25 october 2025
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IT: Welcome to Derry – A Return to Stephen King’s Darkest Town, One Whisper at a Time
From the outset, IT: Welcome to Derry establishes a grammar of fear that does not seek easy effects, but rather gradual contamination: winter light, tight frames, silences that buzz like evil thoughts. Set in 1962, the first episode establishes a precise social and psychological backdrop—Cold War paranoia, hostile politeness, polished Anglo-Saxon culture—and uses it as a sounding board rather than mere vintage wallpaper. There is a clear desire to extend...
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