10 Horror Movie Moments More Important Than You Realised
8. The Changing Colour Of Pennywise's Eyes - It
Audiences en masse were likely so traumatised by the opening sequence of 2017's It that they didn't notice a vital character detail hidden in plain sight.
During the movie's first scene, poor Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) is preyed upon by Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgård), who ends up luring the young boy towards a drain and devouring him.
While Pennywise "seduces" Georgie by presenting a fun, appealing demeanour, he has one majorly insidious trick up his sleeve: changing the colour of his eyes.
As we know from the rest of the movie, Pennywise's natural eye colour is yellow, yet during this scene his eyes are blue while talking to Georgie.
The reason for this? Georgie's brother Bill (Jaeden Lieberher) has blue eyes, and so Pennywise changes his eyes to a colour that, at an unconscious level, would help lower Georgie's guard and encourage him to trust Pennywise.
This is actually explained in Stephen King's original novel, and adds yet another disturbing layer to Pennywise's predatory nature.