“Swear to me. Swear to me that if IT isn’t dead, we’ll all come back.”

By now, you’ve heard it a million times: “You know, Pennywise did for clowns what Jaws did for beaches.” Here’s why: In November of 1990, Stephen King‘s 1986 novel IT became a thing of nightmares for an entire generation when director Tommy Lee Wallace‘s two-part miniseries adaptation conquered network TV on ABC. Since then, the image of Tim Curry’s unnerving shapeshifting clown has lived rent-free in the consciousness of children, teens, and adults.

But so has the heroism of The Losers’ Club at the center of King’s story and Wallace’s miniseries. Decades later, this coming-of-age story about friendship and love enduring in the face of evil has influenced countless souls as they, too, grow up to face their own respective fears. And that’s largely why the novel and its iconic Emmy-winning miniseries continues to bruise those who stumble upon it … and yet also those who dare return to revisit it.

It’s a legacy that’s stonier than the soil of a man’s heart, and also the subject of a new documentary called Pennywise: The Story of It. Directed by filmmakers John Campopiano and Chris Griffiths, the two-hour opus works like a visual storybook, capturing both an era and a generation all at once. Naturally, it’s chock full of interviews, too, with talking heads that range from Tim Curry to Seth Green, Richard Thomas to Tim Reid, Brandon Crane to Emily Perkins.

To celebrate its exciting new release on Screambox, The Losers’ Club is re-running its 30th anniversary reunion roundtable with the original Losers from way, way back in the Fall of 2020. Hosted by Michael Roffman and Randall Colburn, the two-part conversation finds the cast sharing stories from the set, discussing the legacy of the miniseries, and reminiscing on how they all grew up with Stephen King looming over their shoulders. Guests include director John Campopiano, Marlon Taylor (Mike Hanlon); Brandon Crane (Ben Hanscom); Ben Heller (Stanley Uris); Adam Faraizl (Eddie Kasprak); and Emily Perkins (Beverly Marsh).

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Stream the episode below and return later this week when the Losers revisit another miniseries in 2006’s Nightmares & Dreamscapes as part of their ensuing coverage on 2002’s Everything’s Eventual. For further adventures, join the Losers’ Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. You can also unlock hundreds of hours of exclusive content in The Barrens (Patreon).

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