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This article contains spoilers<\/strong> for “It: Welcome to Derry” episode 1.<\/em><\/p>\n “It: Welcome to Derry” is a scary and gruesome series<\/a> that pulls no punches, and the show wastes no time in telling viewers that no characters are safe. The first episode’s opening scene sees a family experience peril while driving into the titular town, resulting in the pregnant mother giving birth to a monstrous baby in the car before everyone meets a tragic end. Later on in the episode, that same infant returns to terrorize a group of children in a movie theater \u2014 and let’s just say they don’t go applying for babysitting jobs afterward.<\/p>\n The shock factor is strong in “It: Welcome to Derry” episode 1, but it isn’t the first horror property to turn infants into evil savages. In 1974, the late Larry Cohen’s<\/a> “It’s Alive” \u2014 one of the two horror movies James Gunn tried (and failed) to remake<\/a> \u2014 shocked and entertained viewers with a story about a mutant newborn that escapes from a hospital and embarks on a deadly rampage across Los Angeles. A hunt for the child subsequently ensues, while its parents must deal with the wrath of the public and the media.<\/p>\n “It’s Alive” has fun with the idea of a homicidal baby wreaking havoc, but the same sentiment doesn’t apply to “It: Welcome to Derry,” where the horror is dark, brutal, and disturbing. In fact, the baby sequences might even make some viewers feel afraid to be around babies after viewing the first episode. However, while “It’s Alive” isn’t as terrifying as the “It” prequel series, the film is so much more than a lurid exploitation flick.<\/p>\n