"Men nej. Aquaman var visuellt mycket vacker och en fin film men det fanns ingen Lovecraftian horror jag kunde skilja."

Tja, alla har sin åsikt, men CBR , håller kraftigt med dig.

Early in the film, during the prologue showing the relationship between Arthur Curry's parents (Thomas and the Atlantean queen Atlanna), a copy of the book The Dunwich Horror and Others can be seen in the Curry home, as the couple fall in love while Atlanna recovers from an injury endured during her escape from Atlantis.

The classic short story collection by Lovecraft contains the 1931 novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth, which is perhaps the most direct inspiration to the Aquaman mythos itself. The story largely takes place in a remote coastal town in New England where the locals interbreed with a race of aquatic beings known as The Deep Ones. The narrator discovers he is a product of the hybridized breeding, and accepts his fate and heritage underneath the seas.

Arthur Curry, the eponymous DC superhero, himself is the product of a similar cross-species relationship between humans and Atlanteans making him one of the most prominent biracial heroes in the DC Universe. But whereas Lovecraft's tale was a cautionary tale against interracial relationships reflecting the author's own bigoted, xenophobic views, Aquaman fortunately presents biracialism as a definite strength; while its hero does not fit in entirely with either culture initially, his mixed heritage makes him the true, logical choice to take the throne of Atlantis.

Och från en tolkning av en Reddit användare som diskuterar Lovecraft-inflytande och skifferartikeln (eftersom jag tycker att det är mycket bra)

The second - and more important, I believe - is that both are also stories about “half-breed” born to serve as a bridge between two worlds. In “The Dunwich Horror” this theme is done for horror; with “Aquaman,” this theme takes on a heroic twist.