Despite being a story intent on grappling with the real horror of America’s past and present (and distorting and reaffirming that horror through genre-play), there are times in this first episode when things are fun. What strikes me about Lovecraft Country’s premiere, “Sundown,” is how full of adventure it promises this series might be. When the deputy hesitates, and Atticus insists further, “I’LL DO IT,” motioning to be thrown the gun, I actually found myself laughing. The episode has moved into full-blown, gory horror by this point, but the comedic timing is impeccable. Atticus “Tic” Freeman screaming “shoot the mothafucka!” about the racist sheriff-turned-vampiric-Lovecraftian-being feels like a gift.
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