Jun 3, 2026 – 11.00pmHollywood’s cannibalisation of its back catalogue has spawned the good, the bad and the ugly. Residing in the first category is Cape Fear, Apple TV’s series from show-runner Nick Antosca, produced by master storytellers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. The reworking of Scorsese’s 1991 film (itself a revamp of J Lee Thompson’s 1962 classic), takes narrative licence, undergoes significant renovation and adds characters.It’s a highly satisfying deep-dive into characterisation and theme, heightening complexity well beyond Thompson’s stripped-back tale of good and evil and Scorsese’s brutal take on universal guilt. This version, with its oppressive paranoia, is so unsettling it makes its predecessors feel like Roadrunner cartoons.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles