Horror fans’ ‘childhood trauma reactivated’ after Stephen King series trailer

The newest trailer for an eagerly anticipated horror series based mostly on one in every of Stephen King’s most iconic novels is right here, and it’s terrifying.

Welcome to Derry is a prequel series for King’s IT, which follows an evil shape-shifting being that preys on the youngsters of Derry each 27 years.

It has been tailored for the massive display screen earlier than, first in 1990 with Tim Curry taking up the position of the villainous Pennywise, and once more in 2017 and 2019 with Invoice Skarsgard taking up from the Rocky Horror Image Present star.

The TV adaptation for HBO is ready within the Sixties, earlier than the introduction of the Losers Membership that takes Pennywise down as soon as and for all.

Forward of its launch in October, a second trailer for the present has dropped, teasing the signature nightmare gas that comes with It.

The 2-minute teaser begins with a brand new household shifting to the quiet city of Derry, nevertheless it doesn’t take them lengthy to grasp there’s one thing very unusual happening within the city.

‘Derry is a gorgeous place, however issues do occur every so often,’ a girl says, and he or she’s definitely not fallacious, because it doesn’t take lengthy for lacking youngsters’s posters to start showing.

A gaggle of kids begins researching the disappearance of one in every of their mates, putting them in mortal hazard, signalled by an ominous, floating crimson balloon that followers of the franchise might be very accustomed to.

We get a fast glimpse of Skarsgard’s return to the position of Pennywise because the dancing clown lurks within the shadows with glowing yellow eyes – sufficient to provide anybody nightmares.

There are hyperlinks to King’s different work, with a fast flash of a Shawshank State Jail bus from his novel Shawshank Redemption, in addition to the novella Rita Hayworth.

We additionally see Chris Chalk’s character Dick Hallorann, who followers of The Shining will know as the pinnacle chef of the Overlook Resort and the person who explains the shining capability to younger Danny Torrance.

Followers had been fast to take to social media to air their ideas, with many saying it seems ‘insane’ and ‘terrifying.’

‘This prequel is gonna set the spooky bar excessive,’ Kittu stated, whereas Titli posted: ‘The crimson balloons are again and so is the trauma.’

Giii echoed the identical sentiment, writing: ‘childhood concern reactivated once more. Thanks HBO.’

Dp_burner added: ‘lastly a present that understands my concern of clowns is totally rational 🗡️ gonna want some new nightmares anyway.’

Season one hasn’t hit our screens but, and producer and episode director Andrés Muschietti – who additionally helmed the It remake movies – has teased what followers can anticipate from subsequent seasons.

Talking to Radio TU, he revealed: ‘It’s a narrative that’s based mostly on the interludes of the guide. The interludes are principally chapters that replicate Mike Hanlon’s analysis. They’re fragments of his analysis.