Author: Stephen King | Narrator: Steven Weber
Runtime: 44h 57m | Genre: Horror, Thriller, Supernatural, Coming of Age, Cosmic Horror
The story follows the experiences of seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey.
In the cursed, rain-drenched streets and subterranean sewer labyrinth of Derry, Maine, an ancient, cosmic horror awakes every twenty-seven years to feed on the terror of children. In the summer of 1958, seven outcast children known as the Losers' Club—led by the grieving, stuttering Bill Denbrough—unite in friendship and courage to confront the demonic, shapeshifting entity that most frequently manifests as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Nearly three decades later in 1985, an ominous phone call from library archivist Mike Hanlon summons the estranged, traumatized adults back home to honor a blood oath made in the damp shadows of the Barrens. Haunted by the murder of Bill's little brother Georgie and battling the psychopathic local bully Henry Bowers, the seven misfits descend into the pitch-black cisterns, binding themselves together with a cosmic ritual that pits pure love against ancient malice.
In audio format, *It* transforms from a legendary horror novel into a colossal, all-consuming theatrical experience of staggering acoustic intensity. Steven Weber does not simply narrate the text; he completely possesses it, voicing dozens of children, psychotic town bullies, and Pennywise's terrifying, carnival-barker cadence with breathtaking vocal stamina. Linked as a towering titan in our Horror and Thriller catalogs alongside doorstoppers like The Terror and The Stand, this forty-five-hour production turns small-town generational dread into an unforgettable auditory nightmare that haunts your waking thoughts.
Offering nearly forty-five hours of peerless atmospheric storytelling for a single credit, this release represents one of the greatest credit-to-hour bargains in the entire spoken-word medium. King uses the massive canvas to chronicle the dark history of Derry with obsessive anthropological detail, crafting an indelible monument to the enduring power of childhood imagination and adult grief. Spending a monthly token on this towering classic secures weeks of compulsive, spine-chilling listening that will completely redefine your understanding of modern horror fiction.
Steven Weber’s performance on this recording is universally celebrated as one of the greatest single-narrator achievements in audiobook history. Weber throws himself into the performance with terrifying theatrical commitment, transitioning seamlessly between the innocent, fragile voices of the seven Losers and the maniacal, gravelly glee of Pennywise. His relentless vocal energy never wavers across forty-five colossal hours, imbuing every chase through the sewers with heart-pounding terror. Flawlessly mastered with rich acoustic depth throughout, this audiobook is an astonishing masterclass in voice acting.
*Note: Narrators may differ across regional releases and audiobook editions.