Pennywise

Pennywise’s Origin Might Be Told in It Prequel Series

An HBO Max series set before the events of Stephen King's It is reportedly in the works.

Television Germain Lussier Mar 29

It’s Time for a Documentary About Tim Curry’s Pennywise

Tim Curry's time as the live-action Pennywise in Stephen King's It miniseries gets its due in a new documentary.

Movies Justin Carter Oct 4

This Video Showcases All the Myriad Transformations of Pennywise the Clown

Pennywise, the antagonist of all iterations of Stephen King’s It and its adaptations, is generally a very menacing clown. But he’s not only a menacing clown—he’s also a freaky shapeshifter with a penchant for creative disguises and the occasional goofy stint as, like, a fish tank or something.* In a new video, the good folks…

Movies Julie Muncy Oct 27

A Mysterio Figure to Make That Money in Your Wallet an Illusion

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the coolest toys making hefty dents into our life savings lately. This week: Mysterio floats into Hot Toys’ Marvel line, enter the Age of Resistance with an incredible Dark Crystal puppet, and Lego is already getting us in the Christmas mood. Check it out! Hot…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Sep 13

It Chapter Two‘s Queer Subplot Is Too Subtextual to Be Scary Good

It Chapter Two opens with a horrific, homophobic hate crime that Stephen King plucked from the headlines and incorporated into his 1986 novel. After a group of very human bigots attack Adrian Mellon and his boyfriend, they unceremoniously dump Adrian over the side of the bridge, and just as he begins to drown, he sees…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Sep 10

Condensing It Chapter Two Into One Movie Was Scarier Than Facing Pennywise

The only thing scarier than Pennywise the clown is making Pennywise the clown scary again. That was the massive task Andy and Barbara Muschietti faced with It Chapter Two. The director and producer siblings hit a grand slam with 2017’s part one, but it was so successful they had to jump right back into the…

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 5

There’s More Pennywise Mythology to Explore, But Don’t Expect Other It Movies Just Yet

Let’s paint a picture. The date is September 9. It Chapter Two has just opened to massive box office success. Warner Bros. calls director Andy Muschietti and producer Barbara Muschietti and says, “We want more It.” Would they do it? And if so, how? That’s the question I posed the brother-sister team behind the Stephen…

Movies Germain Lussier Aug 27

It Chapter Two Features One Key Change to Pennywise’s Homophobic Attack

One of the biggest criticisms of Tommy Lee Wallace and Lawrence Cohen’s TV adaptation of Stephen King’s It from 1990 was the way it glossed over a key moment in Derry history when a gay man watches in terror as his partner is brutally beaten by a group of homophobes before they push him over…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 22

The Gruesome New Trailer for It Chapter Two Will Haunt Your Nightmares Tonight

Pennywise hath risen, and it’s time for the Losers’ Club to reassemble in Derry and take him down for good. We got a first glimpse at Andy Muschietti’s It Chapter Two back in May, but this brand-new trailer gives us a much better look at the troubled grown-up versions of the kid characters from the…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy Jul 18

The Bar From Cheers Is a Little Less Welcoming With Pennywise as a Regular

Pennywise is an extra-dimensional horror in the form of a clown. He has lived for centuries, can traverse space and time and the horrible hallowed places of the psyche. He’s one of the most threatening beings in all of horror fiction, as immortalized in Stephen King’s It. But what does he do with his spare…

Movies Julie Muncy Jun 23

Pennywise Returns to Spread More Fiendish Terror in the First Trailer for It Chapter Two

When we last saw the members of the Losers’ Club—the misfit kids of Derry, Maine—they had just made a vow to reunite when Pennywise, the sewer-dwelling demon who preys on their worst fears, inevitably lurches back to life. As the first trailer for the much-anticipated It Chapter Two reveals, the characters may be adults now,…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy May 9

Making A Horror Miniseries With a Bunch of Kids Was Maybe a Bad Idea, and More Revelations About IT

Pennywise: The Story of IT asks a number of valuable questions about the classic 1990 IT miniseries. Questions like, is having a bunch of impressionable kids filming a traumatic horror story a bad idea? Turns out, yeah, probably. That’s just one of a number of compelling revelations in the trailer for Pennywise: The Story of…

Trailers Julie Muncy Feb 23

Watch This Illustration of Pennywise Come to Life Right Before Your Eyes—and Then Run Screaming

Starting with the clown’s creepy eyes, so that Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise menacingly stares you down throughout this entire time lapse, YouTube’s drawholic masterfully uses colored pencils to create a disturbingly detailed tribute to the 2017 big-screen version of Stephen King’s It. Watching drawholic create this drawing is almost like watching a car crash unfold. It…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Feb 22

Thanos Faces Horror’s Most Iconic Villains in This Killer Photo

Even with the help of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes couldn’t defeat Thanos. But maybe a bloodier solution would do the trick. What if five icons of horror decided to battle the Mad Titan instead? We’ll never know how that would actually play out, but toy photographer Allen “Jax” Navarro made it…

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 14

Bill Skarsgård Explains How His Castle Rock Character Is the Opposite of Pennywise

Bill Skarsgård became a horror icon thanks to his portrayal of Pennywise in last year’s horror hit It, a role he’ll reprise in the sequel next year. In between, he’s got another sinister turn in another Stephen King-inspired tale, Castle Rock. But as the actor explains, the characters couldn’t be more different. “I was reluctant…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jul 22

Pennywise Is Happy He Gets to Hang With the Big Kids in the It Sequel

While filming the first It film, director Andy Muschetti made sure to keep the kids away from Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) when they weren’t filming so the diabolic clown would stay as terrifying as possible to them. However, now that Pennywise is a celebrity—and It: Chapter Two’s actors are adults—Skarsgård is thrilled he gets to sit…

Movies Beth Elderkin Jul 17

This Is the Most Terrifying Halloween Decoration You Have Ever Seen in Your Goddamn Life

The TransWorld Halloween & Attractions trade show is going on in St. Louis right now, and if for some reason you thought last year’s It remake wasn’t terrifying enough, come Halloween you can put this demonic, animatronic Pennywise clown on your front lawn, which includes a screaming, one-armed version of Georgie in its clutches. The…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Mar 23

Bill Skarsgård Still Has Nightmares About Pennywise After Playing It‘s Nightmare Clown

Some actors find that the only real way to truly bring a character to life on the big screen is to give part of themselves over to the fictional identity—making space within themselves so that the other being might exist. Actor Bill Skarsgård learned the hard way that sometimes, that process has consequences. When you…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 9

It Wouldn’t Have Been Nearly as Horrifying If This Was the Opening Scene

The big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s It is available on digital download today. It includes several deleted and extended scenes, including one that was never in the film at all. We’re referring to this alternate opening, which we kind of ruined yesterday. Plus, if you think about it, you’ll see where it’s going but……

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 19

Pennywise Doesn’t Eat a Baby in It’s Deleted Scenes, But There Is an Alternate Ending

After It was released, some of the excitement surrounding the film was about what wasn’t on screen. Director Andy Muschietti teased that the home release might have an extended version of the film, plus rumors abounded of a gross flashback scene involving Pennywise devouring a baby. Now a list of the actual deleted scenes has…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 18

Pennywise’s Origin Might Be Told in It Prequel Series

It’s Time for a Documentary About Tim Curry’s Pennywise

This Video Showcases All the Myriad Transformations of Pennywise the Clown

A Mysterio Figure to Make That Money in Your Wallet an Illusion

It Chapter Two‘s Queer Subplot Is Too Subtextual to Be Scary Good

Condensing It Chapter Two Into One Movie Was Scarier Than Facing Pennywise

There’s More Pennywise Mythology to Explore, But Don’t Expect Other It Movies Just Yet

It Chapter Two Features One Key Change to Pennywise’s Homophobic Attack

The Gruesome New Trailer for It Chapter Two Will Haunt Your Nightmares Tonight

The Bar From Cheers Is a Little Less Welcoming With Pennywise as a Regular

Pennywise Returns to Spread More Fiendish Terror in the First Trailer for It Chapter Two

Making A Horror Miniseries With a Bunch of Kids Was Maybe a Bad Idea, and More Revelations About IT

Watch This Illustration of Pennywise Come to Life Right Before Your Eyes—and Then Run Screaming

Thanos Faces Horror’s Most Iconic Villains in This Killer Photo

Bill Skarsgård Explains How His Castle Rock Character Is the Opposite of Pennywise

Pennywise Is Happy He Gets to Hang With the Big Kids in the It Sequel

This Is the Most Terrifying Halloween Decoration You Have Ever Seen in Your Goddamn Life

Bill Skarsgård Still Has Nightmares About Pennywise After Playing It‘s Nightmare Clown

It Wouldn’t Have Been Nearly as Horrifying If This Was the Opening Scene

Pennywise Doesn’t Eat a Baby in It’s Deleted Scenes, But There Is an Alternate Ending

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