Bill Skarsgård's bloodied Pennywise with a meat cleaver in IT: Welcome to Derry Image via HBO Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for the IT: Welcome to Derry finale. After six weeks of shocks,

The grand finale of It: Welcome to Derry ‘s first season is finally here. After the horrific Black Spot massacre, it seemed like Pennywise’s ( Bill Skarsgård) bloodlust was finally sated for his 1962 cycle, and the monster was ready to hibernate… until General Shaw ( James Remar) removed one of the pillars caging It into the town to free the beast.

Pennywise was always going to slither away for another 27-year slumber, but boy did he wave good-bye with gusto.

This story contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “It: Welcome to Derry,” now streaming on HBO Max. The first season of “It: Welcome to Derry” concluded in a way that was truly thrilling and chilling,

The HBO Max series is a prequel to the horror film, but fans have been left wondering whether Pennywise the Clown's abilities extend to being able to see into the future

IT: Welcome to Derry opens its finale by flipping the rules of fear on their head, and the last episode makes one thing very clear. Pennywise does not see time the way humans do.

Welcome to Derry finale with a disturbing time perception twist that confirms the mystery around his potential death, and it could rewrite the franchise’s history

Welcome to Derry has just ended, but creator Andy Muschietti is already teasing prospects for further seasons.

Elsewhere in the interview, Kane explained that the fog in “It: Welcome to Derry” is a direct call back to the final scene in King’s “It” novel, in which a flash flood occurs when the Loser’s Club duke it out with Pennywise for one final time.