park. In January 1958, a young Ben Hanscom first encounters It walking on top of the frozen surface. The Derry Civic Center is a recent structure built after the old civic center was destroyed in the 1985 flood. It was designed by famed architect (and one-time Derry resident) Ben Hanscom. It plays an important role in the events of the novel ""Insomnia"". The Crimson King, the supervillain of King's ""Dark Tower"" series, planned to use Ed Deepneau to fly into the Civic Center on a kamikaze mission, using a small plane armed with C4 explosives."
"This Is It (novel) This Is It is a comic novel by Joseph Connolly first published in 1996 about a womanizer who leads a double life, with workdays in London and weekends in the country. When he has an accident and is left partly immobilized for some time, he cannot keep to his sophisticated schedule any longer, and suddenly people who are never meant to meet are in danger of coming face to face with each other and blowing his cover. On top of all that, he is being blackmailed for a criminal activity which is nothing to do with"
"It's Like This, Cat It's Like This, Cat is a novel by American writer Emily Cheney Neville, which won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1964. The main character of the story is Dave Mitchell, a 14-year-old who is growing up in mid-20th century New York City. Dave lives with his father and his asthmatic mother and her attacks worsen when Dave and his father have their frequent arguments. Dave's refuge after a clash with his father is with Kate, an elderly neighbor whose apartment is filled with the stray cats she loves. Dave adopts one"
"town in Maine, United States, used in some Stephen King novels. Derry is the only remaining completely intact walled city in Ireland and one of the finest examples of a walled city in Europe. The walls constitute the largest monument in State care in Northern Ireland and, as the last walled city to be built in Europe, stands as the most complete and spectacular. The Walls were built in 1613–1619 by The Honourable The Irish Society as defences for early 17th century settlers from England and Scotland. The Walls, which are approximately in circumference and which vary in height and"
"Andrés Muschietti's 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel ""It"", both of which feature one or more characters dressed as clowns. Author and folklorist Benjamin Radford, who wrote the non-fiction book ""Bad Clowns"", said that the craze could be an example of the ""snowball effect"", where rumor and legitimate concerns mix with the human penchant for a good story. ""The Verge"" dismissed the sightings as a case of mass hysteria, stating that a fear of clowns (which is common in children and adults) may be an underlying cause. ""Vox"" likewise claimed that ""The Great Clown Panic of 2016 has been"
"becomes understanding.” July 7, Howard's death date, is now Diversity Day in Bangor. In May 2011, vandals spray-painted graffiti and an anti-gay slur on Charlie Howard's memorial. Family and friends cleaned it up and rededicated it. This incident inspired a similar scene near the beginning of Stephen King's novel ""It"", in which three homophobic teenagers throw an openly gay man, Adrian Mellon, over a bridge and into the Kenduskeag, where he was set upon and murdered by the monster Pennywise. Mark Doty wrote a poem about the tragedy called ""Charlie Howard's Descent"". The murder is also the inspiration for a"
"Skarsgård played horror villain Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the 2017 film ""It"", and is scheduled to reprise his role in the sequel in 2019. His role was met with praise from fans and critics alike. In July 2017, it was announced that Skarsgård had been cast as a series regular in ""Castle Rock"" as a young man with an unusual legal problem. Skarsgård portrayed Zeitgeist in ""Deadpool 2"". Bill Skarsgård Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård (; born 9 August 1990) is a Swedish actor. He starred in the dystopian thriller """" (2016), the espionage thriller ""Atomic Blonde"" (2017), the Netflix"
"own life in the process, but dies peacefully with Lois and the two bald doctors who are agents of the Purpose at his side. ""Insomnia"" was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1994. Insomnia (novel) Insomnia is a horror/fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King, first published in 1994. Like ""It"" and ""Dreamcatcher"", its setting is the fictional town of Derry, Maine. The original hardcover edition was issued with dust jackets in two complementary designs. The first is pictured on the right; the second has the white and red colors reversed. In his memoir, """", King"
"them as pawns in doing its bidding, either by assuming a form most familiar to them, promising them their desires or through subliminal influence. Because of this control over what happens in Derry, many of the child murders It commits are never solved; the adults of Derry act as though either nothing is happening or they have forgotten about It. It's true form as perceived by the human eye is that of a giant spider that houses its essence: writhing orange lights (termed ""Deadlights""). Looking directly into the lights can either kill a person or drive them insane. Both It's"
"story ""Eisenheim the Illusionist"" was adapted into the 2006 film ""The Illusionist"", was born in New York City and raised in Connecticut. More recently, Stephen King, born in Portland, Maine, has used the small towns of his home state as the setting for much of his horror fiction, with several of his stories taking place in or near the fictional town of Castle Rock. Just to the south, Exeter, New Hampshire was the birthplace of best-selling novelist John Irving and Dan Brown, author of ""The Da Vinci Code"". Rick Moody has set many of his works in southern New England,"
"Both It's awakening and its return to hibernation mark the greatest instances of violence during its time awake. In one example, It caused the disappearance of over three hundred settlers from Derry Township in 1740-43. In 1957, It awoke during a great storm which flooded part of the city, whereupon It went on a feeding spree, starting by murdering Bill's brother, Georgie Denbrough. However, the children forced It to return to an early hibernation when it was heavily wounded by Bill in the first Ritual of Chüd. It is continually surprised by the children's victories over It, and near the"