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IT (2017) (PART 1 of 2) KILL COUNT is the forty-fifth video of The Kill Count.
Overview[]
In October 1988, Bill Denbrough gives his seven-year-old brother, Georgie, a paper sailboat. Georgie sails the boat along the rainy streets of small town Derry, and is disappointed when it falls down a storm drain. As he attempts to retrieve it, Georgie sees a clown in the sewer, who introduces himself as "Pennywise the Dancing Clown". The clown entices Georgie to come closer, then severs his arm and drags him into the sewer.
The following summer, Bill and his friends, Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak, and Stan Uris, run afoul of older bully Henry Bowers and his gang. Bill, still haunted by Georgie's disappearance and the resulting neglect from his grief-stricken parents, discovers that his brother's body may have washed up in a marshy wasteland called the Barrens. He recruits his friends to investigate, believing his brother may still be alive. Ben Hanscom learns that the town has been plagued by unexplained tragedies and child disappearances for centuries. He is targeted by Bowers' gang, after which he flees into the Barrens and meets Bill's group. They find the sneaker of a missing girl, while a member of the pursuing Bowers Gang, Patrick Hockstetter, is killed by Pennywise while searching the sewers for Ben.
Beverly Marsh, a girl ostracized over rumors of promiscuity, also joins the group; both Bill and Ben develop feelings for her. Later, the group befriends Mike Hanlon after defending him from Bowers. All the while each member of the group has encountered terrifying phenomena in various forms; these include the same menacing clown who attacked Georgie, a headless boy, a fountain of blood, a diseased and rotting man, a creepy painting come to life, Mike's parents burning alive, and a phantom Georgie.
Now calling themselves "The Losers Club", they realize they are all being terrorized by the same entity. They determine that "It" assumes the appearance of what they fear, awakens every 27 years to feed on the children of Derry before returning to hibernation, and moves about by using sewer lines—which all lead to a well currently under the abandoned house at 29 Neibolt Street.
Deaths[]
Counted Deaths[]
- Georgie Denbrough - Arm bitten off, Dragged into sewer - 9 mins in
- Patrick Hockstetter - Killed by Pennywise offscreen - 35 mins in
Deaths (Added in It: Chapter Two (2019) KILL COUNT)[]
- Eddie Corcoran - Presumably had arm torn off by Pennywise - ??? (Arm seen at 1 hr 5 mins in)
Non-Counted Deaths[]
- Sheep - Shot by Leroy Hanlon
Trivia[]
- Patrick isn't in the 1990's miniseries, except maybe as one of the unnamed Greasers during the rock quarry fight.