Lovecraft Country
TV Show • 2020 • Drama
ReportThe anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Black, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.
This tv show contains 63 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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AllyCally
People are aggressively and actively pursued.
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Lovethefutureisthine
There's audible abuse in episode 1. Episode 6 and 9 have scenes of physical child abuse.
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The protagonist alludes to abuse at the hands of his father. His father was also apparently abused as a child
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
20 supporters
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The protagonist’s father has alcohol addiction issues
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Lovethefutureisthine
Episode 9 may be the most difficult to watch example of this. The character drinks excessively before revisiting a traumatic event.
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Animal
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A goat’s throat is killed in a sacrifice in S1E3
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Are animals abused?
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invadermac
Cows are used to birth the shoggoth-like creatures which could be considered abuse
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E2
No there is not however I will warn you that a scene from 10:38-11:28 does include two dogs who lunge at the main character on leashes and bark just in case you need this
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Is there a dead animal?
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Reba
S1E3 a goat’s neck is slit to performance a cleansing on a house.
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Are there spiders?
52 supporters
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There is a closeup of a spider in its web in S1E3.
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Are there snakes?
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The snake form the Garden of Eden is used to attempt to penetrate women. In art photos and a scene where someone is made to hallucinate that she is about to be raped with the snake as a penis.
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Are there bugs?
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There is a closeup of a spider in its web in S1E3.
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Assault
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MadelineMasquerade
Extremely graphic scene of a man being anally raped with a stiletto in the latest episode (episode 5 I think?)
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prophecygirl7
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E5
Spoiler: Graphic scene of anal rape with substitution (a stiletto heel) near the end of the episode. Avoid the scene with Ruby as Hillary in the manager’s office.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Lovethefutureisthine
Episode 10 a man's arms are deeply cut
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
29 supporters
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In S1E2, a character strangles another character to death in an illusion
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Is there cannibalism?
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Lovethefutureisthine
Episode 10 a man eats the flesh of another as part of a spell. The whole body is not seen (only a piece was cut off).
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Is someone burned alive?
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It is mentioned in S1E2, but not shown, that an ancestor of one of the characters died in a house fire. In S1E3 two characters die when exposed to the steam of a radiator
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Is there amputation?
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In S1E1 a character is eaten by a monster, leaving only his arm. In S1E3 ghosts who had been experimented on during their lives appear with limbs missing
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Does a head get squashed?
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In S1E1, a character’s head gets chomped off by a monster. In S1E3 another character’s head gets knocked off when he sticks his head in an elevator shaft and the elevator rises up quickly. In S1E4, someone smashes a person’s head in a car door and repeatedly punches someone else in the head
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Is there a hanging?
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AllyCally
S1 E6 there is a hanging.
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Does someone break a bone?
22 supporters
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AllyCally
S1 E6 A military hospital scene is shown in the first half of the episode. A soldier has an exposed break.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Lovethefutureisthine
Episode 9 a woman shakes as though she has a siezure
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Are any teeth damaged?
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AllyCally
S1 E6 A woman has her teeth removed violently.
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Is someone tortured?
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In S1E2 a character is strapped to a table while undergoing some kind of medical procedure where something is cut out of his abdomen. He is screaming the whole time
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Lovethefutureisthine
Episode 10
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Children
Does a kid die?
58 supporters
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lefthandedmatt
The real life death of 14 year old Emmett Till is heavily referenced in S1E8.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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The protagonist’s mother and the mother of two sisters died before the events of the show. In S1E2 Uncle George dies (he has a daughter).
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Is someone kidnapped?
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deathofafly
Several characters are held against their will.
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Does someone cheat?
20 supporters
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In S1E2 there is some suggestion that the protagonist’s mother cheated on his father with the protagonist’s uncle
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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There is a Ouija board scene in S1E3. The house in this episode is haunted
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Are there jump scares?
65 supporters
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Throughout
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Is there a shower scene?
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Lovethefutureisthine
There are several bathtub scenes but no shower scenes.
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Is someone possessed?
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A ghost possesses two characters in S1E3
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
109 supporters
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KimmyConley
Season 1 Episode 8: At the beginning of the episode, during BoBo's funeral a woman runs out of the viewing and vomits into a bucket outside the door at the 2 minute mark. Happens very quickly.
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Does someone spit?
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lefthandedmatt
Spit is used to cast a spell (S1E8).
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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AllyCally
S1 E6 A patient given a sedative via shoulder injection.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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AllyCally
S1 E6 much of the episode takes place in a militarily hospital.
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Mental Health
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Is there autism specific abuse?
51 supporters
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cassandrasaurus
No obviously autistic characters in S1
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Lovethefutureisthine
A character changes between female and male extensively throughout the series. This transition is occasionally shown on screen. A Twin Spirit person is misgendered for their entire screentime.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Rev
In S1E4 there are a few scenes where the main characters are trapped in caves that are slowly filling up with water. It isn't traditional claustrophobia but it's something to be aware of.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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The war scene in the beginning of S1E1 involves flashing lights. In S1E3, lights flash on and off during a seance towards the end of the episode.
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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In S1E2, a cow gives birth to a Lovecraftian monster
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Does a pregnant person die?
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nicomelle
The house is haunted by many ghosts, one of which is a pregnant woman shown holding her unborn fetus in her hands
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Lovethefutureisthine
Yes, especially a dramatic one in episode 7. There are also some in episode 9.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
35 supporters
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AllyCally
The main characters are Black and live during jim crow.
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cassandrasaurus
Subtle antisemitism throughout Ep. 3. Not from characters, it’s the story itself.
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A character asks “what are you” up on seeing a naked two spirit person
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Does an LGBT person die?
35 supporters
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In the very last scene of S1E4, the father of the protagonist slits the throat of a two-spirit person
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Does the black guy die first?
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AllyCally
Be advised the story focuses on Black characters during jim crow.
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Is there hate speech?
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AllyCally
Derogatory language is used against Black people frequently. S1 E6 slurs against Asian people; South Korea and Japan, are used repeatedly.
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Sex
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AllyCally
S1 E6 Repeatedly focuses on an incestuous relationship.
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Is there sexual content?
60 supporters
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In S1E1, the protagonist’s aunt and uncle engage in foreplay. The protagonist later walks in on someone receiving a blowjob. In S1E3 there is a sex scene with partial nudity
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
59 supporters
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Lovethefutureisthine
Episode 10 also has a sad death
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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A driver purposely crashes into a fire truck. The fire truck flips over and kills everyone inside in S1E1. In S1E2, a car crashes into an invisible force field. In S1E3, although a car doesn’t necessarily crash, a police van drives erratically, specifically to knock around the Black protagonist inside. She survives but is bruised and bloody
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Lovecraftian monsters are hit by cars
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Violence
Does someone drown?
25 supporters
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invadermac
Not on the show, but it is referenced
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Is there blood/gore?
58 supporters
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AllyCally
A significant degree of blood and gore throughout the series.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
8 supporters
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Is there gun violence?
28 supporters
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AllyCally
There's repeat instances of gun violence throughout Sn 1 Ep 1. S1 E2 a man is shot. S1 E6 two women are shot.
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