Based on the iconic 1986 novel by Stephen King and serving as a prequel to the 2017 and 2019 “It” films, HBO ’s “ It: Welcome to Derry ,” created by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, is an intricate psychological horror that blends history, the supernatural, race relations and intense fear. The series is a masterfully woven and terrifying tale about the origins of the monstrous Pennywise the Clown (portrayed by Bill Skarsgård , as in the movies). The show may be set in the past, but its themes have never echoed louder today.

“It: Welcome to Derry” opens on a snowy January day in 1962 in Derry, Maine. Having been run out of the movie theater for entry without payment and refusing to go back to his abusive home, a 12-year-old boy (Miles Ekhardt) sucks fiercely on hi

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