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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 weakening and defeating Pennywise, and the only way she could find to rebuild that bond between them was by having sex with each of her ...
What is the weird scene in IT book? ›
To this day, it's earned the It book controversy. Late in the novel, after the young Losers Club vanquished Pennywise for the first time, each of the six boys has sex with Beverly Marsh as the others watch.
What did Beverly do in the sewers in IT? ›
The scene in the novel where preteen Beverly has sex with the rest of the members of The Losers Club in the sewers of Derry after defeating Pennywise for the first time has become one of the more controversial in the novel. The scene was omitted from Andy Muschietti's film series as well as the 1990 miniseries.
What page is the sewer scene? ›
What is the significance of the whole scene on page 580 in Stephen King's 'It'?
What did Pennywise do to Georgie in the sewer? ›
In the theatrical film series, Georgie is instead dragged down the sewers by Pennywise, after his right arm is dismembered by the latter, calling Bill's name as no one hears.
What was the controversial scene cut from IT? ›
IT Chapter One Originally Had Pennywise Eat A Baby
According to actor Bill Skarsgård, the deleted IT baby eating scene was a flashback set in the 1600s, showing the ancient entity in his pre-Pennywise form and designed to give the villain more backstory.
What is the most disturbing part of the IT book? ›
The first few pages involving the sewer scene with Georgie and IT is the scariest part of the book, and possibly the scariest part of any book I've ever read. There's something about the line, “They float, Georgie, and when you're down here with me, you'll float too,” that sends chills down my spine.
What scene was deleted from IT? ›
Pennywise's Origin Wasn't the Only 'It' Scene That Was Cut
Deleted scenes include Stanley Uris's (Wyatt Oleff) extended bar mitzvah speech, a more developed backstory for Mike (Chosen Jacobs), and a longer version of adult Beverly's (Jessica Chastain) encounter with the elderly woman Mrs. Kersh (Joan Gregson).
Is there any inappropriate scene in IT? ›
Teens go swimming in their underwear. A kid tells another kid to "blow his dad." Two kids share a consensual kiss. Nonconsensual sex is also implied -- see Violence & Scariness for details. Did you know you can flag iffy content?
Why does Pennywise hide in the sewer? ›
Pennywise doesn't actually live in the sewer, IT only uses them as convenient access points for IT's physical form to travel through and storeing victims.
Where they're timid and unsure, she's confident and maternal. (King writes the first boy Eddie comes to her “the way he would have come to his mother.”) The sex is a “consensual” gang bang, with each of the boys losing his virginity, and thus entering manhood, through Beverly.
What did Beverly see in Pennywise mouth? ›
In the book, the ritual takes readers on a psychic journey into King's macroverse, the realm in which It's true form — the Deadlights that transfixed Bev when she saw inside Pennywise's mouth in the first movie — coexists alongside a massive, benevolent turtle named Maturin who vomitted out the mainstream universe in ...
How did they escape the sewers in IT book? ›
After the battle, not knowing if they killed It or not, the Losers get lost in the sewers. To try and regain a sense of direction, Beverly has intercourse with each of the boys to bring the unity back to the group. Once they are safely out, the Losers swear a blood oath to return to Derry should It resurface.
How was Pennywise defeated in the book? ›
Pennywise finally meets her match in the book as Bill and Richie catch up to her in the bowels of the cave, and Bill literally punches her to death, thrusting his fists into the spider until he reaches her heart which blows up the demon's heart.
Why was there a sewer scene in IT? ›
“Intuitively, the Losers knew they had to be together again. The sexual act connected childhood and adulthood. It's another version of the glass tunnel that connects the children's library and the adult library. Times have changed since I wrote that scene and there is now more sensitivity to those issues.”
Why does Pennywise go in the sewer? ›
Pennywise doesn't actually live in the sewer, IT only uses them as convenient access points for IT's physical form to travel through and storeing victims.
Did the boys see the blood in the bathroom in IT? ›
After a tense encounter between Beverly and her abusive and predatory father, who can't see any of the blood, the male members of the Losers' Club stop by. Fearing she's imagined the whole thing, Beverly leads them up to the bathroom — where, to her relief, she realizes they can all see the blood.