10 Best Single Horror TV Seasons Ever

9. Lovecraft Country - Season 1

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Blending horror and drama, fiction and fact, HBO's Lovercraft Country seemed destined to become one of the modern greats of TV. Plaudits from critics and viewers led to showrunner Misha Green starting to map out a second season, when it was surprisingly announced by HBO that they would not be pushing forward with a Season Two.

Added to that, ratings for Lovecraft Country were decent and the series was nominated for a massive 18 Emmy Awards, picking up two Emmy wins. In his book Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers, author James Andrew Miller claims that the reason for the cancellation was down to Green creating a "toxic" work environment that soured her relationship with the writers and crew.

For its one season, Lovecraft Country was dripping with quality all across the production. Dropping many of H.P. Lovecraft's creations into the landscape of the segregated 1950s United States, the tale itself - initially starting off as Atticus Freeman travelling across Jim Crow America in search of his father - is one where Jonathan Majors' Atticus faces racism that's just as troubling as any one of the Lovecraftian monsters lurking nearby.

The show looks glorious, the performances are mesmerising from Majors, Jurnee Smollett and the late Michael K. Williams, and the series brings far more than simply classic scares. It's a crying shame that, whatever the reason ultimately was, Lovecraft Country only got the one season to wow us.

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