Right now you can watch It on streaming — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. With 3,339 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Watch it for Tim Curry — the performance elevates material that could easily tip into self-seriousness. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

It is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. It treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an ancient shape-shifting alien who poses as a child-killing clown, while also dealing with bullies and abusive parents. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the creature once and for all when it returns to their hometown. Tim Curry and Harry Anderson lead a cast that makes the ambitious moments land. It premiered in 1990. The world-building is meticulous enough to sustain multiple rewatches, with details early on that only make sense later. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give It a chance. Fans of IT: Welcome to Derry will recognise the sensibility here immediately. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Tim Curry grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.

It wrapped up in 1990, created by Stephen King — and 1 season is available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.