Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ (2021) on Netflix

Plot summary

Made over several years, the documentary returns to the two-part miniseries It, broadcast in 1990, and to Pennywise, the monster clown horror fans have not forgotten. Its key players give exclusive interviews about how the production came together and what the saga set off at the time. Cast members, including the actor who played Pennywise, appear alongside the miniseries' director and its special effects makeup artist. Their recollections sit beside archive material and footage that has not been shown before, tracing the buzz the broadcast drew and the hold the saga kept on an entire generation of viewers and on horror as a genre.