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Stephen King adaptations have a bumpy ride on the screen. For every Salem’s Lot there is… well… another Salem’s Lot. We await The Running Man with interest. Meanwhile, could a spin-off be the answer? A prequel? Well, prequel results are just as mixed. So what of the IT prequel IT: Welcome To Derry?
Set in the early 1960s, in the period before Pennywise goes into hibernation and re-emerges in the 1980s in the first film, it features the return of Bill Skarsgård in the menacing form of the killer entity.
Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Madeleine Stowe, and Rudy Mancuso co-star.
The reviews have started to arrive online, so let’s see what the summary pages have to say:
“Even with a toothy clown waiting in the wings, Welcome to Derry’s most frightening aspects might be its moments of real-world anxiety — heightened by Pennywise’s ambient bad vibes, of course, but still taking place outside the realm of the supernatural.”
Cheryl Eddy, io9
“A masterfully woven and terrifying tale about the origins of the monstrous Pennywise the Clown (portrayed by Bill Skarsgård, as in the movies). The show may be set in the past, but its themes have never echoed louder today.”
Aramide Tinubu, Variety
“Telling a story episodically provides far more room to breathe and grow, if done well. In Welcome to Derry, that extra narrative real estate brings to life not just the titular town but also the overlooked people who populate it.”
Chris Hayner, Polygon
“Welcome to Derry might not win over those unconvinced by Muschietti’s earlier King adaptations, but for those like myself who enjoyed the over-the-top thrills and chills will have a bloody good time with this.”
Tom Percival, Metro
“Returning to Stephen King’s cursed town proves to be a bumpy but engrossing ride.”
Justin Clark, Slant
“It: Welcome to Derry is a decent attempt at revitalizing the horror, but it desperately needs a boost of energy and would’ve been far better as a single theatrical prequel that didn’t feel like it was wasting its audience’s time.” – Cole Groth, Fandomwire
We will find out for ourselves when IT: Welcome to Derry arrives this Sunday, October 26th. It will land on the streamer weekly for seven instalments.
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