Tim Curry vs. Bill Skarsgård – Pennywise Prime vs. Clown Prince Reborn

Tim Curry (IT’s Original Terror)
The Birmingham boogeyman of velvet venom and red-balloon menace. From 1990 miniseries “IT’s” sewer-lurking spider to “Rocky Horror’s” sweet-transvestite strut and “Clue’s” butler banter, Curry cackles with theatrical terror and camp charisma, his iconic clown grin haunting nightmares eternally.

 Bill Skarsgård (IT Chapter One’s Drooling Dread)
The Stockholm shadow of drool-dripping dread and dance-macabre menace. From 2017 “IT’s” balloon-popping brutality to “Chapter Two’s” ritual-of-Chüd rage and “The Crow’s” reborn resurrection, Bill slithers with insect eyes and icy menace, his next-gen nightmare redefining Derry’s dread forever.

 Head-to-Head:
Tim is horror’s campy king — theatrical, timeless, eternally chilling.
Bill is horror’s silent storm — visceral, venomous, forever feral.

 Together, they remind us: Clown terror isn’t just balloons — it’s the cackle of the classic, the crawl of the new, and the bond of bros ruling the sewers for the ages.