Although Pennywise’s long-awaited appearance in It: Welcome to Derry is terrifying in its own right, it is particularly chilling when viewers think about the moment’s implications for the series as a whole. From It: Welcome to Derry ’s opening scene , the prequel show made it clear that its version of Pennywise was even worse than the killer clown of the It movies.

Pennywise turns into all manner of monsters in the movies, including a witch-like elderly ghoul, a haunted painting, and a gigantic statue of Paul Bunyan. However, the entity doesn’t turn into a group of people, like it does when it takes the form of a family inside a car during It: Welcome to Derry’ s opening scene.

Similarly, episode 5, “29 Neibolt Street,” made Pennywise’s powers even more disturbing. It was c

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