12/8/2023 0 Comments It tim curry movie![]() Suddenly the clown begins talking to him from one of the drains. One of the most terrifying scenes sees Eddie Kaspbrak in the showers. Pennywise tries to hurt each of the Loser’s Club while they’re on their own and more vulnerable. Pennywise Attacks Eddie In The School Showers ![]() Pennywise gets even angrier when Eddie Kaspbrak hits him with his inhaler spray, claiming it’s battery acid. “It” knows it needs help to defeat the Loser’s Club so enlists school bully Henry Bowers by helping him escape the insane asylum he’s been locked up. “It” Helps Psychopath Henry Bowers Escape The Mental Institution He pulls away to see Pennywise, It’s clown make-up smudged by Ben’s passionate kiss. As the couple kiss, Ben looks at Beverly’s reflection in the mirror and sees a clown costume instead of the skirt she was wearing. Here he impersonates Ben Hanscom’s love interest Beverly Marsh. Pennywise’s ability to portray itself as children’s nightmares also allows it to portray their dreams too. When the adult Bill Denbrough returns to his hometown of Derry, Pennywise tries to scare him away by showing him a grave he’s just dug for him. Pennywise Shows Bill Denbrough His Own Grave Pennywise’s greatest asset is being able to gain the interest of children by pretending to be a friendly clown before showing them the “deadlights”, depicted in the film as a hypnotising bright light emanating from its eyes. Richie’s greatest fear is the werewolf so Pennywise gives him both “barrels” with the embodiment of the school’s reclusive janitor if he were a werewolf before turning back into the clown for an unnerving goodbye. To celebrate Tim Curry’s performance and his creation of Pennywise on-screen in Tommy Lee Wallace’s 1990 film, I’m going to countdown my Top 10 Times Pennywise Terrified Us In “Stephen King’s It” Pennywise: Cinema’s Scariest Clown He uses every facet of an actor’s armoury to make Pennywise a terrifying on-screen creation: the wide, piercing eyes gleaming white teeth punctuated by the clown-face a voice that’s unnaturally deafening a perverse sense of humour in the face of the ultimate act of evil: the killing of children. Coulrophobia is the fear of clowns and the English actor is probably the culprit for thousands of people suffering from the phobia. I blame Curry for keeping me awake at night as a teenager. There’s an insidious wit about the character Curry brings to life that curiously lowers your guard making you susceptible to the hideous nightmare “It” wants you to endure. The man with the elasticated face and over-sized mouth seems to have been made for roles like a monstrous clown or Dr. But the film’s real “Ace” is Tim Curry as Pennywise. One of the flaws of the film is probably that the child actors are somewhat let down by their adult selves who don’t manifest the same level of energy the young actors managed. Wallace is blessed with a strong young cast. The group, having not seen each other in years, return to their hometown to face the malevolent clown again. 30 years later Pennywise begins to kill children again. This culminates in a promise that if “It” isn’t dead, they’ll return to finish the job. The story involves the kids’ initial battle with Pennywise. He’s subtle in his depiction of the story’s chief villain who embodies the appearance of a clown called Pennywise in front of children. The “film”, as I’ll refer to it, has its flaws, partly because it had a made-for-TV budget but Wallace does a fantastic job regardless of financial constraints. ![]() ![]() Originally broadcast as a two-part “miniseries”, it has been released as a single 3-hour feature film on home video and is generally viewed as one of the better screen adaptations of the celebrated horror author’s work. Tommy Lee Wallace adapted arguably Stephen King’s best novel It for TV in 1990.
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