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‘Tis the season to be spooky, and soon enough, costumes will be at the forefront of your to-do list, and even more so for Halloween and beauty enthusiasts.

Whether you’re more of a body-art enthusiast or a committed lover of seasonally appropriate glam, you have to admit, Halloween has always been the best holiday when it comes to providing beauty inspiration. So while you probably have numerous inspirations to pull from, allow us to add one more to your roster: Pennywise the Clown.

“It” has cemented itself as one of the downright scariest movies of all time, so it only makes sense that Pennywise gets some play time on the spookiest day of the year. One of the reasons we’re obsessed with Pennywise clown makeup is because the costume itself has so much range. You can go simple, or you can go big and bold. Whether you’re looking for a hyperrealistic or more glam interpretation of the clown, the following terrifying re-creations will satisfy all of your creepy costume needs.

Read on to watch the best tutorials we could find and learn how to easily transform into the living nightmare come Oct. 31, but be warned: the intros to the tutorials are just as creepy as the movie itself.