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LOVECRAFT COUNTRY
August 30, 2020  | By David Bianculli

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

 
Each episode of Lovecraft Country, at least every one of the installments I’ve seen in advance, further the ongoing story line while still evoking the spirit of a different genre film classic every week. This week, Leti (the magnetic Jurnee Smollett) buys her sister Ruby (Wunmi Mosaku) an old, run-down Victorian home on Chicago’s North Side, with plans to have Ruby run it as a boarding house. But the neighbors are hostile to the idea – and so are some of the ethereal inhabitants of the house, who are both ghostly and angry. This week’s clear inspiration? Think Poltergeist. And prepare to be scared.
 
 
 
 
 
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