IT: Welcome to Derry ★★★★★

Can an eight-part series expanding on Stephen King’s IT outdo the two wildly successful film adaptations from producer-director siblings Barbara and Andy Muschietti?

Within the first 10 minutes of this chilling spinoff from the films’ same creative teams, the answer is a definitive yes – no spoilers, but there’s an insane body-horror sequence the likes of which I (a seasoned horror buff) have never seen before. It’s quite the opener, and sets the tone for this lavishly produced prequel exploring the origin story of Pennywise, the character surely responsible for most cases of coulrophobia post-1986.

Welcome to Derry is set in 1962, and is loosely based on King’s “interludes” between the stories of the Losers Club (the kids at the story’s heart), delv

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