Just saw the movie It.

I think so.

He's very touchy-feely. I think that's why Bev cut her hair, to make herself less attractive to dad. I also think he was seconds away from pinning her on the floor and molesting her full throttle before he 'died'.

I liked the running theme of abuse. Their vulnerability as victims is probably what made them targets in the first place. If fear is what attracts It, half its work is already done.

I never saw the older Tim Curry 'It" or read the book though.

Killed or incapacitated. I suddenly can't remember. Whoops.

Munchausen Syndrome is where people either pretend to be sick or make themselves sick for attention. It's a mental disorder. In every case I looked at, it was a mother keeping their child sick.

Whether they were really gazebos is anybody's guess. I thought the person at the drugstore was messing with him until he flipped at his mom. It's possible that mama's just really inarticulate in her defense, but her reaction spoke volumes. She looked to me like a caught woman, confronted by her son. She didn't chuckle at gazebos because she knows what he means. I think she's busted. If they are placebos, it means she's lying to her son about being sick to keep him under control.