True Detective, sæson 1 (2014)

Rusty og Marty er to pansere med knas i familielivet og hang til alkohol og smøger. Ingen skal fortælle dem noget. De er egentlig gode kammerater, men knurrer mest af hinanden.

De lander så i en betændt, delvist overnaturlig sag med børnekidnapninger, børnemisbrug og okkulte børneofringer. I Lousianas kystområder.

Det lyder måske af meget, men det er et solidt opkog af Alan Moore, og Thomas Ligotti og Robert Chambers.

Strålende dialoger, fantastisk spillet og medrivende instrueret.

He said that there's this place down south where all these rich men go to, uh, devil worship. He said that, uh, they—they sacrifice kids and whatnot. Women and children all got—all got murdered there and, um, something about someplace called Carcosa and the Yellow King. He said there's all these, like, old stones out in the woods, people go to, like, worship. He said there's just so much good killin' down there. Reggie's got this brand on his back, like a spiral. He says that's their sign.

The Comic Books Behind ?True Detective?

The Comic Books Behind 'True Detective'

Interview with Thomas Ligotti - The Teeming Brain

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Two episodes into the series, True Detective dropped a reference to one of the strangest, most compelling tales in the canon of weird fiction: Robert W.