Three Times the TV Show Luther Was A Straight-Up Horror Movie

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:58:43 -0400

Spoilers abound for a 11- to 16-year-old show, innit.

S1E2: A gunman walks up to a uniformed police officer in broad daylight and in full view of a CCTV camera, and shoots the officer in the abdomen. A team comes out to investigate. Luther can’t figure out what the purpose of this was. He slowly looks around, realizes there are now multiple officers standing, in the open, unprotected. He says, “…Oh no,” and before he can finish shouting “Take cover!”, gunfire rings out.
S3E1: A nervous woman goes home, putters around her flat, makes some tea, but all the while keeps acting like she hears something we can’t. She goes to bed and curls up under the covers… As a man quietly slides out from under her bed. 😱
S4E1: Fella gets in his car to head home. Texts his wife to let her know he’s on the way. She’s alone, puttering around what looks like a newly acquired fixer-upper home. He texts again, bantering about dinner. The woman is spooked by noises, which turn out to be a bird trapped inside. Husband comes home with the groceries. Wife natters to husband while he sits beside the door. She turns around. “Who are you?”

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