But in the middle of the season, it hit more of that fantasy and whimsy, so I stopped and we rewatched it because I knew that she’d like it. Kristen actually stopped watching part ways through episode one because of some of the creepy stuff that was going on. It still has horror elements, so some people aren’t going to love that as much. So, I’ve said that I like the show, but would I recommend it to everyone? I’d lean towards no. And Bode is just too Bode to think about that. They use the grief of Rendell’s death and Nina’s reaction to it to drive some of why Kinsey and Tyler don’t bring as much to her as well, which I think is well done. It avoids some of that by a nifty plot device that they explain but also by just having the kids do their own thing. Like I said previously as well, it doesn’t fall into the storytelling tropes of YA where the kids are smart and the adults are dumb and don’t believe the kids. As things unfold, there is definitely more horror and violence, but there’s also a sense of fantasy or magic to the story. While I love some good horror, there’s something whimsical about the keys that lends itself not just to horror but to this more fantastical element as well, and the show leans into that some more. Like I said, the story is not going to be as heavily horror focused, which I’m fine with. Let’s talk a bit more about the story before I wrap up here. It’s really that none of the tropes it used felt out of place or felt like they were forced in there because it’s horror or anything like that, it just flowed naturally. I got numerous callbacks to IT in the show, and I appreciated that. And you can see where Joe Hill is borrowing form the work that his father has done before, but in a very respectful and well done way. The element of the keys and how they work is really well done. When we were watching through it, it felt to Kristen and myself like several things we’ve seen or played before, Haven, Life is Strange, Oxenfree, and more, but it still felt unique. Even the adult acting is well done and it doesn’t just feel like so many YA stories where there’s a group of teens and no adults believe them and then the adults are wrong.Īnother thing is that while this leans into horror tropes and supernatural elements that could seem cliche, it does a good job of keeping them different. There are shifts in their acting as you get to see more of their character and as their characters change that are really well done. And I won’t go into it a ton with the other actors, but the actors portraying Kinsey and Tyler, Emilia Jones and Connor Jessup respectively, do really good work as well. He does a very good job of portraying an innocence and sincerity to his acting. Bode is supposed to be a wide eyed 8-10 year old in the show, and you can really see that in the acting.
The actor who plays Bode, Jackson Robert Scott, does a great job. However, in Locke & Key they do an amazing job. Most of the time, you have a cast that is mainly teen age (though teen in acting can be early 20’s) or kid actors, the acting will end up being suspect. There are a few things that stand out to me for the show. However, because of that it has much more of a YA feel to it, so if you’re a huge fan of the comics, know that before you jump in. And that was enough for me, plus Joe Hill did the work on it to keep it in the spirit of the books, but not have to go fully dark.
I really liked this show, even though it isn’t as dark and horrific as the first trade paperback, there’s definitely a very interesting and creepy story behind it. There might be some spoilers later on, but I’m going to try and keep them to a minimum. Let me quickly give my thoughts on the show and then I’ll go into more depth. What does Echo want and why can’t their mother, Nina, remember anything about the keys? Soon Tyler and Kinsey are drawn into the crazy world that the house holds with many magical keys and Echo, the voice from the well who has gotten out. But when Bode hears a voice in the well house talking back to him when he makes his voice echo, it’s clear that this isn’t a normal house. None of the kids, except the youngest, Bode, are excited to be there. Rendell, their father, has passed away so Nina picks up and takes the kids from Seattle to Mattheson, Massachusetts. Locke & Key follows a family who is moving back into the families home after tragedy has struck them. So take one of my favorite authors, and find out that his son is doing a horror comic that’s being turned into a show, that sounds great to me. And I was very interested in it from having read the first trade paperback for it, but also because Joe Hill is Stephen King’s son. I’m a little bit late to the party, but this show based off of a series of comics by Joe Hill.
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