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I Don’t Think You’re Ready For This ‘Derry’ [VIDEO]

Clarence Moye by Clarence Moye
November 5, 2025
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Joey and Clarence dip into terrifying Stephen King territory in their review of HBO MAX’s IT: Welcome To Derry. 

While Megan’s away, the boys will play. Or cower in terror at the new HBO MAX series It: Welcome To Derry. A prequel to the recent IT films, Derry revisits an early era in the life of Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise the clown. What seemed like a Stranger Things retread proved anything but once the pilot episode concludes. We’ve seen two episodes so far, and we’re intrigued. We talk about the series’ connection to the broader Stephen King universe, its shocking moments of terror, and whether or not all of that adds up to an actual good television show. There are spoilers, so beware!

We close our podcast with a Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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Clarence Moye is a proud co-founder of The Contending where he writes about film, television, and occasionally Taylor Swift. Under his 10-year run at Awards Daily, Clarence covered the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Telluride Film Festival, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, the Middleburg Film Festival, and much more. Clarence is a member of the Critics Choice Association.

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