No creature dominates the cultural landscape quite like Pennywise the Dancing Clown. This shape-shifting monster is the main villain in Stephen King’s 1986 horror masterpiece “It,” with a character as vague as his story’s title. This unusual creature lives deep in the foundations of Derry, Maine, a town cursed by his rampant evil and a frequent setting in King’s canon. Pennywise appears every 27 years to eat the children of Derry, and this time he’s targeting the Losers Club. Outcasts Bill Denbrough, Mike Hanlon, Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak, Stanley “Stan” Uris, Ben Hanscom and Beverly Marsh form a powerful bond that allows them to confront the murderous clown. They temporarily defeat Pennywise as children, but must return to Derry as adults to finish him off once and for all.