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HBO’s Lovecraft Country is a beautiful, dark, twisted, must-see fantasy
“Good riddance to Old Jim Crow,” says George Black in the highly anticipated Black horror series Lovecraft Country. Filled with monsters, aliens and blood, the TV show is set in 1950s USA – when the ‘Jim Crow’ segregation laws still held sway – and therefore represents the meeting point of horror and the ultimate horror.
Based on the novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, the ten-episode series, starring Jurnee Smollett, Emmy winner Courtney B Vance and Jonathan Majors, touches on religion, sci-fi and racism. On top of all that, the “Black History Is Horror” theme in particular is evident throughout, exploring how the Jim Crow setting distorted life in America for Black people of the time.
Shot beautifully with hardcore graphics, Lovecraft Country is a mixture between Green Book and X-Files. Elements of comic horror, a dark atmosphere and supernatural scenes create a pulp aesthetic that directly references the works of (white supremacist) HP Lovecraft while addressing real social issues.
