IT movie: Professional clowns are FURIOUS with Stephen King adaptation
STEPHEN KING’S IT movie trailer has angered professional clowns for promoting Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns.
TERRIFYING trailer for new Warner Bros horror 'IT'
The comic circus performers have been around for years, but the way children see clowns has changed in recent decades.
Of course there’s Batman’s nemesis, The Joker, created in 1940, but it was King’s 1986 novel IT that spawned the contemporary evil clown.
There’s even an official term for the fear of clowns – Coulrophobia – something that will no doubt resurface following last week’s IT movie trailer drop.
Now professional clowns are furious with the new adaptation, following the 1990 TV miniseries with Tim Curry, because of how it will effect their business.
During an interview with Mel Magazine, one professional clown called Guilford ‘Gilly’ Adams, spoke out.
They said: “It’s a dying profession. And the people who do it and scrape together a living have to grapple with the fact that it's cool and hip not to like clowns.
“The ultimate prick in this [IT movie] is that it's going to turn young consumers away from an art form that's sweet and nice and not about the Kardashians and Minecraft.”
IT’s antagonist is an evil force that enjoys taking the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown to entice children to their untimely deaths.
The new horror smashed Fast and Furious 8’s world record for the most trailer views in 24 hours, with an incredible 197 million views.
IT will be released on September 8, 2017.