Why It: Welcome To Derry's First Episode wrapped up With ...

What’s Happening Alright so It: Welcome to Derry didn’t pull any punches with its debut episode, but the show’s creators knew the carnage was necessary. Television Horror Shows Why It: Welcome To Derry’s First Episode wrapped up With The Movie Theater Slaughter By Joe Roberts Dec. 17, 2025 8:45 pm EST Brooke Palmer/HBO An “It” prequel series delving into the minutiae of the celebrated Stephen King story might have initially sounded a little too arcane to succeed, and perhaps even a tad dull. (wild, right?) But “It: Welcome to Derry” just dropped itself with an episode that ASAP eviscerated such doubts by, well, eviscerating a bunch of kids. ## The Details The “Welcome to Derry” pilot culminated in a shocking twist ending that saw the show’s version of the Loser’s Club literally torn limb from limb by a flying demon baby. The obvious takeaway here was that in “Welcome to Derry,” nobody was safe , and that’s exactly how creators Jason Fuchs, Barbara, and Andy Muschietti planned it. Aside from expanding the lore established by 2017’s “It” and 2019’s “It: Chapter 2,” ” Welcome to Derry” was a surprisingly gruesome and scary series that actually managed to top the two movies for sheer terror and gore. That becomes evident from the off when Miles Eckhardt’s Matty Clements is picked up by a family of four, only for the mother to birth the aforementioned demon baby in a horrific scene that ASAP establishes the show’s willingness to push the envelope. ## Why This Matters That godforsaken hell-spawn returns at the end of the pilot to unleash agony on Phil Malkin (Jack Molloy Legault), Teddy Uris (Mikkal Karim-Fidler), and Susie Malkin (Hunter Storm Baker), who all suffer violent deaths at the hands of this abomination. Such a horrific scene was unexpected to say the least, especially given how the rest of the episode appears to be setting up the victims as major characters. For the co-creators of the HBO series, but, that was exactly why they had to die. This is exactly the kind of news that gets fans excited or concerned. ## The Bottom Line For the co-creators of the HBO series, but, that was exactly why they had to die. We want to hear your thoughts on this.