It (Stephen King)

""BEEP BEEP Richie! They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!""

Pennywise the Dancing Clown, or simply known as Pennywise, was an evil and demonic clown. He was used as one of the main forms of the mysterious creature, known as "It" in the film and book of the same name.

Pennywise was the main antagonist and villain of the book and movie, and was played by Tim Curry.

He was part of the disasters that occered every 30 years in the Maine town of Derry.

Unlike many horror monsters before him, Pennywise the Dancing Clown was not against killing children; in fact, the scary monster actually preferred to kill children as they were an easier target, and perhaps this was why he chose the form of a clown, a figure that both entertains and terrifies many young children. The clown also had razor sharp teeth.

At any rate, as the film progressed, a group of children known as the Losers' club banded together to kill Pennywise and end his murderous reign--after he had killed the brother of one of them--and apparently succeeded after tracking him down to his lair--thumb|300px|righthowever, Pennywise, being a lesser-aspect of a higher being, was not going to stay dead forever, and he swore revenge on the gang for his defeat before he vanished into nothingness.

Years later, Pennywise kept his promise and came after members of the gang, who were all adults in the present day, to kill them.

"I'LL KILL YOU ALL! (Laugh) I'll Drive you crazy, and I'll kill you all! I'm every nightmare you've ever had, your worst dream come true. I'm every thing you ever were afraid of...AAARRRHH!!"

~Pennywise

This prompted the gang to reform and battle Pennywise again in order to kill him yet again and save themselves from his wrath -- at the end of the movie, the gang did manage to defeat Pennywise again, but in that final battle, he took the form of a spider-like monster rather than the clown disguise (which he used for most of the film).

Trivia

 * Pennywise was one of Stephen King's most famous creations - popularising the archetype of the evil clown in popular culture as well as contributing to the horror genre as a whole.