In the making of movies based on books, a lot of details almost always get left out. There’s simply not enough time in two or three hours to tell a story that often takes 15 or more hours to read. Such is the case with Stephen King’s book “IT”. You know the one–the group of kids that are haunted by a curse plaguing their little New England town of Derry, Maine by a demonic “circus clown” they refer to as “IT”? Well, “IT” also refers to “The act”, as in “Did ya do IT?” or “We did IT in the bedroom.”. Seems like Stephen King kinda went off on a tangent with that one in the book, and in Chapter 22, all the kids have a bit of an orgy.

I couldn’t believe it when I read about this on the Internet, how it was omitted from the movies and the miniseries for obvious reasons. Well shit, I must have missed or completely forgotten about it when I read this, so I went back and read chapter 22 again. Sure as shit, there it was. How the heck can this group of kids, while hunting down a demonic circus clown that terrifies them by making them confront their worst fears, just stop in the middle and say “Hey, we need to bond here so we’re more powerful to beat this thing–get naked and stick it in me!”?

One by one Beverly called them over and talked them into taking off their clothes and having sex with her. Turns out Ben is actually in love with her, and also has a large “unit”. Yup, it’s very clear, Ben is hung. . And Bev didn’t think she was going to be able to take it all, especially since she had just lost her virginity right then, but she did.

That’s really basically what happened in the book. I can’t believe I somehow missed this when I read the book! I’ve had the audiobook for quite some time as well, so I played chapter 22 again and listened as Steven Weber acted out his reading of IT. Again, just Wow. They “bonded” alright. This scene was replaced by the blood-bonding scene in the movie, and I can’t remember exactly what they did in the miniseries to bond, but it sure wasn’t the sex party from the book.

Not really a party though–it was Beverly’s first time, she was a virgin, and I’m pretty sure most of the boys were as well, if not all of them, so it was quite the awakening and an eye-opener all around that supposedly made them stronger as a group.

King even referred to it as “IT” as I mentioned at the start of this post, emphasizing it several times so the reader definitely gets the reference and connection. It sure seemed out of place in this horror novel though.