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IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Episode 1 Reaction & Review! | Bill Skarsgård | HBO Max w/ Jaby Koay

2025-10-27 Entertainment
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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.

Short Summary

  • 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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Jaby and Achara watch the terrifying new series based on the popular It franchise by Stephen King! It: Welcome to Derry is a chilling prequel series set in 1962 Derry, Maine, where a couple’s arrival coincides with the disappearance of a local boy—and the sinister force known as Pennywise begins its ancient cycle of terror. It: Welcome to Derry was developed by Andy Muschietti (It, It Chapter Two, Mama) and Barbara Muschietti (It, It Chapter Two, The Flash). The series stars Taylour Paige (Zola, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Boogie) as Charlotte, Jovan Adepo (Watchmen, Fences, Babylon) as young Bill Denbrough, and Chris Chalk (Perry Mason, Gotham, Detroit) as Ricky. Joining the ensemble are Madeleine Stowe (Revenge, The Last of the Mohicans, 12 Monkeys), James Remar (Dexter, The Warriors, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Stephen Rider (Daredevil, The Butler, The Legend of Tarzan). Bill Skarsgård (It, Barbarian, John Wick: Chapter 4) reprises his iconic role as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, linking the series to the feature films and expanding the chilling mythology of Derry, Maine. Davis ~ Every Day Is Halloween: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71AyPZknPc OTHER REACTIONS YOU'LL ENJOY! • It: https://youtu.be/2GQCKPvifQA • It Chapter 2: https://youtu.be/hoWUB7I5-ec • The Conjuring: https://youtu.be/xnJ0r1HnM7c • The Conjuring 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ0wq-j9CVY • Annabelle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KB-sx4_qYs • Annabelle: Creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYWr5qfeiPA • The Nun: https://youtu.be/O1ZwaWAm0yQ • Annabelle Comes Home: https://youtu.be/DZ2zgUmi8sY • The Curse of La Llorona: https://youtu.be/ImBqh1KHgl0 • The Others: https://youtu.be/uVucFJmIe9Q • Alien Romulus: https://youtu.be/aBV32ZKwzCI • Zombieland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnPFJ1cLMkU • Jeepers Creepers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0mA0izkJk • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRb_cAAoxW8 • It (2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GQCKPvifQA • REC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-wEsvOw2Nk • Aliens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kb-ao3G3gg • Shaun of the Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glk9fULF49w • Hereditary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3nl9cyAcpY • Midsommar: https://youtu.be/uvZ6WdaUrFc • Arachnophobia: https://youtu.be/5nOWGg7nzWI • Doctor Sleep: https://youtu.be/QK6BFsCSxHs • Misery: https://youtu.be/3_khKSQJcxU • Poltergeist: https://youtu.be/8joFzzI4XSI • Child's Play: https://youtu.be/8joFzzI4XSI • Agatha All Along 1x4: https://youtu.be/RBPLFbGr3mM ____________________ Edit by CineJump Team & Praper Media Thumbnail by Praper Media www.CineJump.com www.PraperMedia.com ___________________________________________________ SOCIAL MEDIA: ~CINEPALS~ YouTube: @CinePals Insta: https://instagram.com/TheCinePals Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCinePals ~JABY KOAY~ Twitter & Instagram: @JabyKoay ~ACHARA~ YouTube: @Achara Instagram: ‪@Acharakirk‬ ___________________________________________________ SHORT FILMS PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34B19BA788E18384 Click here to subscribe and know when the next video drops: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=jabykoay Thanks for watching!!!

Top Comments (10)

@timowens1989 2025-10-28

Pennywise bit a kids arm off in IT. Let's remember what we're watching lol

659 17 replies
@ccall9754 2025-10-27

"You generally stay away from children" well Pennywise whole thing is that it eats children so you really can't stay away

469 3 replies
@paramgandhi5768 2025-10-27

The power of friendship is not gonna save them this time 😂

440 10 replies
@cinna_moonn 2025-10-28

This is a horror show, about a Crazy Clown that kill kids... Lets remember this yall LMAO

241 5 replies
@koasterlover1045 2025-10-28

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

229 2 replies
@JazzHugh 2025-10-27

I don’t think they understood what they were watching. Some of the deaths in the book are grotesque.

177 5 replies
@whyjordie 2025-10-28

Imagine watching an ‘IT’ show and not expecting kids to die…

171 5 replies
@BonelessPizza7 2025-10-27

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 😭😭

99 2 replies
@ChrisMillerCrazyHouse 2025-10-31

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

72 1 replies
@CinePals 2025-10-28

Check out DAVIS's new song "Every Day Is Halloween": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71AyPZknPc

23 1 replies

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