Movies based on Stephen King's books are generally known for being creepy and disturbing – unless you've actually read the source material. Instead, he wrote it as the connecting link between childhood and adulthood, as the Losers knew they had to be together again, and described it as “ another version of the glass tunnel that connects the children’s library and the adult library.” King added that he's aware that, with time, there has been more sensitivity and attention to issues like the underage sex depicted in IT's sewer scene. In 2013, Stephen King (through his office manager Marsha DeFillipo) shared on the message board of his official site what the controversial scene in the sewers represents, and begins by explaining that, at the time, he wasn’t thinking of the sexual aspect of it. Of course, such a scene involving underage characters was extremely controversial and has been left out of all adaptations, but it has a meaning that goes beyond the act itself. The controversial sewer scene in the original IT wasn't random: in the book, Beverly realized that they were not going to find the exit without being unified, as they had been before defeating Pennywise, and the only way she could find to rebuild that bond between them was by having sex with each of her friends. Stephen King's IT also has the Losers battle the malevolent Pennywise in the sewers of Derry 27 years earlier, and the book's most controversial moment, by far, was that initial IT sewer scene.

In the end, the adult Losers Club members are able to defeat Pennywise once and for all by challenging IT in the sewers, with Bill locating and destroying the creature's heart. In both the books and the adaptations, IT took the shape of its targets’ biggest fears, but its preferred form was that of Pennywise, the dancing clown. Related: Stephen King's IT: Why Pennywise's Victims Are Mostly Children The Losers reunited 27 years later, when the creature, which they referred to as “IT,” returned after its apparent death. The novel can be divided into two parts: the first set in 1957-1958, following the Losers as kids, and the second set in 1984-1985, following the group as adults. IT follows the story of a group of kids self-named “Losers Club” who come across an evil, shape-shifting entity living in the sewers of their hometown, Derry, Maine.

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