{"id":2117629,"date":"2025-10-27T04:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2117629"},"modified":"2025-10-27T04:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:16:07","slug":"the-scariest-and-most-shocking-moments-in-it-welcome-to-derry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-scariest-and-most-shocking-moments-in-it-welcome-to-derry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scariest and Most Shocking Moments in IT: WELCOME TO DERRY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">.cls-2{fill:#9d342c}<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>IT: Welcome to Derry<\/em> ain\u2019t playin\u2019 no games when it comes to dishing out blood and horror elements. I am quite the horror aficionado who has seen pretty much every type of gruesome kill and heart-pounding moment play out of screen. And reader, <em>Welcome to Derry<\/em> truly shocked the hell out of me by delivering some epic brutal and terrifying moments. I found myself gasping and audibly going \u201cwhaaattt?!\u201d more than once in the very first episode\u2026 and that\u2019s a great thing! Here are the most brutal and downright scariest moments in<em> IT: Welcome to Derry<\/em> so far.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>HBO Max<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong>The Scariest and Most Shocking Moments in<em> IT: Welcome to Derry<\/em> Episode 1, \u201cThe Pilot\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Matty\u2019s Car Ride From Hell<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Poor Matty. This ostracized kid from a seemingly abusive family goes through a horrific ordeal one night. He runs from the local theater after not paying and tries to catch a ride out of town. More than anything, he just wants to escape Derry. Well, a seemingly all-American family pulls up to help him out\u2026 and things get more unsettling by the moment. The little kid starting to spell ominous words, the girl fingering raw meat, and the father ignoring Matty\u2019s pleas to let him go are enough to send a chill up your spine. But, when the pregnant mom gives birth to some demon spawn baby with wings that attacks, it turns super ugly.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Matty Reaches Out Through the Pipes\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another kid who can\u2019t catch a break is Lilly Bainbridge. She blames herself for her father\u2019s accidental death at his job and ends up having a mental break, which led to her spending time in Juniper Hill Asylum. Now, she\u2019s back at school where bullies cannot wait to torture her. And that\u2019s the least of her problems after one weird night in her bathroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She hears a singing voice that sounds like Matty, and he\u2019s reciting words from <em>The Music Man<\/em>, which is the last film he saw before his disappearance. She asks him to please come home and Matty grimly says \u201che won\u2019t let me\u201d before bloody fingers reach through her sink. This is the beginning of Pennywise\u2019s machinations with her in<em> Welcome to Derry<\/em>, and it is one of the scariest moments in episode one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RELATED ARTICLE<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/derry-maine-fictional-town-stephen-king-complete-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Welcome to Derry: How This Town Became an Iconic Part of Stephen King\u2019s Work;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Welcome to Derry: How This Town Became an Iconic Part of Stephen King\u2019s Work<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Teddy\u2019s Faceskin Lampshade<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Teddy is next up to be frightened to bits by Pennywise. During a family dinner, he asks his father if it is possible for someone to hold a kid hostage in a sewer for months. His father dismisses his inquiry and says he needs to keep his head out of comic books and fantasy. To drive home his point, Teddy\u2019s dad talks about the real-life hardships that Jewish people suffered in history and how some people\u2019s faces were cut off and used as shades for evil people\u2019s lamps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That would certainly scare a kid like him to pieces considering that the Holocaust ended less than 20 years prior. So naturally, Teddy had a nightmare about his lampshade being covered in talking faces. It is a creepy scene indeed, but not close to the scariest one in this episode.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>The Capitol Theater Massacre\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The Scariest and Most Shocking Moments in IT: WELCOME TO DERRY_1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/gXrz7AlQW8vHxl0g2LCsLg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/nerdist_761\/d277b1abf224b76b04d177bccebf8a62\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>HBO Max<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The scariest and most brutal moment in <em>Welcome to Derry<\/em>\u2019s first episode absolutely goes to the deaths at the theater. Lilly, Phil (a conspiracy theorist), Teddy, and Phil\u2019s chatty younger sister Suzy dive into some research about Matty\u2019s disappearance. They discover that he was at the Capitol Theater and the last person to see him was Ronnie Grogan, one of their peers whose father owns the theater. They track her down and she eventually agrees to help, so they all head to the theater for answers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They start watching<em> The Music Man<\/em> for clues, but things get strange when Matty shows up on screen holding a baby. Well, guess what?! It\u2019s the demon baby, and that thing comes out and kills Phil, Teddy, and poor little Suzy, too. This is quite the plot twist considering most shows, like <em>Stranger Things<\/em>, have stuck with the same ensemble kids (and even added a few). Killing kids is still kinda controversial, in a sense. But <em>Welcome to Derry<\/em> welcomes the murder of three children in a theater to cap off its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hbomax.com\/shows\/it-welcome-to-derry\/6c39354a-c52d-46d7-982c-b5d196988189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:first episode;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">first episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.cls-2{fill:#9d342c} IT: Welcome to Derry ain\u2019t playin\u2019 no games when it comes to dishing out blood and horror elements. I am quite the horror aficionado who has seen pretty much every type of gruesome kill and heart-pounding moment play out of screen. 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