Specifically, the scene opens on Mike Hanlon as a group of bullies harasses and attacks him, with seemingly no one around to come to his aid. Helpless against their overwhelming numbers, he looks out into the bushes to see Pennywise waving back at him with a severed the group of misfit kids decides to stick together through thick and thin, unaware that this pact could mean the difference between life and death.
The second sequence shown to audiences at San Diego Comic-Con was similar, but it highlighted a far more sinister aspect of the film’s story.