We’re nonetheless a couple of quick months away from the discharge of HBO’s It: Welcome to Derry, however already followers couldn’t be extra excited concerning the imminent return of Invoice Skarsgård’s Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
A terrifying continuation of the favored It horror sequence, Welcome to Derry additionally guarantees to be yet one more thrilling TV sequence based mostly on Stephen King’s work, becoming a member of different memorable TV reveals like Creepshow, The Outsider, and Citadel Rock, amongst many others.
As audiences sit up for the present’s launch later this 12 months, we determined to place collectively a listing of similarly-veined horror sequence viewers would possibly need to examine earlier than It: Welcome to Derry’s official premiere this coming October.
Lovecraft Nation
If the early trailers have been any indication, plainly It: Welcome to Derry is choosing a extra thematic takedown of the horror style, particularly utilizing its ‘60s settings to discover points associated to race, social justice, and integration. With that being mentioned, it’s laborious to not see some apparent parallels between It’s prequel sequence and HBO’s earlier Lovecraft Nation. A daring and well timed translation of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, Lovecraft Nation would possibly very effectively be top-of-the-line horror sequence of the fashionable period, leaving its abrupt cancellation on the community a heartbreaking thriller to this very day.
Citadel Rock
As with the aforementioned Lovecraft Nation, Citadel Rock’s cancellation after simply two seasons on Hulu continues to befuddle us nearly six years later. Whereas it generally struggles to correctly execute its bold plans, Citadel Rock’s first two seasons however act as a powerful ode to Stephen King’s fictional universe. With references and tie-ins to every little thing from The Shawshank Redemption and Carrie to Distress and The Shining, Citadel Rock is the right reward for longtime followers of the creator’s tales, unfolding like a who’s who of King’s bigger bibliography.
Midnight Mass
Director Mike Flanagan has produced loads of exceptional movies based mostly off of King’s most underrated novels. But, as admirable as his variations of Physician Sleep or Gerald’s Recreation are, Midnight Mass would possibly very effectively be the filmmaker’s masterpiece. Taking some extent of inspiration from King’s numerous tales (‘Salem’s Lot, It, and The Stand specifically), Flanagan manages to create essentially the most chilling vampire story of the previous decade – one able to measuring as much as the perfect vampire media lately, be it Nosferatu, Sinners, or Abigail.