(KTLA) -- Just in time for Halloween, HBO's "It: Welcome to Derry" has finally arrived with a spine-tingling premiere that lays out a fresh tapestry of intrigue while also harkening back to what we loved about Andy Muschietti's adaptations of Stephen King's "It." And episode 1 isn't clowning around with the scares.

The series, which was co-developed by Muschietti, is set in fictional Maine hamlet of Derry, decades before The Losers Club would meet the ancient evil known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Taking place in the early 1960s, the show explores the origins and development of the evil that hangs over the city.

Spoilers ahead for "It: Welcome to Derry" episode 1.

Rideshare from Hell

The series' opening is one you won't soon forget. We meet tween Matty Clements (Miles Ekhardt), who

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