This article contains spoilers for IT: Welcome to Derry 's episode 2.

Although IT: Welcome to Derry is primarily based on Stephen King 's IT , one primary story beat in the show seems eerily reminiscent of the author's darkest movie adaptation.

In more ways than one, IT: Welcome to Derry reminds one of 2018's Castle Rock . Like the Hulu horror show , Welcome to Derry also draws elements from many Stephen King books instead of closely adapting one. While its narrative roots come from Stephen King's IT , the HBO show has references to everything from The Shining to The Moving Finger .

Interestingly, a closer look at a story development in IT: Welcome to Derry 's episode 2 makes it hard not to wonder if the show is slowly retconning the narrative of anothe

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