This It Trailer Parody Uses Mike Myers' Cat In The Hat Instead Of Pennywise

Someone has created a parody of the scary first trailer for the Stephen King movie It, replacing the killer clown Pennywise with Mike Myers as the Cat in the Hat from the 2003 live-action movie.

Posted on April Fool's Day by YouTube user But Without (whose profile image is Steve Buscemi's face), the video has the wonderful all-caps title, "IT 2017 TRAILER BUT IT'S THE CAT IN THE HAT." The video is cut together nicely, and is still very scary. As you may recall about the live-action Cat in the Hat film, Myers was pretty great--if not a little unsettling--in the title role. Here's the video (via ScreenRant):

The real It trailer came out last week and racked up 197 million views in its first 24 hours, surpassing the previous record-holder The Fate of the Furious (139 million), according to Deadline.

Directed by Andres Muschietti (Mama), It opens in theaters on September 8. The movie is expected to be the first of two films--in the novel, a group of kids overcome their fears to eventually defeat the creature known as It. Years later he returns, and as adults they must work together to finish the job. The first movie will be about the children's story, while a second will chronicle the adults' narrative.

Bill Skarsgard (Hemlock Grove) plays Pennywise, while Stranger Things actor Fin Wolfhard plays one of the children. The story takes place in a town in Maine, as many Stephen King books do.

Here's the trailer again if you missed it: