Joe Hill is one of my favourite new horror writers. His work is always so original and manages to meld fantasy and terror as well as Neil Gaiman. He writes characters you care for and the plots keep you guessing right up till the last page.
So I was thrilled when I heard that Fox were adapting his comic-book series Locke & Key for TV. I was even more thrilled when I heard that the cast would include the much underused Nick Stahl and Ireland’s own Sarah Bolger and that it would be directed by Mark Romenek (‘Never Let Me Go’, Johnny Cash ‘Hurt’ video, etc).
But then Fox, in their infinite wisdom, have decided not to screen the episode. At all. Read the rest of this entry »