So I read this book in about 10th grade, liked it, no biggie. Had read many other Stephen King's and enjoyed them. Then this movie comes out and Tim Curry's eyes and odd mannerisms made it all alive and concrete to me. So many scenes from the movie gave me that deep gut fear for a while. Cue about 10 years later I'm working in a bar on Halloween and some motherfucker walks in with a spitting image Pennywise costume on. He comes up to the bar and his friend (I forget the friend really because I was fixated/deer-in-headlights-terrified-a-little of Pennywise) orders his drink. I would have been fine with it but the motherfucker never talked and never changed facial expression, just stared ahead blankly. I was uncomfortable until he left. Typing this brought it back a little.