Derry, Maine. It (2017) Page

: Beyond the horror, the film serves as a nostalgic coming-of-age story about the strength of friendship and the loss of childhood innocence. Setting: Derry, Maine

: Each member of the group is forced to confront their deepest personal demons and fears, which Pennywise manifests to paralyze them. Derry, Maine. IT (2017)

: The town is portrayed as having a dark, repetitive history of tragedies that the adult population largely ignores or forgets due to the influence of the entity. : Beyond the horror, the film serves as

: The children must overcome their individual traumas—ranging from abusive parents to societal racism—and band together to fight the monster in its lair within the town's sewers. In the film's continuity: The story of in

: A marshy area in Derry where the Losers' Club hangs out and eventually finds the entrance to Pennywise’s lair.

Derry is a fictional town created by , famously inspired by his real-life home of Bangor, Maine . In the film's continuity:

The story of in the 2017 film IT (also known as IT: Chapter One ) follows a group of seven outcast children who call themselves the " Losers' Club " . Set in the summer of 1989, the narrative begins when local children start mysteriously disappearing, including Georgie Denbrough, the younger brother of the group's leader, Bill.