{"id":2144790,"date":"2025-11-09T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2144790"},"modified":"2025-11-09T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T17:18:08","slug":"when-it-comes-to-body-horror-welcome-to-derrys-got-female-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/when-it-comes-to-body-horror-welcome-to-derrys-got-female-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"When it comes to body horror, \u201cWelcome to Derry\u201d\u2018s got female trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For the entity called <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/topic\/pennywise\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pennywise;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pennywise<\/a>, the demon that haunts Derry, Maine, fear is the best seasoning for flesh. That\u2019s why this evil enjoys feasting on children most of all. All the townsfolk are susceptible to Its predation, but kids are easier to scare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Judging by how the entity has manifested in the first two episodes of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/pennywise-isn-t-derry-biggest-160058531.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:It: Welcome to Derry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">It: Welcome to Derry<\/a>,\u201d a person is right to wonder whether the ghoul hunts youngsters because of what they have in common with it. Pennywise surfaces every 27 years. In the interim, it lurks underground in stasis, almost like a fetus in the womb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We tend to picture that as a peaceful state. But for Ronnie Grogan (Amanda Christine), who suddenly finds herself trapped inside a membrane prison, engulfed in fluid and drowning, it\u2019s anything but. In one of the most horrifying sequences in the thriller\u2019s second episode, \u201cThe Thing in the Dark,\u201d Ronnie tries to find refuge from her worries by hiding in her bedroom, under the covers, only to be disturbed by the repetitive thump-thump of a loud heartbeat. Then the bedsheet turns pink and veiny, covering her with goo as she wildly scratches at it. Water rises around her, suffocating her screams until she claws her way free, sliding across the floor.<\/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>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"wp-credits-text\">(Brooke Palmer\/HBO)<\/span> Amanda Christine as Veronica \u201cRonnie\u201d Grogan in \u201cIt: Welcome to Derry\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ronnie doesn\u2019t yet know why Derry\u2019s ancient horror is stalking her, but longtime <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/topic\/stephen_king\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Stephen King;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Stephen King<\/a> readers may recognize how attractive her guilt is to It. Since she thinks the reason three of her classmates are missing, having snuck them into the theater where her father, Hank (Stephen Rider), works as a projectionist, she also blames herself for placing Hank in the local cops\u2019 crosshairs. Long before that, though, Ronnie\u2019s mother died while bringing her into the world. So it wasn\u2019t her bed she was escaping, but a giant, monstrous version of her dead mother\u2019s uterus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou tore me apart, Ronnie. You came out of me and ripped me right open. Why\u2019d you do it? All I wanted was to hold my baby . . . and you killed me. Like you killed those kids. And you\u2019re gonna kill your father,\u201d says Ronnie\u2019s momster. \u201cThey\u2019ll come for him. They\u2019ll take him away . . . and he\u2019ll FRYYYYYY!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With that, the horrifying slit between Mama\u2019s legs transforms into a chomping mouth full of sharp teeth, reeling in a struggling Ronnie by the umbilical cord tethering them. The girl fights with her legs, hands, and eventually her teeth, chewing herself free of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two episodes in, \u201cWelcome to Derry\u201d has showcased some of the squishiest, grisliest scenes on TV. That two of them involve hideous versions of childbirth isn\u2019t accidental. By the time Ronnie escapes her mother\u2019s vagina dentata, we\u2019ve already watched another kid, Matty Clements (Miles Ekhardt), sustain a bloody attack by a mutant newborn with a tumorous extra head and bat wings. That abomination pops out of an unsettlingly cheerful woman whose husband swoops in to offer the hitchhiking boy a ride. By the time the homicidal aberration tears out of her like an angry insect from a rotten apple, Matty\u2019s fate is already sealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Television writers, most of whom are men, have long fixated on the perceived trauma inherent to pregnant people pushing a fully formed human from their bodies. Notice how an expectant person\u2019s water breaking always happens at the least convenient and often alarming times.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"648\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/I5cxrTrQa1v6hBBn4gpOWg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0ODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/salon_articles_879\/3427295ce800eea88169038be61505ae\"\/><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>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"wp-credits-text\">(HBO)<\/span> \u201cIt: Welcome to Derry\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Giving birth on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/topic\/the_handmaids_tale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Handmaid\u2019s Tale;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/a>\u201d or even \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/topic\/the_pitt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Pitt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Pitt<\/a>\u201d may end in joy, but there\u2019s always a surge of peril and dread in the mix. If you\u2019re a Targaryen on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2022\/10\/24\/house-of-the-dragon-ending-flames-out-after-a-season-of-inhaling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:House of the Dragon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">House of the Dragon<\/a>,\u201d childbirth is as likely to be a nauseous, chunky event as a joyous one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWelcome to Derry,\u201d a prequel to the events of Stephen King\u2019s 1986 novel, seems especially fond of using nativity to midwife atrocities, although body horror in general is a defining trait of the show. The same episode featuring Ronnie\u2019s gooey night terror ends with her friend Lilly Bainbridge (Clara Stack) seeing dismembered parts of her dead father wiggle at her from pickle jars on the grocery store\u2019s shelves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Predictably, those vessels break open so his grey flesh can supernaturally merge into a foul lump of distorted features and tentacles, binding Lilly while a creepy voice asks, \u201cGot a kiss for daddy?\u201d Lilly\u2019s nightmare doesn\u2019t involve the dead father consuming her, but its violative creepiness eats at you even so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All this aligns with King\u2019s strange habit of writing about bodies, especially women\u2019s bodies, as if they\u2019re treacherous wonderlands. Throughout his writing, King outs himself as a breast man via an array of female characters <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/v-as-in-victor.tumblr.com\/post\/635257954235498496\/stephen-king-describing-womens-breasts-if-this\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:boobing along boobily;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">boobing along boobily<\/a> as a function of going about their day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Start your day with essential news from Salon.<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/newsletter?utm_source=onsite&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=crash-course-edit-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up for our free morning newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sign up for our free morning newsletter<\/a>, Crash Course.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His first novel, 1974\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2022\/03\/26\/best-period-movies-tv-menstruation-carrie-turning-red\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carrie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Carrie<\/a>,\u201d centers on a heroine whose telekinetic powers awaken with the onset of her first menstrual period, which, from one lens, could be viewed as empowering. Then again, the experience humiliates Carrie to such an extent that she slaughters everyone at her prom and limps off to die in the woods, so . . . hooray, feminism?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">King\u2019s works are full of creative violence toward women, which, to be fair, is a genre staple. But some conceits stampede through profoundly repugnant swamplands, sinking into <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheDarkTower\/comments\/97i8hq\/struggling_with_the_detta_walker_vernacular_stuff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:straight-up stereotyping;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">straight-up stereotyping<\/a> in the process. One of the main protagonists in \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/1996\/10\/15\/media961015\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Dark Tower;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Dark Tower<\/a>\u201d series, Susannah Dean, is a Black woman with dissociative identity disorder. She battles a rapey demon by calling forth the personality of a previous, angrier Black woman to screw it roughly enough to scare it into submission. She gets knocked up in the process, but, luckily for her, passes the gnarly demonic birthing duties off to a succubus (that, for a time, turns Susannah, a double amputee, into a white woman with legs).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" 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\/JCu2kMCCRRB5HHlX2k9eiA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/salon_articles_879\/7f3bec4d2494b7a6facd8f50f3069d68\"\/><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>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"wp-credits-text\">(Brooke Palmer\/HBO)<\/span> Amanda Christine as Veronica \u201cRonnie\u201d Grogan in \u201cIt: Welcome to Derry\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then there\u2019s the nasty premise of King\u2019s short story \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apersonalanthology.com\/2023\/11\/17\/dedication-by-stephen-king\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dedication;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dedication<\/a>,\u201d in which a pregnant Black hotel housekeeper is compelled by a bruja to consume the seed of a racist (but highly successful!) author by licking his bedsheets so her unborn son can inherit the man\u2019s talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Heaven help me, I could go on, but it\u2019s probably sufficient to remind you of a major turning point from King\u2019s 1986 novel that has never been recreated in any of the TV or movie adaptations of \u201cIt,\u201d and never should be. It involves the sole girl in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2023\/09\/10\/stephen-king-christine-40th-anniversary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Loser\u2019s Club;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Loser\u2019s Club<\/a> rallying the team back to unity by having sex with all the boys. In the book, these kids are around 11 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yes, in King\u2019s universe, lady parts are trouble (trouble! trouble!) with a capital \u201cT,\u201d and that rhymes with \u201cV, and that stands for the vagina as a portal for evil to enter the world \u2013 as it does in the very first moments of \u201cWelcome to Derry.\u201d The Bat Baby that disappears Matty returns later in the premiere as the kids watch a screening of \u201cThe Music Man\u201d that Ronnie facilitates for them. In its famous showstopper, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LI_Oe-jtgdI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ya Got Trouble;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ya Got Trouble<\/a>,\u201d con man Harold Hill warns the River City townsfolk about supposed dens of immorality, and the children notice Matty in the crowd, holding a bundle. It\u2019s the tiny monstrosity, of course, which emerges into the theater, grows giant-sized and devours most of Matty\u2019s friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As the show\u2019s executive producers, Andy and Barbara Muschietti, have explained in other interviews, the show\u2019s transgressive images aren\u2019t solely for shock\u2019s sake. An insightful <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iuK_ClELr_w\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Film Paradise;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Film Paradise<\/a> video essay explains its meaning as coded to Derry\u2019s reigning anxieties in 1962, specifically the ravages of nuclear fallout and radiation. Phil Malkin, one of Matty\u2019s friends who doesn\u2019t make it out of the theater alive (played by Jack Molloy Legault), is highly suspicious of what the military is doing at the base near town.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"648\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/PHLX2lY0Yb1cImpidSTT0Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0ODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/salon_articles_879\/c0f4ae94e8ef7b392e228de8b61c27c8\"\/><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>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"wp-credits-text\">(Brooke Palmer\/HBO)<\/span> \u201cIt: Welcome to Derry\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mutant baby monster is the manifestation of that fear, in the same way Lilly\u2019s visitation is the congealed manifestation of her torment. The vile births and dismembered bodies are a realization of the evil gestating within Derry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd the reason it feels so wrong, so instantly iconic,\u201d the Film Paradise analyst explains, \u201cis because it takes something that should mean hope, a child, and turns it into a mouth\u201d \u2014 one that compels the child heroes to run, and challenges viewers to keep from looking away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pregnancy is a wonder, even through the finale when a parent pushes their newborns into the world, and those tiny humans distend the most intimate parts of their bodies. There\u2019s a beauty in that, people say; I have no firsthand knowledge. But if there were any chance of changing my mind and taking the plunge, watching \u201cWelcome to Derry\u201d has permanently exorcised any phantom longings. Besides, Derry represents America, where life is scary enough as it is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>New episodes of \u201cIt: Welcome to Derry\u201d air 9 p.m. Sundays on HBO and stream on HBO Max.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2025\/11\/09\/when-it-comes-to-body-horror-welcome-to-derrys-got-female-trouble\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:When it comes to body horror, \u201cWelcome to Derry\u201d\u2018s got female trouble;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">When it comes to body horror, \u201cWelcome to Derry\u201d\u2018s got female trouble<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Salon.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Salon.com<\/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>For the entity called Pennywise, the demon that haunts Derry, Maine, fear is the best seasoning for flesh. That\u2019s why this evil enjoys feasting on children most of all. All the townsfolk are susceptible to Its predation, but kids are easier to scare. 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