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- Lovecraft Country is bursting with potential that it unfortunately fails to reach. The plot meanders widely to an extent that almost makes the story seem episodic rather than serial. It's entertaining, features interesting plot elements, and touches very lightly on real historical events of the time period.
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Aug 13, 2020 · ‘Lovecraft Country’ Review: Nightmare on Jim Crow Street. HBO’s new horror series sends a Black family on a quest across 1950s America, where anyone they see might be a monster. Share full...
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Anchored by Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Jonathan Majors' heroic performances, Misha Green's Lovecraft Country is a thrilling take on Lovecraftian lore that proves the Elder Gods aren't the only...
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88% Avg. Tomatometer 143 Reviews 64% Avg. Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings Atticus Black joins his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in...
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Lovecraft Country: Created by Misha Green. With Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Wunmi Mosaku. A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
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Ever since the Lovecraft Countryseries was first announced by HBO in 2017, there has been plenty of curiosity about the form the show will take. The series is based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, but HBO has kept many details about the project’s blend of supernatural horror and real-world American history a closely guarded secret. That myst...
If it hasn’t been made clear by this point, Lovecraft Countryisn’t your typical horror story — and that applies to the characters, too. In the series’ primary roles, Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors portray Letitia “Leti” Lewis and Atticus Freeman, respectively, childhood friends from Chicago’s historically Black South Side. After serving in Wor...
Speaking of spectacular elements, HBO doesn’t waste any time in giving the Lovecraft Countryaudience a taste of how wild it’s willing to get with the series. Where the aforementioned Watchmen opened with a dramatic, terrifying re-creation of the Tulsa Race Massacre — regarded as one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history — th...
The first five episodes of Lovecraft Countrycover a lot of ground both historically and in unfolding the layered story the series wants to tell. While some episodes feel like discrete elements, much of the season’s first half is engaged in advancing a singular, overarching narrative thread that has Atticus, Leti, and the show’s supporting cast deal...
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Aug 14, 2020 · HBO's horror drama Lovecraft Country, premiering Sunday, Aug. 16, doesn't sacrifice its blackness to tell a rich and compelling story that is just as much about horror and trauma as any genre...
Aug 7, 2020 · Such is the nightmare logic of Lovecraft Country, a smart, gripping and wonderfully wild 10-episode drama that debuts Sunday, Aug. 16 on HBO. Adapted by showrunner Misha Green from Matt Ruff’s...
