Apple TV's Cape Fear Is One of the Year's Best Psychological Thrillers

Reimagining Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated Southern gothic thriller and John D. MacDonald’s 1956 novel The Executioners, Nick Antosca’s Cape Fear stretches the original into a 10-episode limited series. Apple TV’s version isn't content to simply remake what came before; it uses the original's bones to weave a darker, more diabolical tale of a married couple and their family at the center of a dangerous man’s obsession.

Rather than centering solely on revenge, the series unfolds as a slow-burning study of guilt, the cost of family secrets, and how old mistakes refuse to stay buried. After watching the limited series' first eight episodes, Cape Fear establishes itself as one of Apple TV’s strongest originals to date.

The show opens with a deeply disturbing sequence of a woman alone in her home before cutting to Anna and Tom—played by Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson—hosting a Fourth of July gathering with their children, Zack (Joe Anders) and Natalie (Lily Collias), in Savannah, Georgia.

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