In 1962, a couple with their son move to Derry, Maine just as a young boy disappears. With their arrival, very bad things begin to happen in the town.
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IT: Welcome to Derry Ratings & Reviews
- DOAN FSDOctober 28, 2025I have to edit my review from a 4 to a 5 because Episode 4 was so well written and executed. ‘Welcome to Derry’ is just popping with details and we are getting explanations and clarification that not even the long, meticulously crafted book provided! Some truly brilliant ideas and maybe just maybe we will finally see that puking turtle. The origin story of Pennywise is awesome and some great character development that can be seen as proper extension from the book. King must be loving this. If you were bored like many were with episode 1 and 2 (even though the episodes were awesome) come back and watch 3 and 4 and I guarantee you will not be disappointed. You’ll want more.
- pink19604d ago“It: Welcome to Derry” thus far through episode 4 expands on one of Stephen King’s brief novel interludes, focusing this season on the Black Spot incident and the racial bigotry and violent actions of the white supremacy group in Derry. The ancient entity "It" feeds on fear by shapeshifting into each victim’s specific worst fear—a terrifying ability explored deeply without prominently featuring Pennywise the Clown yet. The series also delves into Its prehistoric cosmic origins, blending real-world horrors with supernatural terror. It premiered as HBO’s third highest-rated show after “House of the Dragon” and “The Last of Us” and has impressively doubled its viewership each week since
- hammooufNovember 17, 2025I don't know how to play the movie. I added it to the playlist, but I don't know how to play it.
- Steven CouttsNovember 13, 2025Not for me
- River ReifenrathNovember 10, 2025Each episode feels like it's own movie with how visceral it all is. It really just sucks you in.
- yannos80November 9, 2025excellent
- travi5141November 8, 2025Welcome to Derry is a very good and well done psychological horror. Been a fan of Steven King since the 80's. When I heard they were making a show of IT I had my doubts. These first 2 episodes are amazing. These kids deserve a reward. It's some of the best child acting I've seen. And this show dose not back off. It is brutal to these kids. Violet killing and psychological torture. I'm surprised it's not controversial. The time period is spot on to with Racism and Bullying being a thing back then. The Army side story is the lame part. It takes away Derry and the Child actors for a typical use it as a weapon thing. It really hinders the show and was not needed. Regardless the 1st 2 episodes is a great start to Derry. Hopefully the Army side story don't drag it down any further.
- JakeNovember 2, 2025Looking like yet another lecture on racism
- Brian FactuntOctober 28, 2025pretty good they spent the whole budget on a ps3 graphics flying baby and had nothing left to hire actors. where is the clown? you have 1 more episode to show me the clown or im out of here - 2 stars. actually he can conjure up anything in the universe to scare people so stop conjuring the same dumb baby it wasn't scary the first time or the next 8 times so im taking 0.5 stars off 1.5 star.
- arekyyzNovember 1, 2025So far I'm not enjoying it as it's sort of got 'Stranger Things' vibe going on, but set in the '60s. And that flying baby(!?), oof, what a crock of bad AI. I'll watch the whole thing, but after the first two episodes, I'm not convinced it's at all a worthy prequel to the book - but time will tell and I hope I'll be proven wrong.
- Doc HolidaeOctober 27, 2025This show is stupid. I have completely stopped watching this after episode 4. It goes against the actual lore. In the book, Adults can see IT, but they usually don’t recognize or fully process what they’re seeing. IT manipulates perception, making adults ignore or rationalize the supernatural but they never see what the kids see (except for Hank Grogan). Also, the Army or any branch of the U.S. military never comes to Derry, never investigates IT, and never gets involved in any official way. Hank Grogan is described as an older white man, usually portrayed as a drunk who once claimed to see something strange (connected to IT). His story is one of the many “town tales” Mike reads about while researching Derry’s history (A major part in the story then they've completely taken out). Also, Hank Grogan was about ninety years old when Mike Hanlon interviewed him, and he told Mike that he’d seen the creature decades earlier, when he was a young man. Hank said that right after the 1906 Kitchener Ironworks explosion, he saw a huge, bird-like monster with glowing eyes moving through the ruins where the children had died. Most people dismissed it as the ramblings of a drunk, but Mike realized Hank had actually seen IT in one of its true forms during a major feeding event in Derry’s history but it was the only time he had seen IT. And yes, in IT, Dick Hallorann appears in the story but it's a brief role at 'the Black Spot', a nightclub built by Black soldiers stationed near Derry in the 1930s. When a racist group burns the club down, Hallorann uses his shine (his psychic ability) to help save several people, including Mike Hanlon’s father. His role is brief but important because it shows both the violent racism in Derry’s past and how the shine exists across Stephen King’s universe. But Hallorann himself never met Pennywise, never battled IT, and never knew he was near one of IT’s feeding events. So he wasn’t part of the fight against IT, he was just involved in one of the tragedies that IT used to gain power. I get that it’s a prequel, but at least follow the core rules that made the book and movies classics. They keep rebooting or remaking things just to destroy, degrade, or disrespect the originals. I’m tired of this type of crap. And honestly, the acting, the camera work, and the storyline all feel garbage to me. If you like it, that’s your choice (we just have two different tastes and respect for original work), but I’m not going to pretend to like anything that takes away from what made the original so beloved.
