While Hank’s potential death would be tragic in its own right in It: Welcome to Derry , the event would also have chilling ramifications for the titular town and its evil entity, Pennywise. From It: Welcome to Derry ’s opening scene onward, it was clear that the TV prequel to the It movies would be more than a mere retread of them.

It: Welcome to Derry ’s nightmarish opening sequence saw a young boy try to hitchhike out of the eponymous town, only to end up trapped in a car with an evil entity that mimicked a happy family. The surreal scene established the stakes of the series, making it clear that It: Welcome to Derry would absolutely kill off its young characters.

This taboo is one that a lot of TV shows try to avoid, but It: Welcome to Derry ’s Stephen King influen

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