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Tessa & Sam of the Dreadful Digest podcast join Melvin to discuss IT: Welcome to Derry, the spin-off prequel series to Andy Muschietti’s IT duology! How does the show balance its original and familiar material? Is it scarier than the movies? What’s the pulse on Bill Skarsgård’s interpretation of Pennywise? Tune in to this INSANELY dense episode and find out!
Topics:
- Editor’s Note: No Patreon Exclusive discussion! But, I do intend to trim this episode down from its original 1:57:10 length, so if you want to hear the UNCUT version, tune in on Patreon here!
- Tessa & Sam explore what’s at the heart of their show, if a movie has ever been better than its book, and if there are any in-name-only adaptations that are still good.
- Sam, “This actually is extremely faithful to the book…”
- Tessa is glad she stuck with the show despite episode 3, and the gang talks about why episode 3 is so uniquely bad.
- Melvin liked the show but wishes the whole season carried the tone and attitude of the first episode.
- Finally, a good prequel series to a popular story.
- Nobody can talk about It: Welcome to Derry Season 1 without talking about Stranger Things Season 5.
- Praising Chris Chalk for his performance as Dick Hallorann.
- Overcoming fear and trauma through companionship.
- Thinking about future seasons.
- Talking the ending and all the new Pennywise lore stuff.
Recommendations:
- Castle Rock (2018-2019) (Series)
- Something Very Bad is Going to Happen (2026) (Series)
- Read the original source material of a movie you love!
It: Welcome to Derry is Rated TV-MA. It features Jovan Adepo, Bill Skarsgård, Taylour Paige, Stephen Rider, Matilda Lawler, Amanda Christine, Clara Stack, Blake Cameron James, Arian S. Cartaya, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Thomas Mitchell, Madeleine Stowe, Peter Outerbridge, and Kimberly Guerrero. Created by Jason Fuchs, Andy Muschietti, and Barbara Muschietti. It: Welcome to Derry is available here.
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Melvin Benson is the Founder, Editor-In-Chief, and Lead Host of Cinematic Doctrine. Whether it’s a movie, show, game, comic, or novel, it doesn’t matter. As long as it’s rich, he’s ready and willing to give it a try! His hope is to see King Jesus glorified as far as the east is from the west!
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