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In the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's IT, we see Henry finding his lost knife. Then, with hints of Pennywise's presence around,

Henry uses his knife to kill his father.

From the plot description on Wikipedia, I understand this happens in the book as well.

Why did Pennywise make Henry do that?

All Its other victims are killed by It personally, and scared beforehand to "salt the meat", before It feeds on them. This victim is killed while asleep and not used for food. So what was the point of It?

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It does not feed on the victim in question; but It does seek to feed on Henry.

When Henry

kills his father

this drastically increases Henry's own sense of fear and emotional distress. He fears the consequences of his actions, which could include

the horror and disgust of everyone he knows, and prosecution for murder.

This would seem to be an outcome It finds attractive.

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Let's not beat around the bush here: Henry feared/hated his father. Now, yes, Butch and Henry did have their moments, but Butch was mostly harsh on his son (which can be seen in the movie as well). Pennywise probably rationalised Henry killing his father in a bid to say "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch your's, buddy".

No Butch = no rules/beatings for Henry; an added bonus which he can enjoy after finishing off the Losers for good.

These quotes seem to suggest this:

Henry placed the business-end of the switchknife against his father’s scrawny neck.[...] Henry kept the knife like that for almost five minutes, his eyes distant and thoughtful, the ball of his left thumb caressing the silver button set into the switchblade’s neck. The voice from the moon [It] spoke to him—it whispered like the spring wind which is warm with a cold blade buried somewhere in its middle, it buzzed like a paper nest full of roused hornets, it huckstered like a hoarse politician. Everything the voice said seemed pretty much okey-dokey to Henry and so he pushed the silver button.

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He [Henry] would kill them all, and the voices—those inside and the one which spoke to him from the moon—would leave him alone. He would kill them and then go back to the house and sit on the back porch with his father’s souvenir Jap sword across his lap. He would drink one of his father’s Rheingolds. He would listen to the radio, too, but no baseball.

It, In the Watches of the Night, 8

Ultimately, I would see it more so as an incentive for Henry doing It's dirty work for them.

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