‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Explained: The Many Stephen King Connections & References in Episode Six

WARNING: The Following contains major spoilers for It: Welcome to Derry episode six. As we near the first season finale of It: Welcome to Derry, classic references to Stephen King’s 1986 novel abound. Episode 6, “In the Name of the Father,” sees the 1962 version of the Losers’ Club begin to solidify, placing these likeable characters […]

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Explained: The Many Stephen King Connections & References in Episode Five

WARNING: The Following contains major spoilers for It: Welcome to Derry episode five. As promised in last week’s installment of It: Welcome to Derry, episode five, “29 Neibolt Street,” not only takes us inside the notorious house, but also into the sewers below. Though Hallorann (Chris Chalk) and team may arrive via the house’s namesake […]

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Explained: The Many Stephen King Connections & References in Episode Four

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for episode four of It: Welcome to Derry. As we near the midpoint of It: Welcome to Derry season one, the lore deepens and fan favorite characters begin coming together. Episode four, “The Great Swirling Apparatus of Our Planet’s Function,” not only provides an origin story for the titular […]

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Explained: The Many Stephen King Connections & References in Episode Two

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for It, It: Chapter Two, and It: Welcome to Derry. The inaugural episode of It: Welcome to Derry introduced us to the sinister town via a lumbering, airborne mutant baby slaughtering a theaterful of screaming kids. Episode 2, “The Thing in the Dark,” debuts a strangely charming opening credits […]

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Explained: The Many Stephen King Connections & References in Episode One

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for It, It: Chapter Two, and It: Welcome to Derry. Many Constant Readers believe that, despite publishing more than eighty titles in the last fifty years, Stephen King is actually writing a single, massive novel. His sprawling worlds may twist through a multitude of dimensions, but many of his […]

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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Review – Pennywise Prequel Brings Familiar Freakshow Back to Town

Expansion goes awry in prequel series It: Welcome to Derry. Set 27 years before the Losers Club first confronted the child-eating trans-dimensional entity, and 54 years before they’d return as adults to destroy it for good, not much has changed in Stephen King‘s fictional Maine town. To bypass the prequel’s narrative constraints, developed by Andy Muschietti […]

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‘Terrifier 3’ by Rhys Cooper, ‘IT’ by Hugo Richard On Sale Tomorrow at Bottleneck Gallery

Bottleneck Gallery has unveiled a killer clown double feature with new posters for Terrifier 3 by Rhys Cooper and IT by Hugo Richard. Terrifer 3 is an 18×36 screen print, hand-numbered out of 100, for $60. A 3D lenticular print on 18×36 1mm PET, limited to 85, will also be available for $90. Bottleneck writes, […]

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Pennywise Won’t Appear in ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Until Later in the Season

Bill Skarsgård will return as Pennywise in “IT: Welcome to Derry,” but don’t expect to see the dancing clown until later in season. “It is a shapeshifting creature, and in the movies there’s only so much space to see those non-Pennywise manifestations,” co-showrunner Jason Fuchs tells EW. Director and co-creator Andy Muschietti, who likens the […]

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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Spawns a Massive Merch Line Including Toys, Makeup & Clothing! [Exclusive]

One of the hottest new horror arrivals of the Halloween season is the premiere of HBO Original Series “IT: Welcome to Derry” on HBO and HBO Max on October 26, and while you wait, Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products is previewing their massive line of merch tied to the series. Launching through fall just in […]

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Visit the Town Everyone’s Dying to See on a New ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Poster

The new artwork for “It: Welcome to Derry” evokes vintage Americana in the style of a Norman Rockwell painting — but with a sinister twist. Visit the town everyone’s dying to see when the eight-episode prequel series premieres on Sunday, October 26, at 9pm ET/PT on HBO and HBO Max. Serving as an expansion of […]

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‘Welcome to Derry’ – First Images from the ‘IT’ Prequel Series Head Back to 1962

HBO returns to the world of Stephen King’s horror classic IT with the nine episode prequel series “Welcome to Derry,” and Entertainment Weekly shares the first images today. Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs are on board the Pennywise prequel project from Warner Bros. Television, with Muschietti set to direct several episodes. “Welcome to Derry” will kick off […]

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A24’s “Crystal Lake” Lands New Showrunner for ‘Friday the 13th’ Prequel TV Series

Plans for A24 and Peacock’s planned Friday the 13th television series “Crystal Lake” derailed earlier this year, with showrunner Bryan Fuller‘s (“Hannibal”) departure leaving the project in limbo. Deadline reports that the project is back on track, enlisting Brad Caleb Kane (It: Welcome to Derry) as the new showrunner. Kane will serve as the series’ creator, showrunner, writer and executive producer. To […]

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HBO Shares Bloody New Teaser Footage for “Welcome to Derry”

HBO returns to the world of Stephen King’s horror classic IT with the upcoming prequel series “Welcome to Derry,” being unleashed on both HBO and Max sometime next year. Watch a short bit of brand new teaser footage below… Taylour Paige (Zola), Jovan Adepo (“Watchmen”), Chris Chalk (“Perry Mason”), James Remar (Oppenheimer), Madeleine Stowe (Revenge) and Stephen Rider (Daredevil) will star in the upcoming series, […]

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Celebrating 6 of the Scariest Stop-Motion Effects in Horror

Stop-motion animation is responsible for some of the most heartwarming moments in the history of film, but even the most ardent fan of Claymation has to admit that there’s something inherently uncanny about puppetry where you can’t see the strings. The very act of bringing an inanimate humanoid figure to life recalls spooky tales of […]

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“Welcome to Derry” Adds Rudy Mancuso to Cast in Key Recurring Role

The cast for HBO Original series “Welcome to Derry” continues to grows larger this week, with Deadline reporting that Rudy Mancuso (The Flash) has been set for a key recurring role. “Welcome to Derry” is said to include the origin story of Pennywise the Clown, with Bill Skarsgård reprising his role. “The series will begin in the […]

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