WhileIT: Welcome to Derry’s new Pennywise form is terrifying, it is also a throwback to one of the first screen adaptation’s versions of the monster.IT: Welcome to Derryis a prequelto Stephen King’sITby the original movie’s director, Andy Muschietti. Set decades before the blockbusterITmovies,IT: Welcome to Derrychronicles Pennywise’s rise in the titular cursed town.
The monstrous entity often appears as a chilling clown, famously played by Bill Skarsgard in the 2017 movie and its 2019 sequel,IT: Chapter Two, and Tim Curry in the earlier 1990 miniseries.Skarsgard’s Pennywise will return forIT: Welcome to Derry, but Pennywise will also boast a new, previously unseen form, judging by a recently released Funko Pop.
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IT: Welcome to Derry’s promotional Funko Pops all feature Pennywise in various guises. There is his classic appearance, his human form, “Bob Gray,” fromIT: Chapter Two, and a new design dubbed “Skeleton Man.” “Skeleton Man” is a clawed, noseless humanoid figure with a bony body, white skin, and rows of sharp fangs.
IT: Welcome to Derry’s Skeleton Man looks like it will be a formidable, scary new version of the villain, butthis isn’t the first time Pennywise has turned into a terrifying skeleton on-screen. It briefly became a swampy skeleton in the 1990 miniseries, which was the first time Pennywise took on this form.
IT: Welcome to Derry’s expansion of the King story means the prequel was always guaranteed to debut some new looks for Pennywise eventually.
This doesn’t appear in the original King novel, butIT: Welcome To Derry’s expansion of the storymeans the prequel was always guaranteed to debut some new looks for Pennywise eventually. What is more surprising is the fact that his first new appearance was a throwback to the original miniseries.
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IT: Welcome to Derry Won’t Rely Solely On Pennywise’s Existing Disguises
Curry’s performance as Pennywise is still singled out as a career highlight for the veteran actor, and many retrospective reviews note that it is the 1990 adaptation’s special effects that let down an otherwise solid retelling. As such, it is great to seeIT: Welcome to Derryre-imagining one of Pennywise’s earlier looks.
IT: Welcome to Derry’s version of the Skeleton Man already looks a lot scarier than the 1990 skeleton. The monster has only been glimpsed in the form of a Funko Pop, so it is fair to assume that the finished look will be terrifying.
The scene where Pennywise turns from an idealized apparition of Ben’s father into an algae-strewn skeleton is chilling, and the Swamp Thing-style monster is an effective special effect. However,IT: Welcome to Derry’s take on this version of Pennywise is likely to be a lot scarier, making its presence in the prequel promising.
