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Frequently asked about It

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• What is scarier, It 1990 or It 2017?▾

  This is subjective, but the 2017 film generally features more intense, jump-scare-driven horror and modern effects, while the 1990 miniseries relies more on Tim Curry's unsettling performance as Pennywise. Many viewers find the 2017 version visually scarier, while others find Curry's portrayal more disturbing.

• Why did Pennywise eat the little girl?▾

  In the opening scene, Pennywise lures and attacks Georgie because It feeds on children, whose fear It finds easier to provoke and whose flesh It claims tastes better when seasoned by terror. The attack also serves to torment Bill, drawing the Losers Club into confrontation.

• What are the 3 It movies?▾

  The three films are It: Chapter One (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019), both directed by Andy Muschietti, plus the earlier two-part TV miniseries It (1990) directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. A prequel series, Welcome to Derry, has also been developed for HBO.

• What is Pennywise and where did It come from?▾

  Pennywise is the physical form taken by an ancient, shapeshifting entity that has lived beneath Derry, Maine for centuries. It awakens roughly every 27 years to feed, primarily on children, because their fear makes the 'meat' taste better. The dancing clown is just one of countless forms It uses to terrorize victims by becoming whatever scares them most.

• Why does Pennywise target children specifically?▾

  It feeds on fear, and It says children's imaginations make their fear purer and more potent than adults'. Children are also more likely to actually see It in its monstrous forms, while adults of Derry are shown as numb, complicit, or unable to perceive what is happening. This is why the Losers Club, as kids, can confront It in a way grown-ups in the town cannot.

• What happens to Georgie in the opening scene?▾

  Georgie chases his paper boat down a rainy street and it falls into a storm drain, where Pennywise appears and lures him closer by offering the boat back and promising a fair full of balloons. When Georgie reaches in to grab the boat, Pennywise bites off his arm and drags him into the sewer, killing him. His disappearance is what drives Bill's obsession with finding It throughout the film.

• Why are the Losers Club able to hurt Pennywise at the end?▾

  Pennywise grows stronger when its victims are afraid and isolated, so It tries to pick them off one by one. When the seven kids stand together in the Neibolt house and refuse to be scared, It physically weakens and shrinks, unable to feed on belief in its illusions. Beverly even forces a metal rod through its head earlier because she had already faced its deadlights and stopped fearing them.

• What is the meaning of the blood oath the Losers make at the end?▾

  After defeating Pennywise, Bill makes the group swear that if It ever returns, they will come back to Derry to finish It for good. They cut their palms and join hands in a circle, sealing the promise in blood. This sets up the 27-year cycle and directly leads into the events of Chapter Two, when the now-adult Losers are called back to face It again.