First 'It' Trailer: New Pennywise Guarantees Fresh Nightmares

The It trailer has clawed its way into existence after years in the dank hot sewers of development hell. The first theatrical film of Stephen King's 1,138-page novel from 1986 follows the 1990 ABC miniseries that starred Tim Curry. (Once you've seen the trailer, we've also got a massive Complete Guide to It for you.)

In the 2017 remake it's 26-year-old Swede Bill Skarsgård (Hemlock Grove, The Divergent Series: Allegiant) playing the shapeshifting, child-eating monster often embodied as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Early photos of the new look stirred up all sorts of polarizing emotions; in motion here—even without any spoken words—he's definitively disturbing, even so briefly glimpsed. That closing sequence guarantees nightmares tonight or your money back.

Skarsgård previously called It "such an extreme character," one who's "beyond even a sociopath." He also notes that "Tim Curry’s performance was truly great, but it’s important for me to do something different because of that." Argentine director Andrés Muschietti (Mamasaid the new Pennywise will make audiences "shit a brick."