Lovecraft Country - First Impressions

This show made its way to us on Monday and I have now watched the first episode of Lovecraft Country and here are my first impressions of it. Though there will be spoilers for the first episode of this show. 

This show has a large budget

This show is made by HBO the same people behind shows such as The Sopranos and Game Of Thrones so it is no surprise that this show has a large budget and uses it effectively. It deals with horror elements and shows some creatures here thats design are really interesting and they feel scary which is the point and hopefully as the episodes go on we will see even more impressive visual feats. 

This show blends history, sci-fi and horror really well

The show is set in the 1950's and with the cast being predominantly Black it deals with how racism was and it does it very effectively. But it also has this subject embroiled with the horror and I thought the two of them blended very well and made for an interesting style of show. 

It has an interesting mystery

The plot of the show sees a man looking for his father, which sounds simple but it is presented well. There is a clear mystery as to why his father went missing and link this with the creatures and the people they come across at the end of the episode it just leads to more questions which could lead to a great mystery. 

Overall

Overall, I loved this first episode of Lovecraft Country, it is super interesting and gives you enough to keep you interested but not too much so you keep watching to find out more. If the rest of the show is as good as the first episode then this has the potential to be a great show.