So, after spending time with the adult losers for so long, and enduring their horrors, how can King shock us anew?
By going to visit Henry Bowers in the asylum, of course!
This scene plays a bit like the mini-series. It follows the (now diagnosed) crazy adult Bowers through a typical day at the Juniper Hill asylum for the criminally insane. The guards beat the inmates with rolls of quarters regularly, and Henry is mostly just a has-been.
He was locked up after being convicted of murdering Victor Criss and 'Belch' Huggins, along with some of the other missing Derry kids. There's planted evidence from IT, and Henry confesses, unable to resist after seeing IT kill his friends. IT apparently ripped the head off of Belch in the guise of Frankenstein.
Henry is still dwelling on how the losers bested him as well, 20+ years after the fact. IT uses this, beguiling Henry onto his side to kill them. IT even tells him "I can get them if they half-believe, but you can get them if they believe, half-believe, or don't believe at all."
It's interesting to see IT admit even a sliver of weakness, even to one of ITs henchmen. I can only assume that with Bowers being crazy, IT wasn't exactly worried about him remembering, caring, or using the info in any way.
The night ends with IT killing a guard, dressed as a clown with a doberman pincher head. I can't find the video clip, but that didn't translate well to film.
The main takeaway from this is that Henry is only crazier as an adult, and IT is not above calling in old favors. IT has always been happy to use the townsfolk to do ITs dirty work, and nothing has changed, or will change for the remainder of the book.
Next up, Tom Rogan comes back and is an utter shit-head abusive bastard. Yaaaay.
SPOILERS
By going to visit Henry Bowers in the asylum, of course!
This scene plays a bit like the mini-series. It follows the (now diagnosed) crazy adult Bowers through a typical day at the Juniper Hill asylum for the criminally insane. The guards beat the inmates with rolls of quarters regularly, and Henry is mostly just a has-been.
He was locked up after being convicted of murdering Victor Criss and 'Belch' Huggins, along with some of the other missing Derry kids. There's planted evidence from IT, and Henry confesses, unable to resist after seeing IT kill his friends. IT apparently ripped the head off of Belch in the guise of Frankenstein.
Henry is still dwelling on how the losers bested him as well, 20+ years after the fact. IT uses this, beguiling Henry onto his side to kill them. IT even tells him "I can get them if they half-believe, but you can get them if they believe, half-believe, or don't believe at all."
It's interesting to see IT admit even a sliver of weakness, even to one of ITs henchmen. I can only assume that with Bowers being crazy, IT wasn't exactly worried about him remembering, caring, or using the info in any way.
The night ends with IT killing a guard, dressed as a clown with a doberman pincher head. I can't find the video clip, but that didn't translate well to film.
The main takeaway from this is that Henry is only crazier as an adult, and IT is not above calling in old favors. IT has always been happy to use the townsfolk to do ITs dirty work, and nothing has changed, or will change for the remainder of the book.
SAFE
Next up, Tom Rogan comes back and is an utter shit-head abusive bastard. Yaaaay.
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