You’ll have to excuse me for giving this documentary a wide berth until now.

It and It: Chapter Two have made Pennywise, the evil clown protagonist, a household name once more.

The Stephen King creation is played to perfection (so I’m told) by Bill Skarsgård, but how about a little shoutout for Wrinkles, the clown you probably haven’t heard of?

Wrinkles The Clown, a new doccie by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing, tells the story of the real-life Pennywise, who was paid by parents to scare children who had been misbehaving.

Sheesh, you would think taking away their iPhone or iPad would be punishment enough.

More on the doccie from Geek:

In late 2014,  a video of a person in a clown mask sneaking up on a sleeping child appeared on YouTube. The video’s description claimed that the clown, named “Wrinkles,” lived in southwest Florida and was hired by the kid’s parents to frighten her for behaving badly. This footage kickstarted Wrinkles’ terrifying reign on the internet after it went viral on the video platform.

More footage of Wrinkles started emerging online shortly after, in addition to a phone number to hire him for “behavioral services.” The real-life Pennywise became popular on YouTube, as kids filmed themselves calling and leaving thousands of messages for him and sharing their “brave” task with millions of viewers.

The documentary aims to tackle a more challenging question though: Who exactly is Wrinkles and why did he opt out of the conventional clown job? What makes the situation even eerier is the fact that Wrinkles has remained anonymous this entire time.

You know, underneath that mask and makeup, Wrinkles is a person just like you and me.

Well, other than the fact that he gets paid to terrorise children, and I’m incredibly surprised some trigger-happy Yank hasn’t blasted him with a shotgun or assault rifle.

Do your thing, Wrinkles:

This movie hits cinemas on October 4.

[source:geek]