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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 7 Review

December 7, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

IT: Welcome to Derry picks up where last week’s cliffhanger left off: it’s time for the notorious fire at the Black Spot.

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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Andy Muschietti, Arian S. Cartaya, Bill Skarsgård, Blake Cameron James, Clara Stack, James Remar, Jovan Adepo, Kimberly Guerrero, Madeleine Stowe, Matilda Lawler, pennywise, Taylour Paige

‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 6 Review

November 30, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

With only three episodes of IT: Welcome to Derry left, we get more backstory on Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgård)…courtesy of his daughter?!

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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Arian S. Cartaya, Bill Skarsgård, Blake Cameron James, Chris Chalke, Clara Stack, Clara Stack and Stephen Rider, IT: Welcome to Derry, Jovan Adepo, Madeleine Stowe, Matilda Lawler, Stephen Rider, Taylour Paige, welcome to derry

‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 5 Review

November 23, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) makes his debut on IT: Welcome to Derry in an episode that takes the action into the sewers below “Neibolt Street”.

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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, and Blake Cameron James, Arian S. Cartaya, Bill Skarsgård, Chris Chalke, Clara Stack, HBO, IT: Welcome to Derry, James Remar, Joshua Odjick, Jovan Adepo, Madeline Stowe, Miles Ekhardt, Stephen Rider, Taylour Paige

‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 3 Review

November 10, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Three kids on bikes in a cemetery at night

IT: Welcome to Derry delivers a “get the gang together” episode for its third installment.

Spoilers ahead…

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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Arian S. Cartaya, Blake Cameron James, Chris Chalk, Clara Stack, IT, Jovan Adepo, Taylour Paige, welcome to derry

‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ Episode 2 Review

October 31, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

IT: Welcome to Derry is back for episode two, “The Thing in the Dark”, which basically takes the inferred racism from the premiere and makes it explicit. Spoilers follow…

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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Blake Cameron James, Chris Chalk, Clara Stack, James Remar, Jovan Adepo, Kimberly Guerrero, Peter Outerbridge, Stephen Rider, Taylour Paige

‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ Episode 1 Review

October 26, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Four pre-teens sit and stand in a dark movie theater

The IT prequel series has arrived on HBO, but before Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) makes his grand return, Welcome to Derry‘s first episode establishes its storytelling foundation and defies a few expectations. Spoilers follow…

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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Andy Muschietti, Chris Chalk, Clara Stack, IT, Jack Molloy, Jason Fuchs, Jovan Adepo, Mathilda Lawler, Mikkal Karim-Fidler, pennywise, stephen king, welcome to derry

The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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