10 Horror Movies You Knew Would Be Good After The First 10 Minutes
5. IT
As corny as the 1990 mini-series of IT is, it lives in a warm place in many people's hearts, mainly due to Tim Curry's scene-stealing performance as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. No matter how cheesy you find this Stephen King adaption, it's always frightening to watch the opening scene of Pennywise slaughtering Georgie.
But the IT remake of 2017 quickly proved it would be devoid of camp, and instead, focus on brutal scares. Although the scene in the original film cut away before we saw Pennywise kill Georgie, the gore is on full display here.
After Pennywise lures the boy closer, the alien clown sprouts multiple rows of jagged teeth, which he uses to rip Georgie's arm off. AsGeorge tries to crawl away, Pennywise grabs him and drags him into the sewer.
Even though Bill Skarsgard performance as Pennywise is what people remember about this moment, everything in this scene is phenomenal, including the eerie score, the mesmerising cinematography, and Jackson Robert Scott's disturbingly believable performance as Georgie.
Above all, this scene demonstrated how merciless Pennywise is when it came to murdering his victims. On top of that, it proved the film had no qualms with showing kids being killed, which is usually a big no-no, even in the goriest horrors.