A three-year-old boy has been transformed into a terrifying Pennywise clown lookalike—and will likely be haunting the nightmares of thousands who view the photos of him.
Toddler Louie Tilghman has brought terror to his Mississippi hometown with a tribute to the new, horrifying, big-screen version of Stephen King’s “It.” His look is so uncannily similar to the adult original, it has caused a storm on social media.
The brains behind the toddler’s chilling looks was his older brother Eagan, 17, who has a knack for designing creepy costumes.
He covered his little brother in white facepaint and tousled the tot’s hair to stick up, before dusting his locks with orange hair spray to create an eerily clownish color. Louie also wore an all-white ensemble with a thick neck scarf and held onto the infamous blood-red balloons from the King novel.
If the outfit wasn’t creepy enough, the photo shoot Louie and his brother produced included images of the young boy staring menacingly downwards on an abandoned train track surrounded by a solitary forest. Another shot showed the little one nearly submerged in murky water, with just his eyes and nose peeking above the ripples—a heart-stopping display.
Eagan shared that this isn’t his first crazy costume. The teen, whose social media is filled with art and memorabilia of super heroes and villains, was actually inspired by a Joker costume he created for his younger sibling.
Eagan said: “It all started last year when my other brother, Hosea, four, wanted me to paint his face like the Joker…I liked the face-paint so much that I decided to dress [my three-year-old brother] Louie up and take some pictures.
“Louie definitely enjoyed it, he loves to dress up and he likes spooky shows such as Goosebumps, so he naturally had an interest in the slightly unsettling clown.
Louie’s photos have now racked up over 4,000 likes and over 1,000 shares on Facebook and have even caught the attention of “It” Director Andy Muschietti in an Instagram repost of Eagan’s Pennywise costume.
Eagan hopes the social media buzz will land him and his little brother a spot on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to share his art with the world.
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