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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ finale cements the show as my favorite of 2025 — here are the 5 best things about episode 8

“It: Welcome to Derry” episode 8 ends the season perfectly — here are the five best moments from the finale that made me even more obsessed.

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It: Welcome to Derry season 2: All we know so far about the HBO horror spin-off's second chapter

Here's your lowdown on It: Welcome to Derry season 2

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IT: Welcome to Derry episode 8 ends with a clever twist that simultaneously sets up season 2 and fixes my biggest frustration with other prequels

Opinion | Our writer argues that IT: Welcome to Derry avoids most prequels' biggest pitfalls with the season finale's big twist

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I've fallen in love with It: Welcome to Derry's new Losers, so it kind of sucks that season 2 will be set 15 years before they were born

Now Watching | Our writer weighs in on the big downside to the HBO horror hit's backwards-spanning three-season plan

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Getting To Work With Stephen King Led To 'An Ace' Up The IT: Welcome To Derry Creators' 'Sleeves,' And It All Had To Do With Bob Gray

A better source than Wikipedia for sure.

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Stephen King fans say It: Welcome to Derry has the "greatest depiction of Pennywise in any media format," making up for It: Chapter 2: "Mr. Muschietti, I’m sorry for doubting you"

Fans are praising Bill Skarsgård's performance as Pennywise in the latest episode of It: Welcome to Derry

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Christmas capers, a creepy clown and war-time stories: what we’re watching in December

From alien hive minds, to a Fremantle-based crime caper, and a festive heist, this month’s screen picks feature leading characters at their messiest and most spirited.

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The IT: Welcome to Derry opening credits have slowly been getting even more horrifying, and you probably didn't even notice

Welcome to Derry is upping the ante

Total Film

Clowning Around No More: Pennywise Finally Returns in Chilling Welcome to Derry Ep 5

Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise finally returns in Welcome to Derry Episode 5, delivering a chilling reveal after weeks of slow-burn tension and sparking major buzz among horror fans.

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IT: Welcome To Derry Episode 5 Delivered Some Big Easter Eggs Along With Pennywise's Arrival, And I'm Puzzling Over That IT: Chapter 2 Connection

"Duck and cover, kiddos!"

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You can stream the original 'It' miniseries on HBO Max, so you can get even more Pennywise

Before 'It: Welcome to Derry,' this 1990 miniseries brought Stephen King's terrifying evil clown to the small screen.

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A Giant IT: Welcome To Derry Spoiler Has (Probably) Been Staring Us All In The Face, And I'm Convinced

Gotta love clues hiding in plain sight.

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I'm glad Pennywise isn't in It: Welcome to Derry much; it cements the HBO show as the most loyal adaptation of Stephen King's original novel yet

Now Watching | Our writer explains why it's good Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise hasn't shown up in It: Welcome to Derry yet, despite horror fans clamoring for the clown

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It: Welcome to Derry episode 4 explained – What is the Galloo? How did Pennywise come to Derry?

It's pretty book accurate

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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ episode 3 Easter eggs and hidden references, explained

“It: Welcome to Derry” episode 3 features a few hidden details and clever nods to Stephen King’s wider universe. Here’s all the references you might have missed.

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‘The book is full of enigmas and questions’: Welcome to Derry creators Barbara and Andy Muschietti on why the HBO horror series is more than just Pennywise

While viewers are no doubt keen to know more about Pennywise, Welcome to Derry will cover much more ground, according to the show's creators

Total Film

It: Welcome to Derry shares an important similarity with some of the scariest horror movies ever made, and it's all thanks to Stephen King

Opinion | Shows like Welcome to Derry and movies like Black Phone 2 remind us what it's really like to be a small, fragile thing in the world

Total Film

It: Welcome to Derry's cast of child actors had to face their fears when joining the Stephen King spin-off, and meeting Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise: "I think I almost crapped my pants"

Welcome to Derry's own Losers Club talks coming face-to-face with everyone's favorite dancing clown

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It: Welcome to Derry finale is going to leave you "destroyed," tease creators, who say there's a "trick" that’s tied to "the reason we're telling the story backwards"

"Nothing is what it seems" in the It prequel

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It: Welcome to Derry episode 2 –Who are the skeletons in the car, and how do they connect to the Bradley Gang?

Derry's sinister history is only getting deeper in It: Welcome to Derry episode 2

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It: Welcome to Derry showrunners say adding The Shining's Dick Hallorann to the new Stephen King spin-off was "all about staying authentic to the book": "We became amateur Derry historians"

Jason Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane talk writing Dick Hallorann into the Pennywise prequel

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IT: Welcome To Derry Is Already Unreal, But I've Got One Big Complaint For HBO

Am I alone here?

Total Film

I thought IT: Welcome to Derry was going to be typical franchise nostalgia bait, but a perfect, bloody bait-and-switch in episode 1 proved me wrong

Opinion | IT: Welcome to Derry episode 1 pulls the rug out from under its audience in the best way

The Independent UK

It: Welcome to Derry fans rejoice as episode 2 gets special early release for Halloween

Prequel to Stephen King’s popular ‘It’ franchise debuted Sunday and is already being hailed by fans for its gore and fright

The Independent UK

IT: Welcome to Derry review – Make sure you have a cushion to hide behind

4/5 This prequel to the first movie in the Stephen King ‘IT’ franchise masterfully recreates the film’s atmosphere of fetid, rising dread – and there’s no shortage of gore

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