20 Horror Movies Ruined By TERRIBLE Reveals

19. Pennywise's Spider Form - It (1990)

It 1990
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Though technically a miniseries, 1990's It is basically a three-hour film adaptation of Stephen King's iconic horror novel, and despite its dated elements, earned a considerable amount of goodwill from Tim Curry's magnificent performance as Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

It tracks, then, that the film goes wildly off the rails at the end when Pennywise sheds its clown visage and reveals its "true" form to the Losers, resembling a giant spider.

Though this is source-accurate to an extent, unfortunately, the miniseries' $12 million budget just wasn't enough for the crew to execute the effect to satisfaction.

Simply put, the spider looks embarrassingly cheap, from the practical materials to how it's lit, to the awkward combination of animatronic and stop-motion shots.

This all works against It's success otherwise, especially detracting from all the hard work Tim Curry put into making Pennywise such a terrifying entity. 

By the end, Pennywise is absolutely laughable - a fact that wasn't lost on the cast, crew, or even King himself, all of whom were disappointed with the final result.

 
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