The Terror: Season 1

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AMC+ | Season Premiere Date: March 26, 2018

Summary: The fictional account of the Royal Navy's expedition led by Sir John Franklin (Ciaran Hinds) in 1847 to locate the Northwest Passage is based on Dan Simmons's 2007 novel of the same name where the crew on the HMS Terror are trapped in the ice and attacked by an unknown entity.

Creator: David Kajganich

Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

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Emily VanDerWerff

Mar 26, 2018

The storytelling here, from a team led by David Kajganich and Soo Hugh, gains strength from its slow burn. The utter desolation and horror of the series’ back half is made more potent by how relatively normal things are for the first few episodes, before reality starts to buck and heave like the ever-shifting ice. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Mar 26, 2018

The Terror is an exceptional series of surviving in the face of real yet unimaginable horrors. Read full review

Darren Franich

Mar 23, 2018

AMC's well-acted series recalls John Carpenter's snowy monster freak-out, though it's less interested in creatures than the shifting power dynamics of desperate men. [30 March 2018, p.50] Read full review

David Rooney

Feb 22, 2018

There's an impressive confidence to the storytelling that will grab viewers with a taste for sophisticated horror. All-round terrific acting is a huge part of it, notably from Harris in his best role since Mad Men. Read full review

Mike Hale

Mar 26, 2018

The Terror is like many polar expeditions: long, educational, full of interesting things to look at and not completely successful. Read full review

Zach Ellin

Mar 5, 2018

With the casting solidly in place, this execution falls on the series’ directors. Edward Berger admirably handles three of the first four episodes and Sergio Mimica-Gezzan helms the third. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Mar 26, 2018

Harris is especially terrific as a man growing into his own heroism even as forces mortal and not so mortal conspire against him. But as the 10 episodes unspool and the body count mounts, the only dread you may experience watching The Terror is that feeling you are wasting your time. Read full review

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greenisgood

Oct 25, 2020

The Terror Season 1 was a bleak, stomach turning and harrowing experience to sit through and it delivers this with excellent acting from main and supporting cast. This hybrid of a True Historical Event wrapped in a thin veil of the supernatural is a good premise as long as the writing of theThe Terror Season 1 was a bleak, stomach turning and harrowing experience to sit through and it delivers this with excellent acting from main and supporting cast. This hybrid of a True Historical Event wrapped in a thin veil of the supernatural is a good premise as long as the writing of the show remains grounded.

The Good
Jared Harris steals the show by a few meters by turning out the best performance amongst many other excellent portrayals in the season. The VFX felt terrifyingly real even though there was not a lot other than endless ice or endless land, it still feels like hell which is not even close to what the actual experience must have been.

And even though there is a thin layer of the supernatural, it is throughout the show a secondary problem in the face of the sheer human tragedy story that was born out of the real attempt at the Exploration. This woks well as the monster problem or if you want to keep it grounded Wild Bear was not as harrowing as watching the explorers make one tough decision after another heroic or otherwise all in the most understandable motivation of all 'Survival'.

The Bad
Very little can be taken as a negative. Maybe the length could be taken as a problem but this is such a nit pick because there is almost no time wasted since the script, screenplay and acting are tight and streamlined.

The Terror was a very harrowing experience to sit through but engaging and believable nonetheless, believable being relative if you consider the Giant Bear Theory over the show's light supernatural dressing.… Expand

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moviebuffers

Apr 6, 2018

so far after 3 episodes this is one great show. love the acting and storyline. very suspenseful and well written. I was a big fan of Mad Men and also am a fan of Game of Thrones and nice to see important cast members from both shows in high profiles roles here.

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rocgni161803

Mar 29, 2018

The show draws you in immediately. It feels a lot like the first Alien movie with its atmosphere and general sense of dread (it even steals a scene from the movie). After only two episodes it's the only thing on right now, for me, that's a must-watch. The characters are well-written andThe show draws you in immediately. It feels a lot like the first Alien movie with its atmosphere and general sense of dread (it even steals a scene from the movie). After only two episodes it's the only thing on right now, for me, that's a must-watch. The characters are well-written and multi-dimensional. The story is intriguing. Really looking forward to see how it plays out.… Expand

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eva3si0n

Sep 24, 2018

These series are intended to viewing to a narrow circle of people. There is no romanticism of travel. Instead there is a lot of dirt, treachery and severe real life. For 10 series of a lot of things occurs, but action of development of characters doesn't develop characters in any way. TheThese series are intended to viewing to a narrow circle of people. There is no romanticism of travel. Instead there is a lot of dirt, treachery and severe real life. For 10 series of a lot of things occurs, but action of development of characters doesn't develop characters in any way. The series don't pull on a horror, on the historical drama. Screenwriters have run for 2 hares, and as a result have received that not another. In a plot and in historical reliability the great cast can't even save sag. Too already just the polar expedition when travelers are too easily dressed looks, and at the subzero temperature of air from mouths there are no couples. And though the strongest part of series - art granting and a soundtrack look perfectly, the understanding that everything could be better in respect of the scenario causes disappointment. In general if screenwriters have more taken would be got at the fountain-head even better. And so it is just good series with an unsolved potential. Waiting for the 2nd season.… Expand

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Jagen

May 20, 2023

Fun, if a little over long. An interesting spin on historical fiction. Worth checking out.

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NEILTON_1962

Apr 11, 2018

Ótima atmosfera, boa fotografia, o piloto e o segundo episódio prendem a atenção do espectador com suspense e uma ótima história. Dei nota 7 por ser começo da temporada. Veremos mais adiante.

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MGerganov

Apr 9, 2018

Great show indeed! But why on earth in episode 3 where Mr.Goodsir takes a photo of the group and is measuring the time of the exposition, we clearly see on the chronometer a sign "Сделано в СССР" - Made in USSR !!!??? USSR was founded in 1922...the story of Terror used to happen in 1847:)Great show indeed! But why on earth in episode 3 where Mr.Goodsir takes a photo of the group and is measuring the time of the exposition, we clearly see on the chronometer a sign "Сделано в СССР" - Made in USSR !!!??? USSR was founded in 1922...the story of Terror used to happen in 1847:)

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