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Loser Club Novel Vs Movie

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Questionable Differences from Stephen King's Classic Thriller: IT
Creepy clowns have been a fear to most people, especially after author Stephen King published a novel called It in 1986. He introduced to the world a group of 7 young outcasts, nicknamed The Loser Club, who were terrorized by a vicious child-killing clown named Pennywise. Pennywise makes these 7 teenagers life a living nightmare, in their hometown of Derry Maine.
After so much popularity, director Tommy Lee Wallace created the first ever film of It a few years later in 1990. Almost 3 decades later, director Andres Muschietti releases his version of this terrific thriller a few months ago on September 08, 2017.
As a matter of fact, the novel and film both show Pennywise, also …show more content…

However, King's novel includes two periods in time, one of The Loser Club as kids and the other years later as adults.
According to Lucy O' Brien, "The most immediate overhaul in IT (2017) is its time period. The Losers' Club in Stephen King's novel first face their fears between 1957 and 1958... IT (2017) takes place between 1988 and '89...This also means that the 'adult' part of the story that we will see in IT: Chapter 2 takes place not in the '80s, but in the present day." If Chapter 2 is going to be modern day, daily use of technology might be a huge influence in the upcoming film. Since the time period is different, the disturbing creatures seen, have changed as well.
As a matter of fact, according to Rosie Fletcher, "The monsters in King's novel were based in the pop culture of the '50s. There were classic movie monsters like a werewolf, the mummy, Gill-Man, and Frankenstein's Monster." Unlike the movie, the dancing clown shape shifts into the kid's greatest fears. Showing that the only way for The Loser Club to stop the shape shifting demon was to overcome their …show more content…

Henry's father was a farmer in the novel to an abusive policeman, but that didn't stop Henry and his goons. Victor and Belch were killed chasing the Losers into the sewers, while Henry survives and was blamed for the murders of other lost kids in King's book. Instead, in the film, Henry was pushed down a while fighting Mike. Unanswered if he is dead or alive. Although, Henry appears in Chapter 2 in King's book.
Meanwhile, Mike Hanlon was entirely dissimilar. In the novel, Mike becomes a librarian when he is older and is responsible on bring The Loser Club back together again if things were bad. He read most of the dark history about Derry Maine, which all lead to the demon clown, Pennywise. However, in the movie, Ben is the one to walk everyone down the history of their town all with a homemade scrapbook. Also in the novel, Mike had a strong unique bond with his father but in the film both his parents died in a house fire, he managed to escape from. From there on he is forced to live on a farm with his

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