My Thoughts On Locke & Key: Comic, TV, Dramatization & Keys
Posted: May 5, 2026, 22:35
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I’ve just spent some time at Keyhouse with the Locke family, and it’s been a very interesting stay. I’ve been meaning to read the Locke & Key comic (story by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodríguez) for some time, but other things have kept getting in the way. But now I finally decided it was time. I also decided I wanted to check out everything connected to the comic. That means the comic, the audio dramatization, the three-season Netflix series, the unaired Fox pilot, the unaired Hulu pilot and the physical keys that have been created by Skelton Crew Studio.The keys are magic, and each is unique. One, the Ghost Key, lets you become a ghost if you open the right door with it and go through. Another, the Head Key, lets you open your head and look inside.
With a successful story there are often attempts to turn it into a major movie or a TV series. Locke & Key is no exception. What’s different is that they failed twice before they got it right.
Andy Muschietti directed a brilliant pilot episode… funny, relentlessly paced, and thoroughly terrifying.
Check out my thoughts here.
