Locke & Key (2008)

Locke & Key, the collected volumes by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez Netflix turned this into a spooky family fantasy for a younger audience; the comic is a horror story first. It is far more violent, and it keeps the heavier material the series softened, from a mother still struggling with alcohol to the villain's abuse of the people it controls. Gabriel Rodríguez's detailed art makes Keyhouse and each key feel physical, and the whole story reads as one tightly built arc rather than a show stretched across seasons.