Killer Clowns
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The Phantom Clown Panic
Pennywise is so effective as a scary monster because like all scary monsters that are sticky and like stick in the culture. The thing to me, the thing about Pennywise is that he's synonymous with childhood trauma. He knows how to terrify you with his knowledge of what your parents did to you or of what you have of the worst traumas that you have experienced. And so to be afraid of Pennywise, it's not silly, right? Because Pennywise is connected with human trauma itself.
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