Terrifying New It Trailer Sees Losers Club Journey Into Sewers

A pack of adventurous adolescents confront the terror awaiting them in the Derry, Maine sewers in the latest look at It, the long-awaited adaptation of the Stephen King novel about the murderous clown Pennywise.

Following its record-breaking first trailer, a second teaser for the horror film debuted Sunday during the MTV Movie and TV Awards, with the new preview showcasing a snippet of the film where the Losers Club, the gang of misfits at the heart of Kings novel, search for Pennywises many victims.

The scene initially seems similar toStand By Me, another King story, with the Losers Club playfully bantering about gray water Its basically piss and shit before discovering a shoe belonging to Betty Ripson, the victim of one of the novelsmost gruesome deaths.

After finding the shoe, a lone red balloon meanders down the sewers before it pops, terrifying the boys and the viewer. A series of scary images soon follow before the trailer ends on Pennywise doing unimaginable balloon tricks to lure a victim.

It opens September 17^th. The film is one of many King projects hitting big and small screens in 2017, including a cinematic adaptation of the authors The Dark Tower, a Spike series based on The Mist, the secretive J.J. Abrams-produced anthology series Castle Rockand a show based on Kings detective novelMr. Mercedes.