IT: Welcome to Derry

Watch: IT: Welcome to Derry Season 1 Episode 1

S1 EP1

TV-MA

8 episodes1 season

US Release

~ Go back to where IT all began. ~

Overview:

In 1962, a couple with their son move to Derry, Maine just as a young boy disappears. With their arrival, terrible things begin to happen in the town.

Created by:

Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti & Jason Fuchs

Status:

Returning Series

Language:

English

First air date:

10/26/2025

Last air date:

12/7/2025

Key words:

based on novel or book
small town
clown
prequel
disappearance
dead children
hopeless
1960s
supernatural horror
children in danger
psychological horror
horror
cruel
horrified
monster horror

Seasons

Season 1

8 Episodes

Cast

Taylour Paige

~ as ~

Charlotte Hanlon

Jovan Adepo

~ as ~

Leroy Hanlon

Matilda Lawler

~ as ~

Margaret 'Marge' Truman

Amanda Christine

~ as ~

Veronica 'Ronnie' Grogan

Clara Stack

~ as ~

Lilly Bainbridge

Chris Chalk

~ as ~

Dick Hallorann

James Remar

~ as ~

General Francis Shaw

Stephen Rider

~ as ~

Henry 'Hank' Grogan

Blake Cameron James

~ as ~

William 'Will' Hanlon

Arian S. Cartaya

~ as ~

Ricardo 'Rich' Santos

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Reviews (2)

Dasha K
Written 1 month(s) ago
1
The show is written for pre-teens and it feels like a silly WB series 🤢

I'm really disappointed with this latest TV show from HBO. The acting is absolutely atrocious, and the writing isn't much better. And I never notice stuff like CGI, but some of the "monster" special effects in this look sloppy or something, like they were thrown together on an internet cafe computer. We literally laughed out loud at some of these "scary" scenes.

Anyway I thought it was going to be a somewhat serious horror series, but instead it's just a bunch of writers throwing goofy stuff at the wall to see what sticks. It's definitely intended for young adults/teenagers, which feels more like WB and less like HBO, and personally I was hoping for a show that is somewhat more cerebral. We deserve far better from HBO, usually in shows like Succession we get great acting from phenomenal actors. Definitely not the case in this sloppy show. Seriously who cast these people?

PS I guess all the 13 year olds jumped on this website to give this a 10 lol. I recently read an article about this and they called it Review Bombing which often happens for with movies from India as well as pre-teen TV shows.

1/10
M
MovieGuys
Written 1 month(s) ago
3
"IT Welcome to Derry" is horrifying for all the wrong reasons.

This is a lobotomised, grotesque, over the top, wholly wrong headed, poorly scripted mess. A largely unrecognisable departure from the vastly superior novel and films.

The only real upsides I can see is quality acting and solid production values but that is seriously, as far as this series, gets.

In summary, no doubt the marketing gremlins will try telling us how "wonderful" this is. That said, fans, like myself, who have read Kings novel and enjoyed the excellent "IT" films over the years, wont be easily fooled. One to avoid.