The little ditty comes at the start of the episode, in a moment that recalls another Stephen King classic, Carrie. The Carrie similarities happen when Pennywise traps the Derry High School students in ...

Pennywise is not a serious being at all. And I mean that in the absolute best way. He’s been clowning around all season in Welcome to Derry, even though we didn’t see him properly until episode 5.

Stephen King’s most infamous creation, Pennywise, never seems to go away—the dancing clown has been haunting dreams since 1986, when King’s horror novel It was released. It adaptations tend to avoid ...