Oh, if you thought the movies were scary just wait till you read the original book written by Stephen King...
Published in 1986, IT is a horror novel written by American writer- Stephen King. The novel has been well acclaimed amongst readers and critics; some have even referred to the novel as one of King's best horror works. The book tells of an evil entity whom terrorizes seven children belonging to a so-called group - the losers club by exploiting their worst fears in order to prey on them. The entity is known for often taken the form of Pennywise, the dancing clown.
Now that's all good and fine as I am sure most of you might know of this story - whether you've read the book or watched the movies. They've grown quite popular since it's first release in 1986. However, what few may not know(and I am referring to the movie watchers) is that the IT novel contains not only some of the most scariest but some of the most disturbing scenes to hit the publishing world. Follow me as we delve back into some of these scenes from the novel...
Oh and Yes! I would be covering That scene too.
Okay just a little disclaimer alert: This post will contain numerous spoilers for those who haven't read the book.
And more importantly: This post contains some very violent and explicit content(hey...don't blame me, blame Stephen King) so read at your own risk
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Beware, the scenes get more intense and bizarre as we progress
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SCENE 1 - No Head Eddie(Chapter 6, Part 3)
It was Dorsey as he had been buried, Dorsey in his blue blazer and gray pants, only now the blazer was in muddy tatters, Dorsey's shirt was yellow rags, Dorsey's pants clung wetly to legs as thin as broomsticks. And Dorsey's head was horribly slumped, as if it had been caved in at the back and consequently pushed up in the front. Dorsey was grinning. "Eddieeeee," his dead brother croaked, just like one of the dead people who were always coming back from the grave in the horror comics.
Ah yes, I remember when this character was introduced and all I kept on thinking was "Yup!... he's dead." In this scene, Pennywise appears to Eddie as his murdered younger brother and a few dialogues later, it transforms into some gruesome swarm creature and rips Eddies head off.
SCENE 2 - Drain of Blood(Chapter 9, Part 2)
You'll float down here with your friends, Beverly, we all float down here, tell Bill that Georgie says hello, tell Bill that Georgie misses him but he'll see him soon, tell him Georgie will be in the closet some night with a piece of piano wire to stick in his eye, tell him -" The voice broke up in a series of choking hiccups and suddenly a bright red bubble backed up the drain and popped, spraying beads of blood on the distained porcelain.
You know what terrifies me most in this scene, is the underlying message that Pennywise tries to pass to Beverly using phrases like we all float down here and making references to Bill's little brother Georgie in order to pass the message of death and dead bodies.
In this scene, Beverly begins to hear voices of dead children coming from the drain in her bathroom sink. Soon, she starts hearing clogging sounds coming from the same drain until a huge pool of blood bursts out of the drain and covers the whole bathroom with blood. But as always, it was just an illusion created by Pennywise; and so Beverly and the rest of the loser's club are left cleaning a bathroom covered in blood that only them could see.
Be wary! Things get far more disturbing from here
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SCENE 3 – The Bully's Handjob(Chapter 17, Part 4)
She saw that Patrick’s thing had gotten a little longer, but not much; it still dangled between his
legs like a snake with no backbone. Henry’s, however, had grown amazingly. It stood up stiff and
hard, almost poking his bellybutton. Patrick’s hand went up and down, up and down, sometimes
pausing to squeeze, sometimes tickling that odd, heavy sac under Henry’s thing.
Those are his balls, Beverly thought. Do boys have to go around with those all the time? God,
I’d go crazy! Another part of her mind then whispered: Bill has those. On its own, her mind
visualized her holding them, cupping them in her hand, testing their texture . . . and that hot feeling
raced through her again, sparking off a furious blush.
Henry stared at Patrick’s hand as if hypnotized. His lighter lay on the rocky scree beside him, reflecting hot afternoon sun. “Want me to put it in my mouth?” Patrick asked. His big, livery lips smiled complacently. “Huh?” Henry asked, as if startled from some deep dream. “I’ll put it in my mouth if you want. I don’t m—” Henry’s hand flashed out, half-curled, not quite a fist. Patrick was knocked sprawling.
Okay, so in this scene Beverly Marsh spies on Local bully - Henry Bowers and his team of bullies the Bower gang as they try to light their farts on fire near a garbage dump. Later, Patrick, one of Henry's boys, gives Henry a Handjob(probably because their pants were already down) and even offers to give Henry a Blowjob which most likely prompted Henry to get back to his senses and punch Patrick in the face.
SCENE 4 – The Baby Murderer (Chapter 17, Part 5)
Patrick went into Avery’s room one afternoon around two-thirty, shortly after the school-bus had
dropped him off from his afternoon kindergarten session. It was January. Outside, snow was
beginning to fall. A powerful wind boomed across McCarron Park and rattled the frosty upstairs
storm windows. His mother was napping in her bedroom; Avery had been fussy all the previous night.
His father was at work. Avery was sleeping on his stomach, his head turned to one side.
Very gently, he turned Avery’s face into the pillow again. This time when Avery struggled, Patrick
did not let go. He pressed the baby’s face more firmly into the pillow. The baby was making steady
muffled cries now, and Patrick knew it was awake. He had a vague idea that it might tell on him to his
mother if he stopped. He held it down. The baby struggled. Patrick held it down. The baby farted. Its
struggles weakened. Patrick still held it down. It eventually became totally still. Patrick held it down
for another five minutes, feeling that excitement crest and then begin to ebb: the shot wearing off,
turning the world gray again, the fix mellowing into an accustomed low doze.
She didn’t discover Avery’s death until nearly five o’clock; until then she had simply assumed he
was taking a very long nap. By then Patrick was watching Crusader Rabbit on their seven-inch TV,
and he went on watching TV through all the uproar that followed
In this frightening scene, we really get a delve into just how evil Patrick Hocksetter can be as we read in details about the events that took place when Patrick suffocated his own baby brother Avery.
SCENE 5 – That Scene(Chapter 22, Part 12)
Unfortunately, this scene is just way to disturbing to quote in full details but take a look at this vague description below
As the Losers continue to bicker amidst the fight between IT inside the Derry sewers, Beverly(the only female in the group) realizes that the evil entity is trying to drive them apart with it's evil psychic powers. And so, by degrees, she concluded that the only way to save everyone, was for her to have sex which each and everyone of her friends turn by turn.
Mike comes to her, then Richie, and the act is repeated. Now she feels some pleasure, dim heat in her childish unmatured sex, and she closes her eyes as Stan comes to her and she thinks of the birds.
My God! The detailing used to explain this particular scene was just too much for me that I had to skip the entire thing. But ultimately, Beverly's idea worked! And in some weird, messed up kind of way, she was able to connect with her friends mentally and they were all able to defeat Pennywise and make it out if the sewers alive.
At the end, she is surprised by that sudden upsurge and she has time to think: Oh! It’s going to
happen again, I don’t know if I can stand it—
But her thoughts are swept away by the utter sweetness of it, and she barely hears him
whispering, “I love you, Bev, I love you, I’ll always love you” saying it over and over and not
stuttering at all.
She hugs him to her and for a moment they stay that way, his smooth cheek against hers.
He withdraws from her without saying anything and for a little while she’s alone, pulling her
clothes back together, slowly putting them on, aware of a dull throbbing pain of which they, being
male, will never know, aware also of a certain exhausted pleasure and the relief of having it over
Ultimately, I feel the scariest part of the whole novel is the Detailing.
But at the end, regardless of all these encourageble scenes, I feel this story really lives up to the worth of Stephen King's Brilliance and I would recommend any Horror genre fan to read it!,
Thanks for reading and keep exploring!
The first image is a screenshot taken by me from the PDF I have of the book and the second image is gotten from here