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The trailer opens much like the comics do: with the arrival of the traumatized surviving members of the Locke family at Key House, welcomed by Rendell’s younger brother Duncan (for some reason, the actor playing Duncan isn’t yet listed anywhere). “I could never get your father to talk about his life here,” Nina tells the siblings, striking an early ominous note. She tells Duncan her kids need a home, and he responds, “Does it have to be this home?” Meanwhile, inquisitive young Bode has wandered off to the Well House and discovers a mysterious “Echo,” who tells him that Key House is “filled with amazing keys.” They whisper to those who are sensitive to them — and of course, Bode, Tyler, and Kinsey can hear them.
We see Bode discover the Ghost Key and magically leave his body, while a horrified Kinsey leans over his seemingly dead physical self. More and more keys are discovered, including the Head Key, which Kinsey demonstrates for her new friend Scot (Petrice Jones). In the comics, the Head Key literally removes the top of someone’s head when you insert it into their neck, allowing anyone to peer inside. In this incarnation, the subject freezes and a separate representation of the person (in this case, Kinsey) appears, able to pass through a door to a separate dimension containing one’s thoughts and memories. It’s a clever way to portray such an abstract concept, and I think it works well.
Tyler seems to be the only one concerned about the potential consequences of using the keys. “This isn’t a game,” he tells Bode. “We don’t know what these keys unlock.” Of course, Tyler is right. We see a mysterious door open — anyone who has read the series will know what it is, but it would be giving away too much to mention here — and a voiceover says, “You woke me up. You have no idea what’s coming.” That “crazy evil thing,” as Tyler puts it, is Dodge (Laysla De Oliveira), who naturally wants all those magical keys and will do pretty much anything to get them. The keys of Key House are the Locke siblings’ legacy, linking them to the past and to their dead father. Can they use them to fight back against Dodge’s relentless pursuit?
Locke and ****************** Key
debuts on Netflix on February 7, 2020.
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