It started when Reddit user, Minifig81 posted a photo of a kid dressed up as a grumpy little Pennywise the clown Friday morning. Image: Via Reddit/ minifig81 Then, photoshop hilarity ensued.

Pennywise the Clown has a particular way of scaring the utter crap out of kids and adults alike, but as one fan’s animated clip demonstrates, the fearful appeal of It’s titular villain is ...

“It’s a really weird thing to go, ‘If I succeed at doing what I’m trying to do with this character, I’ll traumatize kids’,” he said. “On set, I wasn’t very friendly or goofy.

Pennywise the Clown Torments Kids in Terrifying New ‘It’ Trailer: Watch! By Nicholas Hautman July 27, 2017 TOP STORIES ...

In a new featurette for It, the film’s director, Andrés Muschietti, and its child stars discuss what it is that makes Bill Skarsgård so unbelievably terrifying as the demonic clown, Pennywise.