Breaking Down the Insane Opening of 'It: Welcome to Derry'
The VFX supervisor and prosthetics department head of 'Welcome to Derry' discussed the series' gruesome cold opening with Variety, revealing the use of practical goo and blood to bring a killer baby to life.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the series premiere of “It: Welcome to Derry,” now streaming on HBO Max.
The first episode of 'It: Welcome to Derry' features a significant amount of blood, guts, and gore, rivaling the Andy Muschietti-directed “It” films. The HBO series opens with an 11-year-old boy named Mattie (Miles Ekhardt) hitchhiking out of Maine town circa 1962, where he's picked up by a family.
- Father (Mark MacRae)
- Pregnant mother (Zoë Barrett-Wood)
- Teenaged daughter (Audrey Wellington)
- Boysih son (Lochlan Ray Miller)
A Lot of Fantastic Practical Goo and Blood
Author's summary: The 'It: Welcome to Derry' team breaks down the insane opening scene.
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