The Terror

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Season 2
  • Network: AMC+
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 26, 2018
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 45
  3. Negative: 12 out of 45
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  1. JonnyDean
    Oct 30, 2019
    3
    I was looking forward to this show, and there were some interesting moments, but most of it was just goofy.
  2. Ahkman
    Oct 12, 2019
    3
    Well this is unfortunate. For context I loved Season 1 of this show and it is very much worth your time. Given that story has wrapped up it makes sense that they would need to start fresh with season 2. So the premise here is that we merge the historic experience of Japanese Americans during WW2 with J-Horror elements (similar to Ring or the Grudge etc). This isn’t a bad idea at all, andWell this is unfortunate. For context I loved Season 1 of this show and it is very much worth your time. Given that story has wrapped up it makes sense that they would need to start fresh with season 2. So the premise here is that we merge the historic experience of Japanese Americans during WW2 with J-Horror elements (similar to Ring or the Grudge etc). This isn’t a bad idea at all, and in the hands of competent story tellers could have worked brilliantly. Unfortunately in the Terror Infamy both of these ideas are handled with all the subtlety of a brick to the face.
    For the supernatural horror aspect what’s missing is build up or slow burn - exactly why Ring worked and this doesn’t. The historic horror aspect fails for the same reason but also because of the lack of nuance and one sided view of history that the writers have.
    The intent here is to use a historical event to create a piece of political propaganda commenting on modern day - complete with sympathetic references to ‘fellow travellers’ (Season 1 did NOT do this). An expert writer can pull this off but its a tall order. If it handled badly you are immediately going to alienate people who don’t agree with you and also those on the fence. This show is doing the latter.    … Expand

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Rachael Sigee
    May 9, 2022
    80
    Moments of visceral body horror were used sparingly and to shockingly good effect in a show that is carefully choreographed to unnerve viewers from the off.
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  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Michael Hogan
    May 6, 2022
    40
    The result is suspenseful and atmospheric but slow-burning to the point of inertia. The story works better as a righteously angry family saga than a fantasy chiller. Worth a look out of historical interest but for far superior drama, seek out the first series.
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  3. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Aja Romano
    Aug 20, 2019
    80
    In its most successful episode, Chester confronts a Japanese prisoner of war who taunts, threatens, and ultimately bonds with him over their shared love of baseball and their exhaustion with the battlefront. It’s a deeply compelling episode of television and warrants a place for The Terror in any list of the year’s must-watch series. But it has nothing to do with ghosts. I wish The Terror had done a little more work to make its ghosts feel as necessary as its timely history lesson.
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