Pennywise’s physical clown body is destroyed at the end of Stephen King’s It and in It Chapter Two , but the deeper cosmic entity behind the clown is implied to be more complicated than a simple “dead forever.”
Book and movie ending
In both the novel and It Chapter Two , the adult Losers Club confront It in its lair, where It has taken on a monstrous spider-like form. They literally tear out and crush Its heart, after which the creature’s body collapses and its underground domain and much of Derry are destroyed, strongly signaling the end of Its presence there.
Is Pennywise really dead?
Within the story, this defeat is treated as final for Derry: the cyclical 27‑year killings stop, the characters’ magical scars vanish, and they are able to move on with their lives. However, some analyses point out that Pennywise is just one manifestation of a larger, extradimensional being, so while the clown form and its link to Derry are ended, the ultimate cosmic “It” may still exist in another plane of reality.
