I think that the current iteration of IT’s villain Pennywise the Clown is forgetting a fundamental thing. Clowns don’t have to be portrayed as these demonic denizens roaming the countryside, like this pic of Bill Skarsgaard:
The reason clowns are scary? Is because they're CLOWNS. and I’m not being sarcastic when I say that the comic “Butterscotch the Clown” from Conan O’Brien’s show is absolutely more terrifying:
Everything about him creeps me the fuck out. The white makeup, the gloves, even the faded color of the green costume- all of it sets my alarms off!
The Bill Skaarsgard Pennywise frankly looks like a cool Horror monster. Yeah, scary if you saw it , but totally wicked and bad-ass! The Butterscotch clown, looks like he is simply up to no good. I get a million more bad vibes form him than the slick movie version!
That’s why even in the Tim Curry version, where Tim looked more like the traditional clown, they had to add things like his mouth opening with a million teeth and roaring- they just can't get past the fact that it’s the clown out there in the street with no business being there that’s freaky.
In the book, Pennywise was in the sewer which actually doesn’t make sense- f he was trying to trick Georgie into believing he was kind, wouldn’t he appear in the street? But a playful clown PULLING Georgie into the sewer with all his might?. THAT stuff is creepy as HELL!
