October may not be as chock-full of new horror offerings as a month with Halloween in it might suggest, but it does contain my most anticipated genre series from the entire 2025 TV schedule: HBO’s latest foray into Stephen King-inspired nightmares, the prequel spinoff IT: Welcome to Derry. While not the usual direct book-to-screen adaptation, this show uses King’s historically haunted Maine town as a launching pad for new characters, monsters, and story connections. And guess what? It’s already earned the biggest vote of confidence possible.
As it turns out, Stephen King is one of the lucky audience members who was able to catch some or all of the new series weeks ahead of release — which may or may not also be the case for yours truly — and he didn’t hold back from spouting out some early praise on social media. Check out what he said about it on Threads:
