Lovecraft Country release date: How many episodes are in Lovecraft Country?

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HBO drama Lovecraft Country is coming to British screens very soon. The show is going to be airing in both America and Britain. Express.co.uk has everything you need to know about the show including the episode count.

How many episodes are in Lovecraft Country?

Lovecraft Country is the latest prestige TV series hitting screens this evening (Monday, August 17) on Sky Atlantic at 9pm.

The show will be airing on HBO in America on Sundays before the show arrives in the UK.

There is a total of 10 episodes in season one of Lovecraft Country, which will be airing on a weekly basis.

Lovecraft Country is based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, the show is set during the era of the racist Jim Crow Laws in America and intertwines the horror tropes of acclaimed writer HP Lovecraft.

Here is a list of episode titles from Lovecraft Country:

  • Episode 1. Sundown
  • Episode 2. Whitey’s on the Moon
  • Episode 3. Holy Ghost
  • Episode 4. A History of Violence
  • Episode 5. Strange Case
  • Episode 6. Meet Me in Daegu
  • Episode 7. I Am.
  • Episode 8. Jig-A-Bobo
  • Episode 9. Rewind 1921
  • Episode 10. Full Circle

The series has been produced by Oscar-winning director Jordan Peele and Star Wars producer JJ Abrams.

Lovecraft Country follows young man Atticus Freeman (played by Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) as they embark on a road trip through 1950s Jim Crow America.

Atticus will be searching for his missing and secretive father Montrose Freeman (Michael K. Williams).

However, the group quickly find themselves in a horror story of Lovecraftian proportions as they battle for their lives, facing the terrors of white America as well as strange monsters.

The series features an impressive cast including British actress Wunmi Mosaku as Ruby Baptiste, Abbey Lee as Christina Braithwhite, Jamie Chung as Ji-Ah and Jada Harris as Diana Freeman.

Further cast members include Jamie Harris as Eustace Hunt, Jordan Patrick Smith as William, Erica Tazel as Dora Freeman and Tony Goldwyn as Samuel Braithwhite.

There’s also a podcast accompanying Lovecraft Country which hears from some of the cast who worked on the show.

Podcast episodes will be coming each week after each instalment has aired on television and explore themes in the story.

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Speaking to Comicbeats about his character, star Majors said: “Tic contains so many multitudes. He is a man of intellect, of heart and of his body, so, he works and moves through this 10- hour canvas with that.

“And because of the world, he’s been put into, he’s also a son, a lover, a soldier, an adventurer, in addition to being a Black male.”

He continued: “Atticus has so much emotion and hurt inside of him.

“When he gets to a place where the hurt is right in his face, that is a different type of fear for him. That is man vs. self.

“Ultimately, I think that’s what Atticus’s journey is about, Atticus vs. Atticus and dealing with his own s***.

“In those moments where he allows his heart to break, that’s where he begins the rotation to the man that he’s going to be.

“He does that periodically throughout the ten episodes and even at the end of this story, there’s still more he can learn.”

Much like Get Out, Lovecraft has parallels to contemporary society particularly in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Viewers can expect plenty of social commentary from the time as well as a fair few scares.

Lovecraft Country airs on Sky Atlantic on Mondays at 9pm

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