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Audiences are thrilled for the chilling show It: Welcome to Derry, which is receiving positive feedback and drawing from themes from other Stephen King works. Just one day after launch, the broadcaster has revealed that the next chapter will premiere ahead of schedule, scheduled ideally for Halloween.

Schedule Change Particulars

Kicking off on the last day of October at 3 a.m. EST, the next part of It: Welcome to Derry will make its debut on HBO Max, before its Sunday HBO premiere. Subsequent episodes of the series run will be released on Sunday nights on the network and streaming service, leading up to the concluding chapter on December 14th.

Storyline Summary

Set in the world of King's It, It: Welcome to Derry draws from King’s iconic novel while enlarging the setting realized by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the recent movie adaptations. It Chapter One highlighted kids and teens confronting unimaginable horrors, thus it's suitable that this show follows in those footsteps. Yet, the debut of HBO’s Welcome to Derry proves it set out to raise the stakes, providing more frightening moments than the movies and setting a dark atmosphere for the rest of the season.

Setting and Themes

Located in the early '60s, the program introduces a new generation of parents and youngsters inhabiting a seemingly idyllic town hiding a evil heart. The town functions through a vicious, repeating pattern—one marked by violence, bigotry, and the supernatural, as a evil entity reappears every 27 years. Even though Welcome to Derry might appear like it skews too close to the films initially, what sets apart the streaming show is its two-sided viewpoint—told from the eyes of both children and adults simultaneously. Younger characters are especially susceptible to the entity's fear, but the adults don't escape facing their own nightmares born from Derry’s deep-seated bigotry and hidden paranormal elements.

It: Welcome to Derry airs on the 31st of October at midnight PT.