This ‘It’ Deleted Scene Would’ve Shown Pennywise’s Horrifying Origin Story

While the 1980s miniseries starring Tim Curry certainly gave nightmares to a generation of younger viewers, the now comical television adaptation is not nearly as terrifying as the madness that director Andy Muschietti brought to life with his two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s epic horror novel It. Muschietti understood that the terror of It wasn’t just the literal threat of Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgård), but what he represented. Pennywise captures the essence of childhood trauma. He transforms himself into various shocking presences to individually terrify each member of the Losers Club, and preys on their respective anxieties. Even though both of the films in the series utilize a similar sense of 1980s coming-of-age nostalgia as the Stranger Things franchise does, they certainly aren’t a watered-down version of King’s story. In fact, Muschietti even shot one sequence for the series that was so disturbing that it’s never even been released within the extended cut.