Give Welcome to Derry This: It Has a Killer First Episode

What’s interesting about the story of It is that the way we remember it is often bigger and more powerful than the original 1986 book or any movie or TV version. The 1990 miniseries, starring Tim Curry as Pennywise, isn’t as impressive as you might remember. While Andy Muschietti’s recent two-part movie adaptation was a huge success and made Bill Skarsgård a popular actor, they aren’t considered true classics, though they did tell the story effectively. This isn’t meant as criticism, but rather an acknowledgment of how deeply the story resonates with us. Stephen King’s writing itself is solid but straightforward, but his ideas have a way of sticking with you and becoming ingrained in your mind. Through the story of the Losers’ Club, It has endured because it speaks to how violence repeats itself – how experiences from childhood can affect us as adults, mixed with the complicated feelings of growing up – and to the sad but true idea that our ability to overcome challenges is often tied to the innocence we lose as we age.






