Did Pennywise become scarier or more cartoonish over the films?

Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Stephen King's It
It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019)
Movies
Pennywise the Dancing Clown poll options
Pennywise the Dancing Clown
Stephen King's It
It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019)
- Increasingly terrifying and menacing
- Started scary, became less frightening
- Maintained consistent creepiness both
- Got more ridiculous as it went on