IT: The Complete History of Pennywise | Horror History

Pennywise is a form of It, the ancient evil haunting Derry, Maine for many generations with over 1M years of history to analyse!

It, also known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, The Deadlights and Robert Gray, is the evil entity that has plagued Derry for over a million years. Throughout the novel, It by Stephen King, we receive a trickle of information regarding the history of It, from It's inception millions of years ago in an interdimensional void known as The Macroverse, to It's arrival in Derry before the Ice Age to It's ultimate battle against the Losers Club and beyond.

In this video I'll be going over the ENTIRE (!) chronological life of Pennywise / It, doing a complete breakdown and analysis of the character, discussing what drives It, what rules bind It, and explaining the events seen in the book that never made the movie or mini-series adaptations.

This will cover the entire known history of Pennywise from the creation of It to the present. Please note that this will only analyse the ancient creature as It is are written in the books of Stephen King. I will show clips from the movies as a visual aid, but for the purposes of Horror History, the books are canon!

I'll be covering every single detail we know about It from the book including It's origin, the mythology of It, the inspiration behind Pennywise, It explained + how it operates, discussing the different forms of It with the shapeshifting ability, and even talking about a few Things You Missed in this comprehensive breakdown and analysis of the character.

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About IT Chapter Two
Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club—young and adult—in a return to where it all began with “It Chapter Two.”

The film is Muschietti’s follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed and massive worldwide box office hit “IT,” which grossed over $700 million globally. Both redefining and transcending the genre, “IT” became part of the cultural zeitgeist as well as the highest-grossing horror film of all time.

Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, “It Chapter Two” brings the characters—who’ve long since gone their separate ways—back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.

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[CZsWorld]

Spent a long time on this one, so I'd appreciate if you could give it a share if you enjoy it!

[madsx]

Pennywise got his name because of how economically responsible. He lives in the sewers to avoid rent and eats children to save on groceries

[luvdidi]

How he scares kids: clowns and death threats
How he scares adults: taxes

[PixelAtionGuitar]

30:07 one quick critique, its actually stated he killed himself because he knew It could only be stopped if all living members believed they could do it and he had doubts, so he ended his life to be careful

[Listening_Books]

I think the biggest disservice the It remake film did was reduce Mike's character and his family's connection to Derry and It specifically. The whole fact that Mike's father had a run in with It and tried to document weird occurrences in Derry makes perfect thematic sense when Mike later grows up to be a librarian in Derry and the one who stayed behind to keep an eye out for Pennywise. I thought overall the movie was great (scarier in several ways than the miniseries) but that change is such a waste.

[CorporateBillionaire]

Fun fact: The giant storm that almost destroys entire Derry at the end is a throwback to a line in the novel. The mother of one of the Losers said: "If you kill a spider, it's going to rain".
So when the adult losers literally killed the biggest spider in the universe, it caused the biggest apocalyptic storm they have ever seen. I think it makes perfect sense and is a great detail.

[kayleehale]

Who else thinks they should make a movie just about pennywise’s history?

[Larchkty]

This video is missing how Pennywise also used Beverly's father to attack her directly before the final confrontation when they were kids. That was when they realized that pennywise has some effect on everyone in Derry.

[thegerblinradio]

Thank you for making jokes during this! It makes it so much easier for me to listen to! I have paranoia and you make it more digestible for me when I’m getting scared lol

[thephenix]

I love that they released the remake 27 years after the original one.

[biandreadytocry]

no one:
pennywise: * sips champagne from high heel *

[laisaaa]

Honestly Stephen King has this unique way of not only writing but creating life altering realities of his own that turn out to be so freaking good that other people couldn’t think of it if their life depended on it

[denisowiczak]

What I really love about Stephen King is the fact that many of his books and characters are connected. For example in an interview he stated that Randall Flagg, the main villain of the Stand, and It might be the same character.

[dallasbeats]

If Pennywise were to attack a high school English teacher, he would take the form of a paper without proper MLA format.

[livingcorpse]

I actually would like to see a prequel showing him terrorizing Derry through the centuries.

[NexityCreative]

During the Bradley gang shootout, Pennywise was also seen leaning out of a window, 5 storey's up, but the way he was leaning out was particularly odd. He was leaning out by his knees, like someone was holding the bottom of his legs and feet. like he was Floating.

Also, with Eddie Corcoran, he gets his head ripped off (: absolutely horrifying scene

[DepressedLarryFace]

You can tell that guy was very hungry while filming 😂❤

[spectictacular]

I love how perfectly he places his ads

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

There's so much detail that goes into IT's story, that I would've never figured out myself, without you. Stephen King has a wild imagination.

[totallytiffany]

every time you showed clips from Tim Curry's "IT", I just kept thinking of Dr Frank-N-Furter