Sink Your Teeth Into These Terrifyingly Good Art The Clown Facts

"It," which was published in 1986, was first adapted into a TV movie in 1990. It lay dormant for nearly two decades, until it was resurrected in 2017 for a big screen adaptation. But those who think Pennywise and Art are similar are only looking at the surface. There are actually quite a number of differences between them.

With Art the Clown becoming a new icon of terror, there are already debates comparing him to Pennywise from "It." One site even boldly claimed that Art is the scarier clown of the two. As Screenrant writes, "Pennywise is certainly a notable villain, but Art the Clown has the edge ... Art is a human serial killer, unlike Pennywise ... [and] while Pennywise does crack jokes, he's rarely if ever funny. Art has audiences genuinely laughing at points, only to follow up with a swift and shocking kill."

As Leone told Dread Central, he went out of his way to make the opposite of Pennywise. "Art is bald, he's black and white. Pennywise is colorful, he has hair. Pennywise speaks, Art doesn't. Pennywise doesn't use weapons, Art the Clown uses any weapon he can get his hands on, so all these little things came together."