Lovecraft Country

Almost all main characters are Black, and Black women especially are strong, moral elements in the story. Minor character Yahima is an Indigenous Awawak two-spirit person, and Ji-ah is a Korean woman. The series highlights trials for Black Americans in the 1950s, including segregation, violent treatment by police, and sundown towns. Racist slurs (the "N" word), imagery, and tragedies like the Tulsa race massacre are hard to watch but important in the narrative. Queer practices like drag are celebrated, and two gay relationships are loving, though complicated. But gay people are called "f--got," joked about, threatened. Religions like Vodou make brief appearances, as does disability (one character is dyslexic, another becomes disabled).

Extremely violent imagery throughout: cadavers, blood, guts, gruesome ghosts, medical procedures, etc. Monsters hunt and graphically attack humans, resulting in lots of blood and gore. Characters are threatened with guns and shot at, some fights lead to death. Other violent situations like car chases, war, house fires, and grisly deaths (hanging, stabbing, throats or heads cut, etc.). A man tries to assault a woman and is murdered in a sexually violent way. Black characters are frequently harassed, threatened for their race. Racist tragedies like Emmett Till's murder and the Tulsa race massacre are depicted, as are upsetting topics like enslavement and physical and sexual violence against children.

People talk about sex, and several couples kiss and have graphic sex with partial nudity shown (buttocks, breasts). Historical paintings contain nudity, and fully naked bodies are shown in nonsexual ways.

"F--k," "s--t," other profanity: "ass," "bastard," "hell," "goddamn," "son of a bitch," "bulls--t." Racial slurs, including the "N" word and other bigoted taunts, are frequently directed at Black and Asian characters. Homophobic and sexist terms like "f--got," "sissy," "c--t," "whore," and "bitch." Characters flip the bird. Because of the 1950s setting, terms such as "Colored" and "Negro" are used often.

Characters drink alcohol in social situations and occasionally smoke.