It is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King first published in 1986 by Viking Press. The work touches on important topics for King: the power of memory, the strength of a united group, the impact of childhood trauma on adulthood. In the main storyline, seven friends from the fictional city of Derry, Maine fight a child-killing monster that can take on any physical form based on the deepest fears of its victims (despite often taking the form of a clown). The story is told in parallel in different time intervals, one of which corresponds to the childhood of the main characters, and the other to their adult life.<br>    It appears as a powerful and ancient creature that came from outer space. His favorite appearance is the clown Pennywise, who lures children in with orange pom-poms and balloons. In addition to flesh, It feeds on fear. The monster also has the ability to subdue people and create realistic illusions. The whole city is under his control, in connection with which one of the characters remarks: "Derry is It."<br>    Pennywise kills his victims and drags them into the city sewer system where he lives, which is full of water. "We all swim here, you will swim too" - the sewer is full of water and, accordingly, the corpses of the victims swim in this water.<br> At the end of the film, the corpses of the missing children are floating high in the air in a chamber above his lair. Bodies literally float, soar in the air. Their souls are stuck in the same place - not in heaven, not in Hell, but floating in limbo, where It can control them and do whatever it wants.<br>