HBO's It Spinoff Debuts Next Ahead of Schedule on HBO's Digital Service

Fans are eagerly awaiting for the horror series It: Welcome to Derry, which is garnering praise and incorporating themes from the broader King universe. Following the premiere, the network has revealed that the second installment will arrive early, released fittingly for Halloween.

Premiere Shift Information

Beginning on Halloween night at 3 a.m. EST, the next part of Welcome to Derry will make its debut on the streaming service, before its traditional TV airing. Future chapters of the show's first season will premiere on Sundays on the network and streaming service, culminating in the concluding chapter on Sunday, December 14.

Series Overview

Taking place within the world of King's It, Welcome to Derry borrows elements from King’s iconic novel while enlarging the world realized by the It movie director in It and It Chapter Two. The first It movie centered on young characters facing unimaginable horrors, thus it's suitable that the prequel upholds that legacy. Yet, the debut of HBO’s Welcome to Derry demonstrates it aimed to escalate the fear, delivering even more intense scares than the movies and creating a harsh vibe for the upcoming episodes.

Premise and Ideas

Taking place in the 1960s, this show introduces a new generation of adults and children living in a apparently peaceful community hiding a evil heart. Derry operates on a cruel, recurring cycle—one marked by hostility, discrimination, and otherworldly forces, as a terrifying being returns once every three decades. Although It: Welcome to Derry might sound like it strays too near to the movies at first, what sets apart the streaming show is its dual perspective—told from the viewpoints of young and old at the same time. Children stay highly exposed to the monster's horror, but the adults also face confronting their individual fears arising from local discrimination and lurking supernatural forces.

The series premieres on Halloween at 3 a.m. EST.