You might think it’s just a killer clown with a red balloon and a creepy smile—but that’s only the surface. The reality ...

Pennywise is a character made popular by Stephen King's horror novel IT. He is a clown who targets children and murders them.

This includes, of course, Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the principal antagonist ... there was something more evil behind the exaggerated smiles and makeup. It was hard to top, of course.

What’s fun about him is that a clown is traditionally a very cozy, comforting kind of cheery image, and Pennywise is none of these things. I think of him all the time as a smile gone bad ...

Welcome to Derry has its first trailer, revealing a creepy look at HBO Max’s It prequel series, due out fall 2025.

A creep dressed as Pennywise the clown from Stephen King's It has been ... "Well, well, well, I've made the news again," it starts. "Should I smile for the cameras with my 'hideous' grin?" ...

He searches for Ben, entering the sewers. There, he finds zombie children that Pennywise made him see. Running in the opposite direction, the clown gets him trapped in a dead end and holds up a ...

However, in It, the Losers’ Club “defeated” Pennywise with The Ritual of Chüd and, eventually, smashing its heart into pieces. Now whether or not Pennywise is actually dead is complicated.

“Should I smile for the cameras with my ‘hideous ... in person in the run-up to Hallowe’en. Tim Curry as Pennywise the Clown in Stephen King’s It Credit: KOBAL COLLECTION Heather ...