You may think you know what Cape Fear’s story is, but the Apple TV show, from the beginning, is completely different from the story you may expect. Sure, each adaptation of John MacDonald’s 1957 novel The Executioners changes the story a little — the 1962 movie toned down the action to more palatable to mainstream movie audiences, while the 1991 movie added more morally gray elements to Max Cady’s revenge quest. But the changes to this miniseries are even more fundamental.