When it comes to breaking ground in horror, you can always count on Stephen King, whose latest adaptation, IT is breaking ticket pre-sale records.
King is the man behind Jack Torrance in The Shining, Kathy Bates’ hobbling scene in Misery, and Fred Gwynne’s chilling delivery of the line, “Sometimes, dead’s better” in Pet Sematary.
It hit a staggering 197 million views in just 24 hours, even beating out The Force Awakens (which hit a commendable 112 million views).
Which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, seeing as the film’s first teaser trailer already broke YouTube records as the most-viewed trailer in a single day.