It: Welcome to Derry debuts with strong Rotten Tomatoes score

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Still from It: Welcome To Derry (Screenshot from YouTube/@HBO Max)
Still from It: Welcome To Derry (Screenshot from YouTube/@HBO Max)

It: Welcome to Derry has been a highly anticipated show since it serves as a prequel to the It films and will tell us the origin story of Pennywise the Clown. The show is developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, based on the novel It by Stephen King. It: Welcome to Derry is set in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, in the 1960s, as a couple moves into the town with their son soon after a boy had gone missing in Derry.

HBO and HBO Max have done a considerable amount of publicity to make sure viewers are eager to watch the show. Moreover, the show's release date being October 26, 2025, also makes it the perfect show to watch during Halloween and in the following weeks. Since so much has been done to make sure the show gets the required attention, it's important that the show gets good reviews. While it is yet to be released for everyone, It: Welcome To Derry has managed to get a great Rotten Tomatoes score.


Critics are liking It: Welcome to Derry

It: Welcome To Derry takes us to the town of Derry, where unexplainable horrors haunt its residents. When a child goes missing, his classmates try to figure out a way to find him, but what they discover is terrifying. However, it is not only the scared children, but also the adults. Derry's horrors haunt all its residents. Somehow, Pennywise the Clown is connected to all this, and we might just get to see why he is the evil entity that he is.

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While It: Welcome to Derry is set to be released on HBO and HBO Max on October 26, 2025, critics with early access have already watched the show. At the time this article is being written, the show has scored a Rotten Tomatoes score of 80%. That is pretty high for the debut season of a horror show, and if critics have given such high scores, viewers are most likely going to enjoy the show as well.

The Popcornmeter score, which is given by the common audience, will be available once the show is released, but the odds seem to be in favour of the show, given its high Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes.

It: Welcome to Derry stars Taylour Paige as Charlotte Hanlon, Jovan Adepo as Leroy Hanlon, Blake Cameron James as Will Hanlon, Chris Chalk as Dick Hallorann, James Remar as General Shaw, Stephen Rider as Hank, Rudy Mancuso as Captain Pauly Russo, Clara Stack as Lilly, Amanda Christine as Ronnie, Mikkal Karim-Fidler as Teddy, and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Clown, among others.

The show is executive-produced by Jason Fuchs, Brad Caleb Kane, Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Shelley Meals, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, and Bill Skarsgård. The production companies behind the show are HBO, Warner Bros. Television, Double Dream, and FiveTen Productions.

It: Welcome to Derry will premiere on HBO and HBO Max on October 26, 2025. The rest of the six episodes will be released weekly on Sundays till December 7, 2025, on HBO and HBO Max.


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Edited by Sohini Biswas