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HBO’s Welcome to Derry wastes no time reminding us that small-town America can be scarier than any clown. Set in 1962, the prequel to Stephen King’s It dive

Welcome to Derry.The Losers Club may have finally figured out how to defeat Pennywise once and for all in 2019's IT Chapter 2, but in Andy Muschietti's new HBO prequel series IT: Welcome to Derry, the director of the two-part IT film adaptation takes us back in time to an era when the dancing clown—along with all of It's other iterations—were alive,

Andy Muschietti follows his two-part big-screen adaptation of the Stephen King novel with an eight-episode show set in 1962.

Beginning Oct. 31 at 3 a.m. EST (midnight PT), episode two of Welcome to Derry will debut on HBO Max, ahead of its linear premiere Sunday on HBO proper. "Subsequent episodes of the eight-episode season will continue to air Sundays on HBO and HBO Max leading up to the season finale on Sunday, Dec. 14," per HBO PR.

It: Welcome to Derry' creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti on the shocking twists in the premiere, and their plan for three seasons of Pennywise.

The new horror/drama spin-off series, “It: Welcome to Derry,” debuts this Sunday, October 26 on HBO Max.

It: Welcome to Derry’ season 1 is officially out, and we've got you covered with the deets on when new episodes come out. Find out details here.

Producer Barbara Muschietti teased how viewers will have to wait to see Bill Skarsgard terrorize the town as Pennywise in the "It" prequel, "Welcome to Derry."