'Tasty, tasty, beautiful fear...'
Pennywise
It's not exactly what it looks like sounds like a phrase Pennywise might say, but that is the theme of this coulrophobia themed piece. One of the highlights of last year's salute to horror icon Stephen King was an IT inspired shoot featuring the stories big baddie Pennywise the clown.
The shoot from Jim from Studio1x, (HERE:) featured a reveal with the model slowing removing his clown costume and mask to see what, and who, was lurking beneath. The model in last year's post was revealed to be Jonathan, one of the five models Jim had assembled for his extravaganza of holiday themed posts.
One of the other models at the shoot also slid into the costume, put on the mask, and picked up the balloon and took on the personage of the iconic killer clown. I wrote in the first piece how much Pennywise impacted me as a child.
With all due respect to actor Bill Skarsgård and the recent adaptations, of King's story, my feat or Pennywise goes further back. As a kid, and even years after watching, the fear generated by Tim Curry in the 1990 was monumental. Maybe it was my age, but Curry's clown was truly terrifying and haunted my nightmares for years.
Now, both Skarsgård and Curry are talented actors but... if I had to choose a movie inspired Pennywise to do a slow strip out of their costume the choice would be easy. Hands down it would be Skarsgård, but as for the degree of terror Pennywise generated, Curry wins hands down.
So, have you figured out who's under the mask yet? I'm sure a few detail oriented FH viewers might have noticed and recognized the model's distinctive tattoos. If you still need a hint, the model was also an Elf on the site last Christmas, and part of Thanksgiving naked game night, and the game of strip Twister that I posted earlier this year.
I'm guessing more than a few of guessed that under the mask of the creepy clown is model and devilishly delicious model and digital creator Alexander Ray. Jim first introduced me to his work with Alexander back in a location shot in the woods back in 2019. (HERE:) I've loved being able to share more of their creative collaborations several times since.
Deep seated feats and phobias can take years to get over, hours of counselling and hard work. Thanks however, to Alexander, Jim and Jonathan, the the intensity of my coulrophobia has certainly lessoned and desire to pop a big red balloon is most definitely, on the rise.
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