Lovecraft Country
Overview
The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.
Cast
Jonathan Majors
Jurnee Smollett
Wunmi Mosaku
Abbey Lee
Michael Kenneth Williams
Aunjanue Ellis
Courtney B. Vance
Crew
Misha Green
Jordan Peele
J.J. Abrams
Matt Ruff
Yann Demange
Ben Stephenson
Laura Karpman
Raphael Saadiq
Bill Carraro
Sonya Winton
Jonathan Kidd
Dana Robin
Christina Varotsis
Seasons
Specials
Season 1
The series is about a young black man who travels across the segregated 1950s United States in search of his missing father, learning of dark secrets plaguing a town on which famous horror writer H. P. Lovecraft supposedly based the location of many of his fictional tales.
Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Freeman as he joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.
Lovecraft Country is an American horror drama television series developed by Misha Green based on and serving as a continuation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff. Starring Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors, it premiered on August 16, 2020, on HBO.