THR investigates the monsters and horrors at the heart of LovecraftCountry's debut
is her ability to follow a train of thought that connects seemingly disparate horrors of racial injustice and fiction. In terms of horror references, the first episode moves from, to Shoggoths – shapeless, protoplasmic creatures from Lovecraft's mythos, to vampires and Dracula. And they're all connected through this idea that it's unsafe for Black people to be away from their homes after dark.
George's recitation of Dracula's famous line feels like more than lip service, and it's operating on two levels. On one, George is directly reacting to the moment, referencing the hungry creatures outside the cabin. But, there is also a reading of that line that posits Black people are seen as vampires by whites. There is a sadness and a horror to this, the fact that Blacks are seen as a drain and infestation on a country they built.
This idea of asking viewers to"think twice" about familiar horror elements, to reintegrate them into the Black experience, is something to consider ascontinues and more Easter eggs from horror literature and movies crop up. The use of tropes and allusions inis purposeful, and while some may seem familiar, Green is challenging the viewer to make them unfamiliar again, reconsider their origins and meanings, and to find the horror and beauty that exists within these stories of outsiders.
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