Welcome to Derry

It improves significantly from the fifth episode onwards and becomes truly outstanding with the presence of Bill Skarsgård, who steals the show every time he appears. Although the script has certain shortcomings and the narrative is somewhat scattered, especially in the first three episodes, overall the final result is satisfactory both in terms of the emotional growth the characters experience throughout the series and in terms of the use of resources commonly associated with horror films.

IT: Welcome to Derry delivers a masterclass in storytelling and execution. The narrative is engaging, well-paced, and truly captures the eerie essence of Stephen King's universe. The characters feel real, the town's atmosphere is chilling, and the plot unfolds with precision, keeping you hooked throughout the season.

However, if you're hoping for classic jump scares, you might be disappointed. This franchise has moved past cheap shocks, focusing instead on an expected, psychological style of horror. While this approach is effective, it makes the scares somewhat predictable for seasoned horror fans.

Overall, a beautifully crafted horror season that excels in storytelling, atmosphere, and suspense-just don't come here expecting your heart to leap from sudden jumps.

Unlike rubbish like Rings of Power, Wheel of Time, et al, IT: Welcome to Derry succeeds because the writers have obviously read and loved the source. Why wouldn't you?

On top of that, whomever these writers are gets 80s horror novels, and like those pull no punches. If by the end of the first episode you haven't got the point - this is horror as it was meant to be.

If you're not horrified it probably means you lack empathy for every poor souls throughtout.

Skarsgard's return gives him much more space and unlike the films where he felt outshined by Tim Curry, here he really gets to shine and he's brilliantly malevolent.

After the awful 90s where none of the kids can act and ruined so many tv shows here they're on brilliant form.

Only thing letting it down is some of the CGI.

The introduction was great and compelling. They did a good job on the character development, and the plot of the show. However, getting towards the end, it was starting to get stale. It felt like the kids didn't feel very compelling to me, because I was losing interest in the kids characters towards the end. I can say the conclusion was heartfelt, and it gave us a cliff hanger for chapter 2 to tie in.

Overall, it was a decent show. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great.

I was very hyped about this project and I won't say it dissapointed, but...

Let's get a few things straight: They did try to emulate the "Stranger Things" formula but lacked in character depth and developemente.

Many subplots are left with a bit of lose end feeling or not enough power.

The origin of pennywise shouldve been brought up sooner or in two chapters.

The Actors are great, maybe the editing didnt favor a lot of the flow of the story. It seems much is missing in subplots, or even worse, they were not well planned or thought of.

Its seems suprising comingo from HBO.

I did enjoy it but I found myself making an effort to enjoy it cuz i wanted it so badly to be good.

Overall, a 7/10 but potential to be 10/10.