IT is a 1986 horror novel by author Stephen King. In October 1957, the town of Derry, Maine has been flooded by autumn storms, awakening an evil entity, known only as "It", a shape-shifting monster that targets children, and lives in the sewers. I remember that day as if it were yesterday, my older brother grabbed that VHS tape with the white label that read, “IT”. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into, better yet the effect it would have on me for the rest of my life.
There we were lying on the basement floor, all lights out except for that flicker of light coming from the television in front of us. I laid there with a pillow in front of my face, to hide when I needed to. Which I still do to this day! Looking around at every noise I heard; imagining this creature lurking around somewhere down there with us. I wanted to stop watching, but I think I was so horror stricken, I couldn’t take my eyes off the television. I was all of 9 or 10 when I watched this horror movie, the nightmares already forming in my mind. When you’re young your mind goes everywhere, scaring yourself silly. As the movie ended, I could only think of what happened to Georgie. My life changed after that moment, I stared at the bathroom sink every time I went to the bathroom, stood as far away from the shower drain as I could and slept with lights on for weeks.
All I could hear in my head when I looked in the bathroom was his voice coming from the sink and the blood coming out of the faucet. Pennywise haunted me for years; to this day he and other clowns give me the heebie-jeebies. Hell, I wouldn’t even go near the clown at our local Wal-Mart a couple years ago. When I would close my eyes I would see his face in that gutter, and hear him say “They float. We all float down here” still sends chills down my spine. I could almost tell you anything about that movie I was so horrified. Not that long ago I was driving down a street on a rainy day with my sister and I see a red... [continues]
There we were lying on the basement floor, all lights out except for that flicker of light coming from the television in front of us. I laid there with a pillow in front of my face, to hide when I needed to. Which I still do to this day! Looking around at every noise I heard; imagining this creature lurking around somewhere down there with us. I wanted to stop watching, but I think I was so horror stricken, I couldn’t take my eyes off the television. I was all of 9 or 10 when I watched this horror movie, the nightmares already forming in my mind. When you’re young your mind goes everywhere, scaring yourself silly. As the movie ended, I could only think of what happened to Georgie. My life changed after that moment, I stared at the bathroom sink every time I went to the bathroom, stood as far away from the shower drain as I could and slept with lights on for weeks.
All I could hear in my head when I looked in the bathroom was his voice coming from the sink and the blood coming out of the faucet. Pennywise haunted me for years; to this day he and other clowns give me the heebie-jeebies. Hell, I wouldn’t even go near the clown at our local Wal-Mart a couple years ago. When I would close my eyes I would see his face in that gutter, and hear him say “They float. We all float down here” still sends chills down my spine. I could almost tell you anything about that movie I was so horrified. Not that long ago I was driving down a street on a rainy day with my sister and I see a red... [continues]
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