It (2017)
Figures
Form & technique
- The film's 1989 setting and aesthetic
- The projector scene in the garage
- The film's sound design and musical score → The Unseen Voice
- The film's cinematography and color palette
Tropes
- Pennywise the Dancing Clown
- The relationship between Richie Tozier and Eddie Kaspbrak → Homosocial Desire
- The specific manifestations of Pennywise for each child (leper, flute lady, etc.) → The Uncanny
- The character arc of Beverly Marsh → The Final Girl
- The absent and abusive adults of Derry
- Pennywise's grotesque and rapid transformations → The Body without Organs
Films most connected to It
- Hellraiser (1987) — via The Unseen Voice, The Final Girl, The Uncanny
- Hereditary (2018) — via The Unseen Voice, The Final Girl, The Uncanny
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014) — via Homosocial Desire, The Uncanny
- Barton Fink (1991) — via Homosocial Desire, The Uncanny
- 300 (2006) — via The Unseen Voice, Homosocial Desire
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) — via The Unseen Voice, Homosocial Desire
- The Power of the Dog (2021) — via The Unseen Voice, The Uncanny
- Burning (2018) — via The Unseen Voice, The Uncanny