SPOILER ALERT: This article is full of spoilers from the “IT: Welcome to Derry” season finale.
“IT: Welcome to Derry” co-creator Andy Muschietti is putting a fan theory to rest that has had some social media users buzzing.
If you’ve been tuning into the HBO series, which is a prequel to the 2017 and 2019 “It” films, you know that the show has seamlessly weaved together elements from Stephen King’s multiverse with nods and connections to the horror icon’s “Dark Tower” and “The Shining” universes.
The show’s final episode titled “Winter Fire” that aired Sunday showed an eerie fog, onset by villain Pennywise, that enveloped the entire town of Derry, Maine, creating the perfect shroud for the ancient entity to capture Derry’s entire high school student body.
The fog’s presence led fans to speculate that the hazy scenery could be a possible connection to another one of King’s famous horror works: “The Mist.” King’s 1980 novella “The Mist” was famously adapted into a film of the same name in 2007 starring Thomas Jane, as well as the 2017 Spike TV series starring Morgan Spector.
