“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” The phrase is used to deem so much choice as ‘shallow’ because why would you just pick up a book based solely on how pretty the cover is or just begin watching a TV show or movie simply because you liked the title/poster art/trailer/leading actor! But to all the people who use this phrase so liberally to shame other’s for their simple pleasures, I politely say “Shove it!”
Lovecraft Country – just the name was enough to pique my interest! Even though I’ve yet to read any of H.P. Lovecraft’s works (I’ve been shamed plenty already.) Then I watched the trailer and I knew I couldn’t pass it up. But it fell off my radar for a while. I’m glad it did because I ended up binge-watching the whole season in 2 days! And what a treat it was!
A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
I don’t want to write a long, rambling review so I’ll just quickly list the things that I loved about the show:
- The pacing – perfectly thrilling, no useless filler episodes (I’m looking at you GoT S08)
- The cast – such amazing packed so tightly together
- The costume design – I’m especially in love with everything worn by Jurnee Smollett’s ‘Letitia F**king Louis’ (watch the show and you’ll get the reference, I promise!) and Wunmi Mosaku’s ‘Ruby Baptiste’
- The storytelling – especially how it revolved around family and how it shapes you
Something I didn’t mention above because I feel it deserves its own paragraph is the artwork for each episode’s title. To me the whole show was gorgeous but the title artwork was a treat unto itself! I’ve inserted some below but you can also check out them all in this neat video by the people over at Art of The Title.
Episode 3 – Holy Ghost 
Episode 4 – A History of Violence 
Episode 5 – Strange Case 
Episode 6 – Meet Me in Daegu 
Episode 10 – Full Circle
If you haven’t guessed it by now, I really liked this series. I had the right amount of everything – suspense, thrill, gore, family drama, etc. I would say Lovecraft Country’s flavor of horror was more of the underlying sense of unease kind, no jumpscares here. Despite that, I recommend it all my fellow horror nerds! Happy viewing!