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Another weekend another new Netflix show to binge. This time its Locke and Key an adaptation of a famed graphic novel from author Joe Hill and a series that has been dragging its feet in getting adapted with a few different failed attempts thus far.Well  something finally worked out  and this time unlike a doomed FOX pilot years ago Joe Hill himself was directly involved in writing his own series for Netflix and the result is something that I ended up liking far more than I imagined I would.


Usually the  mysterious old house has secrets concept is either a ghost horror story or something more focused on children like The House with a Clock in the Walls. And on its face a story about three kids who find magic keys hidden in the old family house they have inherited seems like the latter. But in practice this is something something quite a bit darker and it feels entirely unique to me.I cannot speak for how Locke and Key has adapted the source material as I have never read it. I went into this with fresh eyes and no expectations though I have heard that comic fans are pleased with this adaptation overall.


The story follows the Lockes, who move from Seattle to a small town in Massachusetts after their guidance counselor father is killed by a disturbed student from his school. Soon  they realize that the Locke family home a sprawling mansion is full of secret whispering keys that call out to them to be found. The keys seek out the children in particular Tyler the oldest Kinsey also in high school with Tyler and Bode  the youngest who is the first to discover the keys and what they can do.