The Terror

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Season 1
  • Network: AMC+
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 26, 2018
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 176 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 146 out of 176
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 176
  3. Negative: 18 out of 176
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  1. OlivierPiel
    Apr 2, 2018
    3
    Nice cinematography, costumes etc...But the form cannot make us forget the very tired tropes and insufferable ciiches that have been seen in countless Victorian period dramas à la Mutiny of the Bounty (aloofness, arrogance, racism of the British upper class; second-in-command who cannot change the mind of the captain despite all common sense arguments etc etc...).
    Even those so-called    Nice cinematography, costumes etc...But the form cannot make us forget the very tired tropes and insufferable ciiches that have been seen in countless Victorian period dramas à la Mutiny of the Bounty (aloofness, arrogance, racism of the British upper class; second-in-command who cannot change the mind of the captain despite all common sense arguments etc etc...).
    Even those so-called British A-list actors seem not to care, knowing full well that this is a money grab rather than a serious artistic work, and overact without any pretense of realism.

    A nice waste of time    … Expand
  2. MGerganov
    Apr 9, 2018
    0
    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:)
  3. AnneBonny
    Apr 19, 2018
    3
    They managed to create a mediocre horror out of the great and detailed story about the actual expedition. The final was simply terrible, they killed entire mystical storyline. Biggest disappointment.
  4. deck
    Aug 3, 2018
    1
    the first episode promises good entertainment. From the second there are gaps and incomprehensible story jumps. the tension breaks apart with each following episode.
    also the quality of the image design decreases.
    the ship crew is acting more and more absurdly and not according to their situation, time and culture. the dialogues lack substance. The actors mostly deliver daily soap    the first episode promises good entertainment. From the second there are gaps and incomprehensible story jumps. the tension breaks apart with each following episode.
    also the quality of the image design decreases.
    the ship crew is acting more and more absurdly and not according to their situation, time and culture. the dialogues lack substance. The actors mostly deliver daily soap performance.
    Violence, however, is set in detail in scenes and unfortunately rounds off the terror into a tasteless and crude series.
    Not even something for those interested in the 19th century    … Expand

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Dec 3, 2021
    80
    There were no jump scares and little gore. Yet the dread was at moments suffocating and bolstered by strong performances from Ciarán Hinds as the doomed Franklin and Jared Harris as his cautious yet ineffective second-in-command, Captain Francis Crozier.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Danette Chavez
    Aug 9, 2019
    75
    The season only sputters in the second half; it doesn’t go off the rails. By then, it’s set up a number of storylines with great potential, which all converge to do more than entertain.
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  3. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Mar 27, 2018
    80
    The Terror is a gripping descent into a deviant heart of darkness, and those with a fondness for true-life enigmas embellished with midnight-movie flourishes will take to its unsettling comingling of the factual and fantastical. Better still, it places a premium not on grisliness but, rather, on the twisted passions and motivations of its fallible protagonists, here embodied by the commanding Hinds and the nuanced Harris.
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