“But Pennywise turns out not to be that physical, actually — it’s mostly mental cruelty. What’s fun about him is that a clown is traditionally a very cozy, comforting kind of cheery ...

A creepy intruder in a “Pennywise’’ mask busted into a Tennessee garden center and swiped a saw blade — before being spooked by a sound over the store’s intercom and fleeing. The ...

However, in It, the Losers’ Club “defeated” Pennywise with The Ritual of Chüd and, eventually, smashing its heart into pieces. Now whether or not Pennywise is actually dead is complicated.

Pennywise is the villain in Stephen King’s It, but even though the creature was defeated, there have been references to the infamous clown in other King books. In 1986, King took readers back to ...