Netflix’s popular horror series Locke and Key is getting a season two. The premiere of October 22, 2021 is coming fast and is perfect for the spooky season. Season one premiered on February 7, 2020. It is based on the popular IDW comic written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez.
“New Magic Will Be Forged”
Locke and Key stars Darby Stanchfield (Scandal), Connor Jessup (Falling Skies), Emilia Jones (CODA), Jackson Robert Scott (IT), Kevin Durand (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Asha Bromfield (Riverdale), Leise Meyboom, Petrice Jones (Step Up: High Water), Sherri Saum (Sunset Beach), Genevieve Kang (Impulse), Hallea Jones (Let It Snow), Leaysla De Oliveira (Needle in a Timestack), Griffin Gluck (Just Go With It), Coby Bird (The Good Doctor), Bill Heck (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Thomas Mitchell Barnet (Wayne), Aaron Ashmore (Killjoys), and Steven Williams (IT).
The series has had several directors step in including Mairzee Almas, Michael Morris, Vincenzo Natali, Tim Southam, Mark Tonderai, Dawn Wilkinson, and Edward Ornelas. Meredith Averill, Aron Eli Coleite, and Carlton Cuse share main writing credits. Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, the original writer and artist for the graphic novel also get writing credits. Rounding out the writers are Liz Phang, Mackenzie Dohr, Andres Fisher’Centeno, Michael D. Fuller, Vanessa Rojas, Brett Treacy, and Dan Woodward.
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Locke and Key is the story of three siblings who, after the murder of their father, move into the family’s ancestral home with their mother. Once inside, they find magical keys that give them a wide range of powers and abilities. It’s a story of young people being forced to contend with unspeakable horrors and supernatural terror. The first season was largely well-received. The few criticisms it received were mainly for the inconsistent pacing and leaning more into teen drama and away from some of the horror present in the graphic novel.
Locke and Key was a surprising title for me. I initially passed on it, thinking it was a poor imitation of Ms. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children or The House with a Clock in Its Walls. That was a mistake on my part. The graphic novel was solid from start to finish, and if the Netflix series has learned from their few stumbles in the first season, then season two of Locke and Key should only be better.