Since then, plenty of media has sprung up featuring killer clowns, not the least of which is Stephen King’s It.
There are two groups who are going to feel personally victimized about the new It movie: young children, because Pennywise eats them, and real-life professional clowns.
It’s no secret that most people are afraid of clowns — that’s the whole reason Pennywise appears as a clown in Stephen King’s novel in the first place.
Kane mentioned the clown meme, and how the It trailer was like that all over again.