It (1990)
It is a 1990 mystery series created by Stephen King. It stars Tim Curry, Harry Anderson and Dennis Christopher.
In Derry, Maine, children keep dying, and only seven misfit kids seem to notice the pattern: a creature that surfaces every generation wearing the grin of Pennywise, a clown who becomes whatever each child fears most. This two-part ABC miniseries splits its story across 1960, when the Losers' Club first fights back, and 1990, when the grown survivors are called home by a promise they made as children. Tim Curry's Pennywise, all yellowed teeth and singsong menace, made a generation wary of storm drains. Adapted from Stephen King's novel, it blends small-town nostalgia with childhood terror.
Quick answers
What is It about?
In Derry, Maine, children keep dying, and only seven misfit kids seem to notice the pattern: a creature that surfaces every generation wearing the grin of Pennywise, a clown who becomes whatever each child fears most. This two-part ABC miniseries splits its story across 1960, when the Losers' Club first fights back, and 1990, when the grown survivors are called home by a promise they made as children. Tim Curry's Pennywise, all yellowed teeth and singsong menace, made a generation wary of storm drains. Adapted from Stephen King's novel, it blends small-town nostalgia with childhood terror.
When was It released?
It was released on 18 November 1990.
How many episodes does It have?
It has 2 episodes across 1 seasons.
Who made It?
It was created by Stephen King.
Where can I watch It?
It is available on Fandango At Home.
Where to watch It
Rent: Fandango At Home
Buy: Fandango At Home
Cast
- Tim Curry as Pennywise
- Harry Anderson as Richie Tozier
- Dennis Christopher as Eddie Kaspbrak
- Richard Masur as Stan Uris
- Annette O'Toole as Beverly Marsh
- Tim Reid as Mike Hanlon
- John Ritter as Ben Hanscom
- Richard Thomas as Bill Denbrough
- Jonathan Brandis as Bill Denbrough - Age 12
- Brandon Crane as Ben Hanscom - Age 12
- Adam Faraizl as Eddie Kaspbrak - Age 12
- Seth Green as Richie Tozier - Age 12
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A few thoughts on It
Stephen King's The Institute pits gifted children against a merciless adult conspiracy, while his The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon strands one kid alone with her fears. The manga Erased mirrors this exactly: a small town, murdered children, and an adult forced back into the past. Junji Ito's Tomie delivers pure page-turning horror.
Stephen King's world across the page and screen
It began as Stephen King's doorstop novel before Tim Curry gave Pennywise a face. These picks stay in King country, the source book, its Derry follow-ups and other adaptations where small-town America hides something ancient and hungry beneath its ordinary surface.
Kids banding together against a monster
The heart of It is the Losers' Club, seven misfit children who fight the thing the adults refuse to see. These stories share that bond, groups of young friends facing a supernatural threat together, where growing up and staying loyal matter as much as surviving the horror.
Nightmare fuel: body horror and cursed towns
It turns a storm drain into a doorway for pure nightmare, a shape-shifter that becomes your worst fear. These picks chase that skin-crawling dread, warped bodies, spreading curses and haunted places where the horror seeps into the town itself until nowhere feels safe to stand.
Horror anthologies and monster-of-the-week frights
It arrived as event-television horror, a two-part miniseries built to scare a whole living room. These picks keep that spirit, anthologies and creature features that serve fresh frights episode by episode, hosted terrors and demons meant to be watched with the lights left on.