SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “It: Welcome to Derry,” now streaming on HBO Max.
The first season of “It: Welcome to Derry” concluded in a way that was truly thrilling and chilling, with the show’s full ensemble taking on Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgård) as he covered the titular town in an icy, supernatural fog. While series creators Barbara and Andy Muschietti insist that the climax’s liminal environment was not an intentional nod to Stephen King’s “The Mist,” they acknowledge the overlap in the universe, which is full of references to other King works such as “The Shining” and “The Shawshank Redemption.”
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