IT’s 10 Scariest Forms That Aren’t Pennywise Ranked (Including Three Cut From the Movies and Show)

Most fans know Pennywise is the most famous form of IT, but it’s not the only one. Throughout the book and its adaptations, IT has appeared as many frightening things – a creepy librarian, a burned child, a swarm of piranhas, a monstrous baby, and even the decaying bodies of those it’s killed. What’s interesting is that Pennywise isn’t the only scary part of IT, and some of its most disturbing forms actually appear only in Stephen King’s original novel.








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