Welcome to Derry" is arriving early for Halloween. Here’s the exact release time and how to watch the new episode as soon as it drops.

HBO Max is giving "IT: Welcome to Derry" fans a special spooky goody. The second episode is slated for an early release in honor of Halloween, according to a news release. It will be available on HBO Max on Friday, Oct. 31, at 3 a.m. ET. It will also air on HBO on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 9 p.m. ET.

HBO’s newest original series is set in the world of Andy Muschietti’s “It” (2017) and “It Chapter Two” (2019), a two-part film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. “Welcome to Derry” is set 27 years before the events of “It,” tracing more of Pennywise’s sinister origins.

Following the shocking slaughter at the Capitol Theatre that took place at the end of the IT: Welcome to Derry premiere, the second installment of the HBO prequel series offered some insight into where the show seems to be headed in its first season.

Send in the clown. No, really, free Pennywise! (Pretty please?)

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Welcome to Derry fully expected to have to battle executives over one element of the show, but were surprised when HBO was on board.

Andy and Barbara Muschietti, co-creators of HBO's prequel drama about Stephen King's demonic clown, flavor the scarefest with themes of fascism, bigotry and the loss of innocence.