@HG_Hohbes/Twitter2017 is not a good year to have a clown phobia, what with the IT remake being the most hyped film of the Autumn season.
Well at least it’s just a film, right?
I hate to be the bearer of creepy news but it seems Stephen King’s twisted imagination is leaking straight out of the cinema screens and into the audience.
Scary Pennywise-esque clowns have been spotted getting themselves a good seat at their local cinema to watch the horror flick, and they’re even freakier than the actual film:
Sittin in the cinema waiting to see IT in 4DX and there's a fucking lassie sittin in the back wae a clown face, holdin a fckn red balloon
— di mascio? (@hayleydimascio) September 8, 2017
Hellllll nooo, I just went to see IT and halfway thru this clown walks in to the cinema with a red ballon and sits in the front row ??
— ? (@Pale_Indian93) September 9, 2017
But perhaps the most disturbing sighting was in a Guildford cinema in Surrey?…
Little did communications manager Chris know, somebody (or something), was waiting for him!
Chris tweeted a terrifying picture of a solitary clown sat in the deserted cinema, with the following comment:
Went to see IT, I’m first in the screen and this fucking guy’s just sitting there.
Went to see IT, I'm first in the screen and this fucking guy's just sitting there. pic.twitter.com/b3oatLGdrs
— Chris (@HG_Hohbes) September 8, 2017
This clown had gone the full hog, even carrying the iconic red balloon.
Just imagine being alone in an empty cinema with this guy:
Now he's wandering around pic.twitter.com/X7oZ2yKwuZ
— Chris (@HG_Hohbes) September 8, 2017
People understandably were freaked out and offered Chris all sorts of horror film wisdom, which mostly amounted to getting the hell out of there:
Pop the balloons!! The clowns disappear when you pop the BALLOONS!!! pic.twitter.com/BoguA3LZrz
— Kershaw ? (@07Kershaw) September 9, 2017
Drop kicking his ass back to the sewers of DERRY pic.twitter.com/nnJakskEIC
— Nathan Linayao ?? (@bunso0023) September 9, 2017
— Ginger Wesson ? (@GingerWesson) September 10, 2017
However, Chris apparently had a good chat with the clown, and admitted he was actually ‘alright’:
Had a chat to him, he's actually alright
— Chris (@HG_Hohbes) September 8, 2017
Apparently, he’s called Jordan, he’s from Surrey and had just enjoyed a horrifically detailed makeover.
gave jordan a makeover for the IT screenings tonight at work ? did the best I could with the shitty costume pic.twitter.com/BBC600KvE6
— hannah ♏️ (@_scorpiho) September 8, 2017
So there we have it.
Perhaps scary clowns are misunderstood and just need a friend to chat to?
Jules studied English Literature with Creative Writing at Lancaster University before earning her masters in International Relations at Leiden University in The Netherlands (Hoi!). She then trained as a journalist through News Associates in Manchester. Jules has previously worked as a mental health blogger, copywriter and freelancer for various publications.