Welcome To Derry will be made available almost three days ahead of schedule to celebrate Halloween. It will debut Friday, October 31, at 12:00am PT/3:00am ET on HBO Max. The episode will premiere on HBO as scheduled on Sunday,

After IT: Welcome to Derry premiered on October 26, HBO Max has announced it’s bringing the Episode 2 release date forward to coincide with Halloween. The new horror series will see Episode 2 debut early on HBO Max beginning Friday, October 31 at 12am PT 3am ET. The episode will also air on HBO on Sunday, November 2 at 9pm ET / PT.

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The prequel series to Stephen King's 'It' uses real tales of torture to haunt its Jewish character, Teddy Uris.

Matty Clements shares a brief time period, but he appears to be the first victim of It, the greater evil power. His existence symbolizes the return of Pennywise in Derry, Maine, the looming threat that viewers are about to witness. Matty's character arc defines the horror of Derry and sets up anticipation for what's to follow.

Welcome to Derry" Episode 1. If the "It: Welcome to Derry" premiere felt bloodier or more intense than the two movies, well that was by design. The new HBO series takes place in 1962 -- which is the monster's 27-year cycle before the Losers Club face off against him in the 2017 film -- and starts with a bloody bang.

The show's creators also collaborated with John Bear Mitchell, a member of the Penobscot Nation and a professor at the University of Maine who works in movies and TV both in front of and behind the camera.

This vision of Derry too often feels like one of those Hollywood backlots: all the facades look right, but there’s nothing behind them.

The Pulitzer Prize winner re-teams with dismissed investigator Kat Dahl to do what police couldn’t — or wouldn’t.