Ash's idea of the children's fear "seasoning the meat" was astonishing - the novel says this WORD FOR WORD!

Good spot on the eyes at the beginning - the novel has Georgie seeing _blue_ eyes because both Bill's and his mother's eyes were blue. And yes, Beverly's fear was menstruation-related - she didn't want her father to see her as a woman.

Hannah: "he's referring to her ginger locks" 😍Ash: 👁️👄👁️ Lol brilliant

Hannah, for one of the 1st times, Ash is 100% correct. Pennywise is using the fears of the children.

Bill Skaarsgard is so amazingly unsettling is this role. That first scene where he’s laughing with Georgie and then his expression just goes dead … it gives me chills so bad I just shake. 😭

The wink from Bev to Ben was a joke about his love of The New Kids on the Block. “The Right Stuff” was one of their biggest hits, and it was an inside joke that they shared. “Are you sure they got ‘the right stuff’ to fix you up?”

This was the highest grossing horror film of 2017, $700 million dollars against a $40 million dollar budget.

You both were a bit right on the influence of IT. In the book he would influence people to do evil things, including Bev's dad. She said it was like he had two personalities. But he infected the whole town to turn away from the strange things that would happen and what deaths came about.

Bill Skarsgard who plays Pennywise was incredible. All the movements Pennywise makes is really Bill Skarsgard (except shape shifting obviously) . But even when his pupils go different ways , his crazy cartoon look smile is all him. Also his whole family are famous actors

I don't know if you guys missed it, or just edited it out. But the absolute scariest part of this movie for me was the old lady behind the boy in the library while he is reading the book (around the 12 minute mark). She stands back there looking normal at first, then the next few times it shows her she is staring at his with a very creepy look on her face. Stuff like that creeps me out big time lol

Love how Hannah always has a problem with any Bully Behaviour 🙌🏾 you say it straight away. You can tell what kind of person you are, you definitely stand up for people ❤

One scene I wished they kept from the book was a kid seeing a giant shark swimming up the canal, after he’d just seen Jaws for the first time. Pennywise using the fear in innocent minds was really creepy.

I think houses in America are generally newer since we don't have thousands of years of architecture to build on to. It's funny because when I watch films set in the UK I always think your buildings and houses are beautiful, especially in the countryside.

Please watch the sequel after this. The story must be complete.

3:14 Acccccctually. Nowhere in the nursery rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty was an egg. That's just something animators and cartoonists added to make an otherwise dark and disturbing poem about someone who burst into pieces after falling from a wall appropriate for children.

This is definitely one of the few modern horror movies that's definitely scary.

The actor who played IT did that offset eye face with the lowered lip in the acting audition and he got the part. Apparently he would do it to his little brother to scare him when he was younger lol

I think what makes these two films so effective, is the attention to what real fear is. Trauma, loss, abuse, addiction….these are all things these kids are dealing with, and pennywise clearly is channeling trauma in finding fear to hurt them. Nothing is worse than reality, and what adults often do to children and how that follows us in life. The second half is just as good, and a great closure to the stories of all the kids!

Someone probably already pointed this out but Beverly’s, “Right stuff” comment was an inside joke to Ben because it is the title of a New Kids on the Block song, which is a callback to an earlier scene. She wasn’t flirting with him in that instance.

Tbf, Ash was ON 👏 IT 👏 with this movie. The eyes, the fear, a true form, ITs influence...like, he caught so much.

I love that you asked if this was “The Shining” ironically both that and “It” was written by Steven King. She winked because the “Right Stuff” was a New Kids on the Block song (the boy bad Ben had a poster of), it was a nod to the fact that he liked their songs.

Super excited to see Hannah’s reaction to IT! I hope you also show her the sequel. Both movies were very VERY well done, IMO.😊 Also, make sure to show her the movies, “Hostel”, “Hellraiser (not the new remake)”, “Dolls”, and “The Ruins”

The power of It kind of places a semi-hypnotic trance on the townspeople. Makes them not want to ask questions and makes them complacent to horrific things. Like, "That's just life in Derry."

Penny wises burn always makes me chuckle. “I’m not real enough for you billy?!!!” “It was reaaallllll enough for Georgie 🤣🤣”

The reason the adults are so creepy or dismissive is because IT influences all of Derry from how powerful of a being it is

Quickly becoming my fav channel ash! I love the humour and banter from you and Hannah! 😂

Sweet reaction! Can't wait to see you guys react to Chapter 2 next up! It's so satisfying to see how everything's handled once the gang is all grown up.

These kids will never emotionally recover lordttt, y'all gotta see part two!!

Stephen King always writes the normal people just as bad, if not worse than the actual villains. Just finished this book and absolutely loved it! Great reaction as always lol y’all are amazing

I watched the mini-series as a kid in the 90's and it gave me nightmares. Just when I thought I'd grown out of the fear, they go and remake it, even scarier in many ways.

Glad you liked this! In the 90s there was a made for TV movie that took after this book (originally a book by Stephen King). It was pretty good but this movie was also VERY good... now on to Chapter 2 !!!

In It (2017), when Pennywise lures Georgie towards the sewer drain he changes the color of his eyes from their normal bright yellow to crystal blue so he looks like Georgie's brother Bill.

I sometimes think Ash takes Ritalin on a recreational basis. LOL. He gets so excited by plot twists and jump scares.

Just wanna say that I find it remarkable that Ash, a man enjoying tough fight scenes and such, has this empathy/sense for something like the symbolism with the bloody bathroom/fear of a girl in puberty. Not wanna say men are not usually sensitive or something. But to pick up on that as a person who hasn't gone through female puberty is awesome IMO :)

you guys are so funny! just found your channel and subscribed 😊 also, at 17:47 Beverly wasn't necessarily flirting with Ben, she was sharing their inside joke of using song titles from the band New Kids on the Block when talking with him. the wink was to help him realize without giving it away to the other kids. although he does have a crush on her so he probably saw it that way anyways 🤷‍♀️

Beverly's fear of blood is some of the most brilliant symbolism in recent movie memory. Just perfect.

i don’t know if you realized but most of the victims are children because their fears are “easy to create” (dark places, clowns, monsters, etc). Unlike adults, who fear “superficial” things, like loneliness, the loss of a loved one, so it’s harder to recreate it.

Been watching your reactions for several weeks. You two have fantastic chemistry. Your show is bound to grow. Greetings and salutations from Detroit, Michigan USA

Fun Fact: Humpty Dumpty is actually meant to refer to a cannon that was meant to be used in a war. They put it on a wall, it fell, and was unusable ;)

When they were treating Ben's wounds and Beverly asked him, "Are you sure they 'got the right stuff?'" She wasn't exactly flirting. It was more of an inside joke between the two of them because it was a reference to him liking the boy band New Kids On The Block. In the song "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" it says "you've got the right stuff, baby..." It's also why he said, "Please don't go, girl." When they first meet and she finds out he likes TNKOTB. That's another song by them.

Happy to see your numbers are at 71.1K as of this viewing. I always love y'all's reactions! ♥IT is a masterpiece!

The houses you were talking about at the start was actually filmed here in Ontario Canada near where I live, and the actual garage scene was in my friends garage no joke!

I like how in the lake scene, when they are swimming, there's a little reference to Pennywise biggest archenemy and kids ally in the book, the Turtle (long cosmic story)

Beverly and Ben were quoting New Kids on the Block (80s/90s boy band) song titles back and forth to each other as an inside joke because they are both fans.

Hey Ash, everything isn't symbolism, as Freud said : "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" Lol. Great reaction you two. This was a favorite book of mine and the movie does a great job of making you feel like you did when you read it.✌

Almost 70k!? I missed watching this yesterday and you got over bud! Good on you guys, thanks!

This is EASILY the most entertaining reaction I have seen to this movie. Plz never stop

If you go back and watch the film again carefully, you will see Pennywise is appearing in many scenes in the background watching the children. Sometimes he will appear as a picture on a brick wall, or he is dancing around in the background at the fair. He is always watching them. Cool fact also, the scene with the projector was the first time the children ever saw what Pennywise looked like. Those are genuine screams :D

Hannah saying to herself: *It’s Just Ribena* Just to keep herself from borking🤣

you are 70k now!! CONGRATULATIONS!!

That was crazy fun to watch with y'all. I can't wait for the next Harry Potter film.

Great reaction! The original "It" scared the living daylights out of me, back in the day. Coudn't sleep the next nights. Nowadays, many horror movies later, I don't even flinch at jump scares anymore. That actually annoys me while watching scary movies like that.

The triangle balloon thingy is pointing down yet it's still floating We all float down here SYMBOLISMS🗿

Ok damn it I just subscribed because of Hannah's reactions. Good Stuff People.

One of my all-time faves...

Now it's time for part 2. This was a fun one!

Great guys! I’m looking for It2 reaction!

Great video. Your channel is in my top 5 favorite movie reaction channels.

Ive been subscribed that at least puts Evil Dead (2013) in the poll suggestions. Lol

Love you two. Chemistry off the charts. Let’s see Part 2.

I friggin love these two. Best reactors on KZfaq.

I saw IT pt 1 in IMAX with my friends the week it debuted. We were in a packed theater and seated right in the middle. It was a true white-knuckle horror film the whole way through. I'll never forget the shock when Georgie's arm was bitten off and they showed the whole thing and lingered on him trying to crawl away. It was just incredible.

OMG GUYS! ❤You are making my days with those reactions. Thank you! I love this movie 😍

ASH I LOVE YOUR HUMOUR, YOU ARE ONE FUNNY PERSON, I SO ENJOY YOUR REACTIONS TO VIDEOS, U AN HANNAH ARE GREAT TOGETHER

Honestly you guys make my day so much I’m so glad I found your channel because your just awesome 😊

Ash cracks me up with his expressions and reactions 😂

Nice pick up on the eye color changing early on Ash, that theme is used in several Stephen King novels (i.e the dark tower series). In IT (if I'm not mistaken) Pennywise is a vampire of sorts, but instead of feeding on blood IT feeds on fear. So IT changes it's eye color to appear more human to Georgie to lure him in.

Very on point in picking out the main clues 🕵️‍♀️ it’s nice to see a lighthearted couple with a good sense of humour. You both “mesh well” together 😉

Only just discovered your channel recently and love you both! Keep up the great videos 😃🙌

The bit in the beginning with the Sombre, spooky piano music only to reveal it's the mum playing is really cute/funny, and does a fantastic job of hinting at how messed up the adults are

I grew up on the Tim Curry version from the 90's. This one is cool too. Each have their own charm. This is one of my favorite Stephen King books as well... Shit it's probably my favorite Horror book of all time. The reason the parents act the way they do is Pennywise has sort of a mental hold over the people of the town. He feeds off everyone. Ash... You're right about fear seasoning the meat. It actually says that in the book lol

Again, love you guys! hugsies

Brilliant reaction as always! now for IT Chapter 2😃

For the record, this story takes place in Maine. Many of the homes in the northeast are notoriously large and beautiful as you saw in the opening scene with Bill and Georgie. But it's important to note that they don't represent the majority of the country. Sadly, most of us are jammed together in tight quarters, tiny apartments, etc. Especially in the larger metropolitan cities. Rising housing costs and low wages makes it incredibly difficult to find good places to live.

Ash chalk one up in the win column for for you on this one. You were all over the symbolisms.

I think there was something in the book (it’s been a minute since I read it) where the reason IT chose Derry was because the adults tended to look the other way. Thereby making it easier for IT to terrorize the children.

The death well wish theory made me laugh- I LOVE YOUR SYMBOLISM ASHHH

You guys are great and you've been the first reactors that finally convinced my gf to watch these reactions with. You guys should really do a reaction to Van Helsing. It's a horror movie for Halloween, it's got some soft spots that Hannah would appreciate and some super badass masculine themes that Ash would totally be all in on. Keep up the good work guys

Just a question you know The Shinning, The Green Mile and IT are written by the same author Stephen King and all take place within the King Multiverse. Also, can we just appreciate how Hannah says "It's art darling" perfect accent. Also Ash you are 100% right IT is an entity from a universe beyond our own, a higher dimension. IT is a being of pure ravenous consumption. Fear is ITs ultimate weapon. According to IT, fear makes the meat taste better because ITs true form is beyond our comprehension, IT cannot be seen by us. IT was wounded in a great battle with another being from the Macroverse ITs home dimension and IT landed or crashed, in Derry Maine, forever damaged but far from beaten. While it seems IT cannot regain ITs full power or return wholly to the Macroverse IT is far more powerful and complex a being compared to human beings. Thus impossible for us to destroy IT even if we were aware of IT and its presence. Also when IT landed IT's very essence IT's evil began immediately corrupting the entire area of the land on which Derry would one day be built. As a result, every single slab of concrete, wooden pole or blade of grass is a part of IT. IT even affected the people who can't see or listen to that voice that tells them to stand up, look out or be counted. They ignore it because IT is affecting them. IT targets children mostly because children's fears are more corporeal than that of adults whose fears are infinitely more complex. But if you got an adult who was really afraid of spiders, cats or dogs etc. IT could easily take them. In the book a black club called The Black Spot was burned down by members of a racist group, Dick Holleran from The Shinning was there. IT was there too and in the form of a giant crow, IT swept down and carried off people in the crowd in the confusion. IT is definitely one of the most terrifying ideas in any medium. King has come up with so many freighting evil beings like IT, Leland Gaunt, Kurt Barlow, The Overlook Ghosts, The True Knot worst of all of them Randall Flagg. But they all reflect very human fears and evils, IT is that fear people have of children becoming victims of evil grown-ups. As King himself said, "Pennywise/IT is a great stand-in for someone like Ted Bundy. He didn't look like a monster but he killed god knows how many women and girls, some were just children really". That is Stephen King's genius. Please watch The Shinning's better sequel Doctor Sleep.

Subscribed yesterday. Great channel. You need to watch the second IT as it is bonkers and hella fun.

Nice. Glad you guys got to this. Btw they filmed this in a town in my province in Ontario Canada. Hamilton amongst other places I believe. Cheers

Can't wait for y'all to watch chapter 2

27:47 A part from the book "all the chemicals of fear flooded the body and salted the meat" 31:09 This man is on point, this is why the people in the car looked at the bullied cutting an H into another kids body and just drove past with a balloon in the back, but I'll be honest, it never really registered with me that that was the reason why the dad was so creepy.

Fun fact: Bill Skarsgard (aka Pennywise), actually PHYSICALLY did that spooky thing where one of his eyes just dips off with absolutely NO "special effects" (or CGI, etc...) Anyway,, Bill HADER (aka Richie Tozier), didn't know that, and when he told Bill SKARSGARD (Pennywise) just how scary he thought that effect was, Skarsgard said "Oh like THIS?!" ...and just DID IT (out of nowhere) scaring the absolute $HIT out of Hader!!🤣👍

and now you HAVE to see part 2 of IT :D

You guys are seriously the BEST!

The clown was played by Bill Skarsgard him and his whole family are gifted actors amazing talents! His dad played in "Good will Hunting". A Swedish family pretty much if you see Skarsgard in the list of actors it's worth seeing. His older brother played Floki in "Vikings". Steven King is a great writer it's either a homerun or a wtf? With King. I love his work and have paperbacks of Kings all over my place. Some are Amazing some were so bad I couldn't even finish them.

hes right about it influencing people hes actually influencing the whole town. Thats why the town don't do nothing when they see bullying or care about kids in general. Notice how all the parents are either absent from there lives or an enigma on them.

you guys chemistry is hilarious!

pennywise does in fact influence the adults to ignore what's going on so he can prey on the kids in the town with ease. also i believe all of kings books are in the same universe.

IT Chapter 2 please! ASAP and yes, I'm subscribed lol. Have been for ages so please watch the sequel immediately. Bill Skarsgard killed it as IT... sorry about the spelling.

Hannah slow mo screams and gags are the best hahahah

We passed the 70k mark guys, Onwards to 140k! Congrats!

Chapter 2 now please!!!!!!! And the original 1990 tv film would be awesome to. There is reason why Stephen is KING!!!! The IT book was the first book I ever read and have been in love with this story since. So glad to see you both enjoy IT.

Tim Curry was iconic as Pennywise in the television version in the 80s, and Bill Skarsgard had to pull it off with his turn. Both Pennywises were the best thing in both versions, including the weaker sequels or adult versions. The adult storyline wasn’t as engaging as when they were kids; however, the film version is better than its TV counterpart. Ash was shocked that Georgie was killed off as a kid in a horror movie, but this was in the book by Stephen King. IT (2017) is much more gruesome than the two-parts TV version. Ash might be interested in The Blob remake (1988), where there is no mercy just because you’re a child. Also, another Stephen King adaptation where a toddler was killed off is the classic Pet Semetery (1989), and Miko Hughes did a fantastic job.

It is connected to The Shining. In the book it mentions that the chef at The Black Spot club is the guy at The Overlook Hotel.

I hope you two are in for part two!

Bill Skarsgård was Pennywise. He did an amazing job, and the eye thing was his real eyes.

These guys are so funny.😅

Also, Stephen King mentioned once that what is happening with these kids is a metaphor for growing up. Once they do, they then have to remember being young (Part 2). No spoilers.