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IT: WELCOME TO DERRY EPISODE 8 REACTION!! 1x08 Breakdown & Review | Stephen King | Pennywise

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THE CHILLING SEASON FINALE!! IT: Welcome to Derry Full Episode Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects - Start your online business with a $1 per-month trial when you visit https://www.shopify.com/rejects! - Gift Someone (Or Yourself) A Stranger Things RR Tee! https://shorturl.at/hekk2 - Vecna: The Mind Slayer tee by @G9DESIGN & Dr. Stranger Things tee by @SASAMIIKU — perfect for hardcore fans & collectors alike! - IT (2017) Movie Reaction: https://youtu.be/7c2uCYk4eUE - IT: Chapter Two (2019) Movie Reaction: https://youtu.be/qdPuXVeqzmU With The Running Man & The Long Walk out, the Scream Queens (Tara & Roxy) + Andrew RETURN for their penultimate IT: Welcome to Derry Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Breakdown, & Spoiler Review! Roxy Striar (Wildcat), Tara Erickson (The Rage Pod), & Andrew Gordon (Cinepals) react to the Season 1 Finale (Episode 8) of IT: Welcome to Derry, HBO’s chilling Stephen King prequel that has been unraveling the dark, cyclical history of Derry, Maine. Developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, the series has steadily built toward a confrontation that blends real-world horror, buried trauma, and the cosmic terror behind Pennywise’s reign. Set in 1962, the finale is expected to bring together the season’s major threads following the devastating events of the Black Spot and the full emergence of Pennywise’s influence over the town. With fear at its peak and Derry’s institutions complicit or collapsing, Episode 8 promises to explore the aftermath of tragedy, the cost of resisting evil, and the terrifying realization that Pennywise’s cycle is far older — and far harder to break — than anyone imagined. Teases and interviews suggest the finale leans heavily into IT mythology, potentially reframing what we know about Derry’s past and setting the stage for the horrors still to come decades later. The season’s core cast drives the finale’s emotional and supernatural stakes, including Bill Skarsgård (IT, Barbarian) as Pennywise / It, whose presence has grown more overt and predatory with each episode; Jovan Adepo (Babylon, Creed II) as Leroy Hanlon; Taylour Paige (Zola, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) as Charlotte Hanlon; and Chris Chalk (Perry Mason, Gotham) as Dick Hallorann. As the season closes, the finale is expected to deliver some of the most talked-about moments yet — emotional reckonings, terrifying manifestations of fear, and revelations that deepen the mythology connecting Welcome to Derry to the events of IT. Dark, tragic, and myth-expanding, Episode 8 aims to cement IT: Welcome to Derry as a bold new chapter in Stephen King’s universe — one that proves Derry never really lets its horrors rest. #ITWelcomeToDerry #Pennywise #StephenKing #ITUniverse #BillSkarsgard #DerryMaine #HBO #Max #SupernaturalHorror #HorrorSeries #TVReaction #TVReview #SeasonFinale #ITPrequel #Binge #Bingeworthy #React #ReactTo #reaction Follow *Roxy Striar* https://www.instagram.com/roxystriar/?hl=en https://twitter.com/roxystriar Follow *Tara Erickson* https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/ https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson Follow *Andrew Gordon* https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en https://twitter.com/Agor711 0:00 Checking In! 2:22 IT Welcome to Derry Ep 8 Reaction 40:46 SHOPIFY 42:17 IT Welcome to Derry Ep 8 Review Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ RR Clips & Shorts Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ReelRejectsClips Follow TheReelRejects On The Socials: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ https://www.tiktok.com/@thereelrejects?lang=en https://twitter.com/thereelrejects https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Supervising Producer: https://twitter.com/nerdchronic?lang=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Follow & Listen to Us Wherever You Get Your Podcasts!! - https://open.spotify.com/show/3XHMwbveiznxSOGxN9XT0M - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vc3Rhci13YXJzLXRhbGs - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-rejects-tv-movie-recaps/id1616339990 - https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Apocalypse-Podcast/B08JJP58FG Follow GREG ALBA: https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ https://twitter.com/thegregalba PLAYLISTS: Sketches & Short Films: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw_zWuTRfBOUP3aYyIYRzc2y

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@kevinphillips9913 2025-12-15

RIP to Joan Gregson, who played the older Ingrid Kersh. She passed just two months after filming her cameo. She was 91.

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@andnel9933 2025-12-15

The show being a non linear sequel instead of a straight prequel is so cool and opens it up to so many possibilities

856 18 replies
@HandsomeRansom94 2025-12-15

8:00 Richie in the 1st movie has a "kill this f'n clown line" so the apple doesn't fall far from the tree at all

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@dustnea 2025-12-15

During the race for the tree, the kids represent the tortoise. Pennywise is the overconfident hare. Brilliant writing and imagery.

704 17 replies
@Aurilaqq 2025-12-15

Rich holding his parent's shoulders at the funeral was so sad man

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@theilluminatibenefactor 2025-12-15

Pennywise had a vision of himself being bullied to death in Chapter 2's finale and decked to aim for Richie Tozier's mother 💀🙏🏻

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@rainahines3515 2025-12-15

This also explains why Richie’s afraid of clowns .. since Marge is his mom, she raised him to be weary of any clown

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@andrewhanes8903 2025-12-15

When Richie ran and gave a “efff you, Pennywise” I did the same thing on accident 😂 HE KNOWS 🥳

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@Zoinks_Scoob_69 2025-12-15

I'm so glad Rich was able to be at peace instead of being one of Pennywises victims and having his soul tortured

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