“IT” prequel “WELCOME TO DERRY” gets a series order at HBO Max
There is presumably more scary clowning around to come.
There is presumably more scary clowning around to come.
Though ultimately satisfying, it doesn’t get at the deep-seated creeps its predecessor did.
The titular maleficence in IT emerges every 27 years to prey on the people of Derry, Maine, so it’s appropriate that the feature-film version of Stephen King’s novel has arrived the same amount of time after TV gave it a shot. This IT is an altogether more successful translation, partially but not entirely because it can go to the dark and grisly places network television couldn’t back in 1990.