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‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Does Series Clown Around?

The HBO prequel expands Stephen King's IT universe with Bill Skarsgård reprising Pennywise and holds a 78% fresh rating from 41 Rotten Tomatoes critics.

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Bill Skarsgård's Pennywise the Dancing Clown returns in the prequel series “IT: Welcome To Derry” on streaming this weekend. What do Rotten Tomatoes critics think of the new horror series?

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This Sunday, October 26, HBO Max invites us to move to the small town of Derry, in the state of Maine, the time of a few weeks to discover the new series from the universe of...

In October 2025, terror will return to HBO Max’s catalogue with the upcoming release of “IT: Welcome to Derry.” This series transports us to the Derry of the 1960s, placing its plot in a period prior to the events narrated in the films “IT” and “IT: Chapter 2.” In that scenario, Pennywise’s origin and mysteries take on a central role, revealing how darkness settles in the city. Created by Andy and Barbara Muschietti along with Jason Fuchs and Br…

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El Independiente broke the news in on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
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