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en ‘Floating’ your way thi eph s autumn t ! S are two ll be King-inspired horror s i w equels. S cared? You ithout Stephen King, there would be a mile-wide hole in the horror genre. As the 71-year- old silverback of supernatural fiction, the US author’s books have sold 350 million copies, spawned endless movie adaptations – and given the planet a lifelong fear of clowns, cats and deserted hotels. Now, get ready for another round of King spin-offs, as we hide behind our popcorn buckets for It Chapter Two and Doctor Sleep... creation, rising from the sewers ever y 27 years to kill the children of a sinister New England town. In the first chapter, the members of the Losers Club fought back and almost vanquished this ancient evil – now they return as adults to finis h the job. But it won’t be easy: Skarsgård has said that this time around, Pennywise is “scar ier and angrier”, and in a town where even sweet old ladies have dark secrets, the gang will need all their smarts to surv ive. Fears of a clown The shapeshifting devil-clown Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) is arguably King’s creepiest Let it Shine Ever wondered what happened to little Danny Torrance after the events of The 26 odeon.co.uk