It: 19 WTF Moments

13. New Kids On The Block

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One of the film's best running jokes involves Ben's love of 80s pop band New Kids on the Block, something Beverly learns early on in the movie.

It's a recurring gag between the two, with them occasionally quoting the group's song titles at one another surreptitiously, and pays off with one absurd moment after Ben invites the Losers to his house.

As he discusses his research into Derry, Beverly closes his bedroom door to reveal a giant New Kids on the Block poster, at which point the movie stops dead in its tracks, cuts around the poster while one of the group's songs blares out, and then cuts back to Ben.

In a movie featuring child murder and surreal hallucinations, it just might be the most weird and unexpected moment. It's a peculiar series of edits, but it basically works as a barmy injection of comic relief.

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