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The Creepy Painting Lady
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It's hard to forget a face as terrifying as the woman in the painting from Stanley's dad's library. Stanley has been afraid of the woman in the painting since he was a child, so It becomes her and faces Stanley when has to enter the Rabbi's office. By drawing on his childhood fear, It's transformation is frighteningly effective - so much so that even Stephen King was spooked by her.
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The Leper
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It comes to Eddie as a festering leper and chases him before eventually letting him go. It chooses this form specifically for Eddie because of his complicated relationship with illness and his phobia of germs and diseases.
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Pennywise The Dancing Clown
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It prefers to haunt as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Pennywise has been terrorizing the town of Derry for decades, but his favorite prey is frightened children. It taunts the Losers Club as Pennywise more frequently than any other form. Whether Pennywise is holding red balloons, peeking out of sewers, or lurking in the background of your favorite kids' show, the dancing clown is easily one of It's most terrifying forms.
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A Charred Body
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While researching the tragic history of Derry at the local library, including an eruption at an Easter event that took out 88 children, Ben is haunted by the smoldering remains of one of those who perished. It chases Ben through the library and disappears once the Loser bumps into the librarian.
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The Deadlights
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According to the book, the Deadlights are actually It's true form. We briefly see them in the gullet of Pennywise when It uses them to transfix and hypnotize Beverly. The Deadlights exist in a higher plane of existence and appear in many of Stephen King's works.
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A Kids' Show Host
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While It is the real monster of the movie, Henry Bowers is a close second. He terrorizes the Losers Club whenever he can, and it is revealed later in the film that he is more than just a troubled kid - he's an actual sociopath with barbaric tendencies. It convinces Bowers to end his own father when It appears to the unstable teen as the host of a kids' television show.
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A Librarian
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Although more of an Easter egg, It takes the form of the local librarian to spy on Ben who is researching a Derry tragedy which occurred on Easter years prior. It appears as a more terrifying and direct monster moments later, but if you watch carefully, you can catch the librarian observing Ben and acting unusual.
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Georgie
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Georgie is Bill's little brother and It's first target in the film. It chooses to appear to Bill as Georgie on several occasions, knowing the sight of his lost little brother will not only scare but also hurt the kid hero. Bill manages to see through the charade, however, and fights It rather than fall for the trap.
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A Werewolf
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This is only a partial transformation, but it's a reference to a scene in the original book. In the novel, Richie has a phobia of werewolves thanks to the classic Universal monster movie The Wolf Man. In the film, one of Pennywise's hands turns into a werewolf claw as he terrorizes the Losers Club.
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One Of The Losers
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For a brief moment, It appears to Bill and Richie as their friend Eddie. His head pops out of an old mattress and asks them if they "want to play loogie" before spitting up an acidic substance, cackling maniacally, and disappearing.
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