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

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.

The story concludes with the Losers' Club successfully defeating Pennywise (for now) and making a blood oath to return to Derry if the monster ever resurfaces, setting the stage for IT Chapter Two .