We’d hoped we were over the whole ‘scary clown’ thing.
Stephen King’s It is a stone cold horror classic. Whether you read the 1,200 brick of a novel, or watched the 1990 TV miniseries starring Tim Curry, Pennywise the Clown has remained particularly terrifying to 80s and 90s kids.
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a new big screen version of It out – and it’s definitely worth seeing. It’s a big-budget, violent, scary and surprisingly funny horror ride, and Bill Skarsgård makes an utterly petrifying Pennywise. The movie already looks like it’s going to be a massive hit as well – which means scary clowns are probably about to jump right back into the pop culture landscape and start scaring us again. Oh dear.
And it’s started already. Twitter user @HG_Hohbes went to see the film at his local cinema, and noticed he wasn’t alone in the screen….
Went to see IT, I'm first in the screen and this fucking guy's just sitting there. pic.twitter.com/b3oatLGdrs
— Chris (@Chohbes) September 8, 2017
Instead of fleeing like a normal person would, he took a few snaps as the clown wondered about.
Now he's wandering around pic.twitter.com/X7oZ2yKwuZ
— Chris (@Chohbes) September 8, 2017
He even had a chat with him.
Had a chat to him, he's actually alright
— Chris (@Chohbes) September 8, 2017
Just him and the clown, chilling.
Just me and him for a good 10 mins or so
— Chris (@Chohbes) September 9, 2017
Don’t worry, he tweeted after the film, so we know he’s ok and now floating down a sewer somewhere.
Aaaand IT was awesome.
— Chris (@Chohbes) September 8, 2017
