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Who Survived Pennywise In 1962? IT: Welcome to Derry's Season 1 Ending, Explained
IT: Welcome to Derry ended its run with a brutally epic finale, but despite Pennywise's deadly hunt, many key players survive with significant ties to…
 • Diane Darcy
IT: Welcome to Derry Delivers a Brutally Epic Season 1 Finale
IT: Welcome to Derry has reached its epic conclusion, but it's far more than one last fright before the curtain closes before 1989. The Season 1 finale…
 • Diane Darcy
IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 8 Trailer Confirms 3 More Victims In Epic Finale
After the burning of The Black Spot resulted in the first round of casualties (including one major character death), the trailer for IT: Welcome to…
 • Diane Darcy
IT: Welcome to Derry Sees Its First Major Death In 'The Black Spot'
Fans of Stephen King's IT already know the fate of The Black Spot, and though Episode 7 follows through with the tragic event, one major death doesn't…
 • Diane Darcy
IT: Welcome to Derry Teases a Major Tragedy From Stephen King's Novel In Episode 6
After Pennywise unleashed his deadliest assault in "29 Neibolt Street," relationships start to fall apart in Episode 6, with a major tragedy from…
 • Diane Darcy
What's Inside The Box? Dick Hallorann's Childhood Trauma, Explained
One of the most disturbing sequences in IT: Welcome to Derry, Episode 5, is Pennywise invading Dick Hallorann's traumatic memories of his grandfather…
 • Diane Darcy
IT: Welcome to Derry Delivers On What Fans Have Been Waiting For In '29 Neibolt Street'
After the first four episodes built its core cast of characters and what terrifies them, IT: Welcome to Derry finally sees Bill Skarsgård take centre…
 • Diane Darcy
Who Will Survive Pennywise's Terror In IT: Welcome to Derry's Final Episodes?
Following the release of IT: Welcome to Derry, Episode 4, HBO released the mid-season trailer, finally revealing Pennywise and a town and peril. But who…
 • Diane Darcy
Andy Muschietti & Kimberly Guerrero Break Down the Natives' Role In IT: Welcome to Derry
In IT: Welcome to Derry, Natives are given a more prominent role, and series co-creator Andy Muschietti and actor Kimberly Guerrero break down their…
 • Diane Darcy
IT: Welcome to Derry Pushes Hard Boundaries In 'The Great Swirling Apparatus of Our Planet's Function'
Once Pennywise became aware of the General Shaw's true plan, there was no turning back. Pennywise's terror in Episode 4 is guaranteed to test the limits…
 • Diane Darcy
IT: Welcome to Derry Amps Up the Horror In 'Now You See It'
The prequel series to Andy Muschietti's IT (2017) and IT: Chapter Two (2019) has been slow to reveal Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise, but Episode 3 starts…
 • Diane Darcy
IT: Welcome to Derry: Pennywise Begins His True Reign of Terror In ‘The Thing In The Dark’
After delivering terrifying scares in IT: Welcome to Derry's premiere, Pennywise has now chosen his prey in 1962, and begins his more personalised…
 • Diane Darcy
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