IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Episode 1 Reaction & Review! | Bill Skarsgård | HBO Max w/ Jaby Koay
Derry Prequel Scares: Reacting to It: Welcome to Derry, Episode 1
Discover exactly how dark the new It prequel starts, including early character development and stunningly graphic violence no one expected.
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- The premiere features immediate, graphic tragedy, including an intensely disturbing birth sequence that shocked both hosts.
- Hosts debate whether the intense violence directed at children serves the story or relies purely on shock value to stand out.
- Key character pairings, including Teddy and Lily, form quickly before tragedy strikes them prematurely.
- Watchers found the production quality high but noted the sustained, uncompromising horror tone far exceeds Stranger Things or the recent IT films.
Jaby and Achara dive into the premiere of It: Welcome to Derry, set in 1962. They analyze the initial narrative setup involving newly arrived military personnel and local 1960s teenagers, contrasting the episode’s immediate brutality with expectations set by prior adaptations.
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Top Comments (10)
Pennywise bit a kids arm off in IT. Let's remember what we're watching lol
"You generally stay away from children" well Pennywise whole thing is that it eats children so you really can't stay away
The power of friendship is not gonna save them this time 😂
This is a horror show, about a Crazy Clown that kill kids... Lets remember this yall LMAO
Y’all the entire point of IT is that he eats kids. If you don’t like kids dying you won’t like this lol
I don’t think they understood what they were watching. Some of the deaths in the book are grotesque.
Imagine watching an ‘IT’ show and not expecting kids to die…
It’s a bold but genius move to flesh out the characters just to rip them away from us so fast in the Pilot episode 😭😭
The reason Pennywise eats Georgie in the opening of the IT story is to let you know children are not safe. Also the history of Derry is that children go missing. That’s the horror of it all
Check out DAVIS's new song "Every Day Is Halloween": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71AyPZknPc
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Top Comments (10)
Pennywise bit a kids arm off in IT. Let's remember what we're watching lol
"You generally stay away from children" well Pennywise whole thing is that it eats children so you really can't stay away
The power of friendship is not gonna save them this time 😂
This is a horror show, about a Crazy Clown that kill kids... Lets remember this yall LMAO
Y’all the entire point of IT is that he eats kids. If you don’t like kids dying you won’t like this lol
I don’t think they understood what they were watching. Some of the deaths in the book are grotesque.
Imagine watching an ‘IT’ show and not expecting kids to die…
It’s a bold but genius move to flesh out the characters just to rip them away from us so fast in the Pilot episode 😭😭
The reason Pennywise eats Georgie in the opening of the IT story is to let you know children are not safe. Also the history of Derry is that children go missing. That’s the horror of it all
Check out DAVIS's new song "Every Day Is Halloween": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71AyPZknPc