![]() ![]() Characters are victimized by the police in an echo of the current Black Lives Matter movement. A Black teenager is nearly beaten for helping a white woman mirroring the tragic death of Emmett Till and the beginnings of the Tulsa Race Massacre. But the human characters are ultimately the more terrifying monsters, and many scenes echo horrific hate crimes both current and historic. These situations are life and death for Atticus. ![]() ![]() The fantastic effects recall early American horror but also remind us that none of this is a game. The blood flies, the bodies splatter, and Green is not shy about showing any of it in gory detail. Many Faces of Horror: And Lovecraft Country is most definitely horror, complete with ghosts, monsters, and murderers. ![]()
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