It: Welcome to Derry
The King adaptation's prequel series, set in the 1960s cycle.
It: Welcome to Derry opens with a main title sequence of 115 seconds.
At 115 seconds, it opens well above the 50-second median for horror sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on HBO in 2025, when The Righteous Gemstones, Task and The Chair Company were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
115sAn exclusive posting of the first season's title sequence.
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Gothic paper-cut animation and a harpsichord, doing in seventy-nine seconds what the Addams Family finger-snap did in eight.
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