<p id=”par-1_43″>One of the biggest icons in <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/horror/”>horror</a> is <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/stephen-king-thinks-it-influenced-american-horror-story-is-he-right.html/”>Pennywise the Clown from <em>It</em></a>. That doesn’t mean he’s a good character. In fact, anyone who watched <em>It </em>and <em>It: Chapter Two</em> closely will notice he fails so hard as a villain that it’s embarrassing.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-why-pennywise-the-clown-scares-people-even-though-he-s-a-terrible-character”>Why Pennywise the Clown scares people even though he’s a terrible character</h2>
<p id=”par-2_56″>Some people are terrified of clowns, whether they’re regular clowns, horror movie clowns, well-written clowns, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/lady-gaga-awkward-choice-joker-folie-a-deux.html/”>or poorly written clowns</a>. Moviegoers with hardcore coulrophobia were going to hate Pennywise no matter what. For better or worse, some people are so frightened by the image of a clown that they cannot notice that Pennywise is a bad character.</p>
<p id=”par-3_48″>While the first film plays him up as a force to be reckoned with, he’s ultimately defeated by a bunch of kids who aren’t even old enough to get a learner’s permit. Some villain. By the end of the film, he’s about as threatening as Disney’s Captain Hook.</p>
<p id=”par-4_40″>Pennywise is even less scary the second time around. The Loser’s Club defeated him as kids. Seeing them battle the same monster as adults in <em>It: Chapter Two</em> isn’t suspenseful because these characters have all been there and done that.</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-bill-skarsgard-was-a-terrible-choice-to-play-pennywise”>Bill Skarsgård was a terrible choice to play Pennywise</h2>
<p id=”par-5_51″>Of course, Pennywise might have been spooky if Bill Skarsgård knew what he was doing. Instead, he’s about as frightening as a Gothic Winnie-the-Pooh. He’s so over-the-top he might as well be a drag queen. The character’s voice, motions, and dialogue feel more tailored for a horror comedy than straightforward horror.</p>
<p id=”par-6_37″>If Pennywise was just a regular movie killer, he might be considered camp. However, the image of a man in white face paint is just too much for some people. Pennywise inspired more screams than he should have.</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-stephen-king-thinks-that-the-f-clown-is-going-to-live-forever”>Stephen King thinks that the ‘f****** clown is going to live forever’</h2>
<p id=”par-7_51″>During a 2022 interview with <a href=”https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3717714/stephen-king-on-the-future-of-pennywise-i-have-no-intention-of-going-back-to-it/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Bloody Disgusting</a>, author <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/stephen-kings-the-shining-inspired-kate-bush-song.html/”>Stephen King revealed</a> that he viewed Pennywise as his sturdiest creation. “I think that when I die I will kind of disappear from the paperback racks. But that f****** clown is going to live forever. That’s one thing I’ve got going for me.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_77″>While King has written several sequels over the years, he won’t write a sequel to It. “Well, I don’t have a relationship to Pennywise now,” King said. “Because I have no intention of going back to<em> It</em>… it’s in the hands of people who are doing this. [Filmmakers] Andy and Barbara [Muschietti] are going to do Welcome to Derry, they’re talking about it anyway. And they’ve got sort of a handshake deal, I think, with HBO Max.”</p>
<p id=”par-9_84″>King had no issue with the Muschiettis taking the character in their own direction. “It’s an interesting possibility to do that,” he said. “They talked about a prequel. Which struck me as an OK idea. I’d love to see what Pennywise was up to 27 years before the ’50s. Or, I guess it would be the ’80s, because they updated the [setting]. So it would be, you know, before World War II or something. It’ll be interesting to see what will happen with that.”</p>
<p id=”par-10_13″>King thinks that Pennywise will last until kingdom come. Only time will tell.</p>