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By Carey Purcell. Scared of clowns? You have director Tommy Lee Wallace to thank for your phobia. Hero in a Half Shell. Twitter content View on Twitter. Tall Paul. HWD Daily From the awards race to the box office, with everything in between: get the entertainment industry's must-read newsletter. Enter your e-mail address. Stan is clearly the most fearful and reluctant member of the group, so it makes sense that he would be the first to bail after such an important moment?

It should also be noted that Eddie? Warner Bros. World Turtle. The Shining? Paul Bunyan Statue During the Derry festival scene when Mike is talking to his friends about what happened to his parents, a towering Paul Bunyan statue can be seen in the background. Nightmare On Elm Street Homage? Warner Bros 4. Molly Ringwald As already mentioned, It is filled with numerous touchstones to 80s pop culture, but it gets pretty on the nose at one point when Richie derisively calls Beverley Molly Ringwald.

The other sly reference to King's work comes in two moments that viewers of the new movie may have dismissed as unimportant. Towards the beginning of the movie, Ben happens upon a turtle while playing in the lake. Turtles come up again later when Bill picks up a turtle made of Legos in Georgie's room before dropping it when he hears a noise from outside. Though it's not explained in the new movie, the turtle is actually a hugely important symbol in the original It book as well as King's other books exploring his created mythology.

In the book, the Losers get advice on how to defeat It from the mythical turtle god Maturin. The new movie clearly didn't want to lose the audience by diving too deeply into King's confusing mythology too early, so instead of including Maturin itself, the film settled for just a couple of winks to fans who are familiar with the character. Maybe the turtle god will show up in the sequel.