It, also known as Robert "Bob" Gray and Pennywise the Dancing Clown, is the titular antagonist in Stephen King 's 1986 horror novel It.

It, better known by its favorite form as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, is the titular antagonist of the It by Stephen King. It is a horrific and malevolent cosmic entity that is billions of years old, spawned in the void of the Macroverse, which is also otherwise known as the Todash Darkness.

It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was King's 22nd book and the 17th novel written under his own name. The story follows the experiences of seven children terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey. In 1978, King and his family lived in Boulder, Colorado.

Sep 18, 2024 · On December 21, 1978, Gacy was arrested and convicted of 33 murders. He was sentenced to death on March 13, 1980, and executed by lethal injection on May 10, 1994. The IT character Pennywise may have been based on the serial killer.

Sep 6, 2019 · If you only have a passing familiarity with the original Stephen King novel, you might think it’s simply about a killer clown. But there’s far more to the sprawling saga of The Losers' Club.

It (also known as Stephen King's IT) is a 1990 ABC two-part psychological horror drama [1] miniseries directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and adapted by Lawrence D. Cohen from Stephen King 's 1986 novel of the same name.

It, better known as its favorite form Pennywise the Dancing Clown, was the titular main antagonist of the novel of the same name. It is a supernatural alien creature who landed on Earth roughly in the 16th century. It eventually realized there was no natural food source there, instead of whatever it was given to eat at the other world it came from.

In the first half, a bunch of seven kids in a small town realise that recent child killings are not the work of a murderer, but are attributable to a monster which awakes every thirty years. They track it down and very nearly kill it, but it just manages to escape.

Pennywise/It is partially based on real life serial killer John Wayne Gacy, nicknamed the Killer Clown, responsible for the murders of half a dozen young men and boys, who often wore a clown costume to entertain children in hospitals.

Jan 12, 2025 · Stephen King’s 1986 novel ‘IT’ brought to life one of the most iconic and terrifying villains in horror literature: Pennywise the Killer Clown. With his grotesque grin and ability to prey on the deepest fears of his victims, Pennywise has cemented his place in pop culture.