LOVECRAFT COUNTRY TV SERIES REVIEW

Based upon the book by Matt Ruff, HBO presents its latest genre-bending series, “Lovecraft Country”. Adapted by writer and showrunner Misha Green with executive producers Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams, we follow Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he returns home from the Korean war to help his uncle (Courtney B. Vance) and an old childhood friend (Jurnee Smollett) to find his missing father (Michael K. Williams). Their long road trip takes our protagonists across the 1950s Jim Crow America where the terrifying horrors aren’t just its racist society, but also unspeakable monsters that could only come from a Lovecraftian novel. Here to join on this rollercoaster journey are our critics Nathan, Jena, Jordan, and Eliot. Does this horror show leave enough scary thrills or is it as effective as a toddler who got the zombie facepaint from the state fair?

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CREATED BY: Misha Green

STARRING: Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Courtney B. Vance, Wunmi Mosaku, Abbey Lee, Jamie Chung, Jada Harris, Michael K. Williams, Jordan Patrick Smith, Jamie Neumann, Erica Tazel, Mac Brandt, Deron J. Powell, Jamie Harris, Demetrius Grosse, Tony Goldwyn, Shangela, Monét X Change, Darryl Stephens, James Kyson

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Jena Perry (Screener Squad)

Jena Perry. Aka Luna. Aka Dion. Aka Memori. Aka Dog whisperer. Aka whiskey connoisseur. As you can see, depending on when you met this Oakland, California native, you have experienced a completely different person, each time. After finally deciding on a 13+year career choice as a Videographer and Radio Personality, Jena balances her time between pursuing her Doctorate in Philosophy, providing insightful and funny critiques on films and Television, raising her daughter and dog in Ohio, and constantly fighting off the existential dread that is being a dope black woman in America in the 20th century.

 

Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad)

A recent transplant to Austin originally hailing from the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is the Midwest, Nathan Flynn has been a movie super freak since he saw “An American Werewolf in London” way too young and grew up worshipping the James Bond franchise and all things related to Cold War-era spycraft. When he’s not watching movies and being a constant defender of the Tron franchise, he can be found practicing his second biggest love: cooking (having been a chef for 10+ years) and hitting his head up against a desk to write screenplays that nobody reads. He also spearheads his own podcast on the Mission Impossible franchise titled “Mission: Impodible”. He can be found rarely posting on his personal twitter.

 

Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)

Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video games to espionage and yes, even to sports. She played little league you know. For more of this eccentric nerd, you can follow her on Twitter here and read her original writings on