6.493 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
Latest30 years after being destroyed by a group of children, Pennywise is back. The group return as adults to face the evil one last time.
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an ancient shape-shifting alien who poses as a child-killing clown, while also dealing with bullies and abusive parents. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the creature once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Acting
Tim Curry's Pennywise: campy, terrifying, iconic.
Practical Effects
Rubber monster suits and fake teeth, baby.
Writing
King's dialogue swings between profound and profoundly silly.
Creator
Stephen King
Tim Curry
Pennywise
Harry Anderson
Richie Tozier
Dennis Christopher
Eddie Kaspbrak
Richard Masur
Stan Uris
Annette O'Toole
Beverly Marsh
Tim Reid
Mike Hanlon
John Ritter
Ben Hanscom
Richard Thomas
Bill Denbrough
Jonathan Brandis
Bill Denbrough - Age 12
Brandon Crane
Ben Hanscom - Age 12
Adam Faraizl
Eddie Kaspbrak - Age 12
Seth Green
Richie Tozier - Age 12
Ben Heller
Stanley Uris - Age 12
Emily Perkins
Beverly Marsh - Age 12
Marlon Taylor
Mike Hanlon - Age 12
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Curry's clown makeup took hours daily; he terrified actual children on set, sometimes intentionally.
This miniseries created an entire generation's clown phobia decades before the 2017 remake made it cool again.
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