IT Chapter 3: Welcome to Derry (2024) teaser trailer opens with an eerie, slow pan across the small, seemingly peaceful town of Derry, Maine. Dark storm clouds loom over the town as rain begins to pour, and the voice of a child is heard whispering, “You’ll float too.” The camera zooms in on an iconic red balloon floating eerily through the streets, a chilling symbol of the return of Pennywise.
The trailer shifts to a group of children in the 1960s, a new generation of Derry’s kids who are slowly beginning to experience strange occurrences. Bikes roll down empty streets, the sound of maniacal laughter echoes through the storm drains, and children mysteriously vanish without a trace. The sense of terror builds quickly as one of the new characters, a young boy named Charlie, encounters Pennywise in the sewer. Pennywise (played once again by Bill Skarsgård) greets him with a sinister smile, his voice tauntingly playful: “Miss me?”
Flashes of terrifying scenes quickly cut across the screen: Pennywise shapeshifting into horrifying forms, lurking in the shadows, and tormenting the new group of children. We see glimpses of the town’s dark history, revealing more about the curse that has plagued Derry for centuries. Old newspaper clippings and photographs hint at the origins of the evil that lives beneath the town, showing that Pennywise’s reign of terror dates back even further than previously known.
The tension mounts as the children, led by a new protagonist named Ellie, begin to realize they are not just facing a regular killer clown—they are confronting an ancient evil that feeds on fear. The final moments of the trailer show a chilling scene: Pennywise emerging from the shadows of an old circus tent, with his menacing smile widening, and the words “Welcome to Derry” appearing on the screen in blood-red letters.
The teaser closes with the iconic red balloon floating up into the sky, signaling that the nightmare has only just begun.
