Based on the 1986 Stephen King novel, “It,” the new HBO series sets a disturbing and terrifying tone right from the jump.

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The premiere of the It prequel series is set in 1962, against a landscape of widespread fears about the bomb and the pernicious racism that prevailed in the era. For cocreator Jason Fuchs, he needed ...