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In the original IT movie, did Pennywise really exist or was it a figment of the protagonists imagination? Reasons that made me believe the latter

  1. Only they could see Penywise
  2. Only they could see what Pennywise was doing (blood it was creating, voices etc)
  3. Their belief that silver would harm Pennywise, actually made the earrings harm it
  4. The asthma inhaler was just a placebo. It did not include any medicine inside. But the belief that it was battery acid, actually made the face of Pennywise melt and retreat

So did IT exist or was it a figment of the childrens imagination trying to cope with all the child murders happening during their childhood? I mean, there is no empirical evidence that support ITs existense

EDIT

This is specifically about the 1990 mini-series and not the 2017 sequel/remake.

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    When you say original, do you mean the book?
    – Zoredache
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 17:45
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    @Zoredache the original movie, thus the it-1990 tag
    – John Demetriou
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 17:49
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    The 1990 version isn't a movie but a TV mini-series.
    – BCdotWEB
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 17:59
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    My understanding is that the IT monster is very vulnerable to the mind-states of the children. So, while real, the kids can use the "powers of their imagination" to create weapons to defeat it.
    – Caleb Jay
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 18:08
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    the point of my comment is that it might not matter what the kid thought was in his inhaler, the physical aspect of the chemical in said inhaler is entirely possible to have affected the creature. It wasn't just water in the inhaler but water and camphor
    – NKCampbell
    Commented Oct 5, 2017 at 18:16

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Well in the ~1984 view of the movie Michael Hanlon had clearly researched evidence of past killings while working as the town librarian. He presents many news paper articles and other records from the past showing the existence of something that periodically killing people (mostly children).

Your comment and tags rule out the books, but IT(Pennywise) and the problems in Derry is mentioned in other King books like '11/22/63' and noticed by someone other then the losers club.

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  • Did not know that Pennywise would appear in other books as well. Thank you for that. I think your answer combined with komalis comment on my question is the best combination
    – John Demetriou
    Commented Oct 6, 2017 at 5:14

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