Cape Fear on Apple TV Has Everyone Asking If It's a Remake or a Prequel to a 90s Thriller—Plot Twist: It's a Comedy
In a move that has left Gen Z baffled and millennials nostalgic, Apple TV+ has quietly acquired the rights to "Cape Fear," but instead of a gritty reboot, they're repackaging the original 1962 classic as a dark comedy—complete with a laugh track every time Robert Mitchum does his creepy finger-licking. Meme historians are already having a field day, noting the irony that a show named after a place synonymous with dread is now trending because of perfectly timed "that's what she said" edits. The internet is torn between being terrified of the original and cracking up at the absurdity of adding a studio audience to a film about a menacing ex-con.