Breaking Down the Insane Opening of 'It: Welcome to Derry'
The VFX supervisor and prosthetics department head of 'Welcome to Derry' discussed the series' gruesome cold opening with Variety, revealing the secrets behind the killer baby scene.
Spoiler alert: the story contains spoilers from the series premiere of 'It: Welcome to Derry', now streaming on HBO Max. The first episode sets the tone for the series, featuring a significant amount of blood, guts, and gore, reminiscent of the Andy Muschietti-directed 'It' films.
The HBO series opens with an 11-year-old boy named Mattie (Miles Ekhardt) hitchhiking out of Maine town in 1962. He is picked up by a family, including a father (Mark MacRae), pregnant mother (Zoë Barrett-Wood), teenaged daughter (Audrey Wellington), and boyish son (Lochlan Ray Miller).
A lot of fantastic practical goo and blood brought the killer baby to life.
Author's summary: The 'It: Welcome to Derry' team discusses the series' intense opening scene.
- Series: It: Welcome to Derry
- Streaming platform: HBO Max
- Year: 1962
- Characters: Mattie, Mark MacRae, Zoë Barrett-Wood, Audrey Wellington, Lochlan Ray Miller
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