{"id":160465,"date":"2019-09-06T06:24:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T22:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1803115\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T06:24:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T22:24:43","slug":"australian-parents-say-it-chapter-two-posters-are-creeping-out-their-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/06\/australian-parents-say-it-chapter-two-posters-are-creeping-out-their-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Parents Say \u2018It Chapter Two\u2019 Posters Are Creeping Out Their Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ITChapterTwo9519-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">Australian parents are complaining that &#8216;It Chapter Two&#8217; billboards are terrifying their children. (Photo Credit: Warner Bros)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Australian parents say advertising for the movie\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/movies\/it-chapter-two-trailer-brings-pennywise-back-to-torment-the-losers-club-1786563\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>It Chapter Two<\/em><\/a> should be prohibited from roadside billboards because posters of Pennywise are terrifying their children.<\/p>\n<p><em>It Chapter Two<\/em>, which premieres in Australian cinemas today, is rated MA15+ due to its horror scenes and other thematic elements, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/queensland-news-it-movie-posters-parents-say-kids-are-scared-brisbane\/876d90b5-df3e-4f08-a306-77446ca9ef90?ocid=Social-9News&amp;fbclid=IwAR1hJ7MEIjdWgo2Jg5K17DR9qBZOy5VBL9bJdWnzghp7nTk4DbBnPKlZRUs\"  rel=\"noopener\">Queensland 9 News reported<\/a>. Parents in Brisbane, Australia, have recently filed complaints to Ad Standards, urging that advertising for MA15+ films should be banned or restricted in areas that are frequented by kids, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2019\/09\/it-chapter-2-parents-complaint-posters-terrifying-children-1202170769\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">IndieWire noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Billboards promoting a new horror movie have been popping up around Brisbane, apparently frightening the locals. What do you think of the IT Chapter Two signs? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/7NEWS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#7NEWS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cRMvRr7E9x\">pic.twitter.com\/cRMvRr7E9x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 7NEWS Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7NewsBrisbane\/status\/1167313087415762944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It just totally freaks them out,&#8221; Kellie, a mother based in Brisbane, told Queensland 9 News.<\/p>\n<p>Kellie&#8217;s daughter, Piper, said she gets nightmares from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/television\/pennywise-the-story-of-it-explores-stephen-kings-chilling-clown-tale-1775938\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Pennywise<\/a> posters, which show the creepy clown&#8217;s evil smile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get really scared because it&#8217;s hard to go to bed when you have a scary picture in your mind. Before I go to bed, I have to check the whole room,&#8221; Piper explained. &#8220;And when I finally go to bed I will wake up after a nightmare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=2410937442295373\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=2410937442295373\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jane Swan, another concerned parent who complained to Ad Standards, said the poster &#8220;terrifies&#8221; her child.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people do enjoy going to horror movies and that&#8217;s fine and that&#8217;s their choice, and I understand that, but we&#8217;re not choosing to see this poster,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Swan was told that,\u00a0&#8220;Ad Standards generally has no jurisdiction over the placement or timing of advertisements, except when considering the use of language or sex, sexuality, or nudity in advertising.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ad Standards has not provided additional comment on the Pennywise posters.<\/p>\n<p><em>It Chapter Two<\/em>, which stars\u00a0Jessica Chastain,\u00a0James McAvoy, and\u00a0Isaiah Mustafa, hits theaters in the U.S. on September 6.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-content\"><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>More on Geek.com:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/movies\/it-chapter-two-trailer-brings-pennywise-back-to-torment-the-losers-club-1786563\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;It Chapter Two&#8217; Trailer: Pennywise Returns to Haunt the Losers&#8217; Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/television\/pennywise-the-story-of-it-explores-stephen-kings-chilling-clown-tale-1775938\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Pennywise: The Story of IT&#8217; Explores Stephen King&#8217;s Chilling Clown Tale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/movies\/best-and-worst-movies-of-summer-2019-1802069\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Best (And Worst) Movies of Summer 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ITChapterTwo9519-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>Australian parents are complaining that &#8216;It Chapter Two&#8217; billboards are terrifying their children. (Photo Credit: Warner Bros)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Australian parents say advertising for the movie&nbsp;It Chapter Two should be prohibited from roadside billboards because posters of Pennywise are terrifying their children. 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