While fans all over the world prepare for the release of IT, the World Clown Association is not exactly looking forward to it.
Although Pennywise is just one of the many shapes IT can take, the image of an evil, killer clown is not one that can be easily shaken off – especially for children, which is why the World Clown Association is not looking forward to the film’s release.
Stephen King’s acclaimed supernatural horror classic IT was famously adapted into a two-part miniseries in 1990, with Tim Curry as evil clown Pennywise, triggering a generation of coulrophobics – in other words, people suffering from clown phobia.
He is a person portraying an evil character in order to scare people.