IT: Welcome to Derry was a successful spinoff launch for HBO and Warner Bros., not to mention another great brand-builder for author Stephen King. In fact, the longform backstory of Pennywise the ...

Well, first off, IT is the name of a 1986 novel by Stephen King about an ancient evil that terrorizes the small Maine town of Derry every 27 years. It's also a moniker of sorts for an ancient evil ...

As Stephen King fans well know, Pennywise the Dancing Clown emerges every 27 years to feast on the people of Derry, especially the younger generation. That’s why It: Welcome to Derry takes place in ...

Federico is a writer and journalist who joined the MovieWeb family a few years ago, bringing in his years-long experience as a critic of all kinds of films, especially indies. He's had the fortune of ...

Few horror stories have captured the imagination of audiences quite like Stephen King’s It. First published in 1986, the highly ambitious novel follows a group of children—the self-proclaimed “Losers’ ...

Stephen King isn’t clowning around. The horror mastermind behind the 1986 novel “It” was a guiding force on “It: Welcome to Derry,” the highly anticipated HBO prequel series set decades before the ...

The premiere episode of IT: Welcome to Derry leaves behind a deliberate trail of turtles. This symbol is first introduced through the specific historical context of 1962, when the “duck and cover” ...

This is how Stephen King feels about the new Pennywise adaptation. With the release date of the much-awaited Stephen King adaptation 'It' being just three days away, the author ha ...