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Fans are eagerly awaiting for the horror series It: Welcome to Derry, already receiving positive feedback and drawing from references from the broader King universe. Following the premiere, the network has revealed that the next chapter will arrive early, released fittingly for October 31st.

Early Release Details

Kicking off on Halloween night at midnight PT, the second episode of It: Welcome to Derry will launch on HBO's online platform, prior to its traditional TV airing. Future chapters of the eight-episode season will continue to air on Sundays on HBO and HBO Max, building toward the final episode on the 14th of December.

Show Background

Set in the Derry mythology, Welcome to Derry borrows elements from the classic book while expanding on the universe established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the recent movie adaptations. The first It movie centered on adolescents confronting supernatural evils, making it appropriate that the series upholds that legacy. However, the debut of the streaming show demonstrates it intended to escalate the fear, delivering heightened horror than Muschietti’s films and setting a dark atmosphere for the upcoming episodes.

Setting and Themes

Located in the early '60s, the program features a new generation of parents and youngsters living in a apparently peaceful community hiding a dark secret. The town operates on a brutal, periodic loop—defined by violence, bigotry, and the supernatural, as a evil entity resurfaces once every three decades. Although Welcome to Derry might seem like it leans too heavily to the films on the surface, what sets apart the digital program is its dual perspective—unfolding through the eyes of both children and adults simultaneously. Children stay particularly vulnerable to the entity's fear, but the adults don't escape dealing with their individual fears born from the town's ingrained prejudice and covert otherworldly powers.

It: Welcome to Derry airs on October 31 at 12 a.m. Pacific Time.