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When young Georgie Denbrough disappears into a storm drain chasing a paper boat, his older brother Bill refuses to accept that he is dead. Bill gathers six fellow outcasts — foul-mouthed Richie, hypochondriac Eddie, traumatized Beverly, new kid Ben, Jewish Stan, and homeschooled Mike — into the Losers' Club. They each encounter a shapeshifting entity that takes the form of their deepest fears, most often appearing as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. They discover Derry is plagued by cycles of catastrophic violence every 27 years, connected to the creature beneath it. The entity — which they call It — manipulates and feeds on the chemical signature of fear, becoming stronger the more its victims are afraid. The Losers track It to a network of sewers beneath the town and descend into the lair: an enormous cavern of dead children's belongings. Beverly is put into a catatonic trance; Ben breaks it with a kiss. Together the seven children fight Pennywise physically, refusing to be afraid, and batter it into retreat. It withdraws into a deep shaft, wounded. The Losers make a blood oath: if It resurfaces in 27 years, they will return.