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. Davrosdaleks1
    Dec 1, 2019
    8
    The second season in this series that combines realistic horror with the supernatural continues the trend as it follows a Japanese American family and their neighbors as they are interned during World War II and are threatened by a ghost. I definitely preferred the first season, but this is a good work by itself.

    The show is a sad look at, but an important lesson on, the Japanese American    The second season in this series that combines realistic horror with the supernatural continues the trend as it follows a Japanese American family and their neighbors as they are interned during World War II and are threatened by a ghost. I definitely preferred the first season, but this is a good work by itself.

    The show is a sad look at, but an important lesson on, the Japanese American interment camps. It even contains some details I hadn't heard before. The season doesn't shove the awfulness down your throats at once, rather having the show breathe and have the worse parts hit you in occasional gut punches. Between it all is some good drama of people dealing with adversity.

    I felt this was a good view into Japanese culture, especially the paranormal part of it. It's just refreshing for an American supernatural show to use a non-Christian religion as a basis.

    Cast is good across the board. Shingo Usami and Derek Mio work great together as a combative dad and son showing the differences between generations (immigrant and first generation Japanese Americans). Usami is probably the best actor in this. He plays the stoic Japanese father but is able to convey so much with so little.

    Unfortunately, the story does have its share of leaps of logic. It's cardinal sin though is that it simply can't compare to the superb combination of acting, story, and execution that was the first season.

    Overall, I've found this to be rather interesting and recommend this.    … Expand
  2. Trillcosbey
    Jan 16, 2020
    8
    A very intriguing premise, I really enjoyed the crossover of traditional supernatural elements from cultural settings and how the film explored loss and ancestry in a unique way. Very impressive.
  3. Marcos_El_Malo
    Oct 4, 2020
    9
    Season 2 is almost perfect. It’s two tales of terror intertwined. One is the Japanese Ghost story brought to America by immigrants. The second is the historical terror wrought upon those immigrants (many were American Citizens) by a racist government.

    The ghost story aspect is good spooky fun and culturally grounded. It gave flesh to spooky stories told to me by family. Most    Season 2 is almost perfect. It’s two tales of terror intertwined. One is the Japanese Ghost story brought to America by immigrants. The second is the historical terror wrought upon those immigrants (many were American Citizens) by a racist government.

    The ghost story aspect is good spooky fun and culturally grounded. It gave flesh to spooky stories told to me by family.

    Most importantly, the historical aspects were dead on. Everything rang true, every detail matched up to the family stories about that horror, of being caged like animals without trial based on your physical characteristics and country of origin. And making the best of it. And remaining loyal patriotic Americans despite it, even, as some did, giving their lives to defend our country and democracy worldwide.

    I’m giving this a 9 because there are a few places where the script dragged. That’s just me being honest—the pacing problems were few, but they’re there imo.

    Performances were good to great, with the standout being George Takei, portraying the old fisherman and community elder. (Honestly, the performance was uncanny because he looked, talked, and acted like my late Uncle Michi, although Michi was a teen at the time of the camps.)

    One other aspect I really appreciated as an Angelino was the intersection of the story with Mexican culture, and later blending in of Mexican folklore with the Japanese folklore. This was done well. I shudder to think of the hash that lesser writers could have made with it. The writers obviously have a profound understanding and love for Los Ángeles, and I freaking dig that.    … 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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