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The Call of Cthulhu influenced Lovecraft Country
Added by Media Influence Map · 12 October 2026
The influence
The Call of Cthulhu
Short Story · 1928
The work it shaped
Lovecraft Country
TV Series · 2020
The evidence
Misha Green's series, from Matt Ruff's novel, sets Lovecraft's cosmic horror in Jim Crow America, and its hero, a reader of Lovecraft, has to reckon with the author's racism.
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