The TerrorA chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
WriterSteven Hanna
Go for Broke
Mar 26, 2018
An accident at sea cripples a Royal Navy expedition 200 miles from finding the Northwest Passage, forcing its captains to make dire choices.
Gore
Mar 26, 2018
After a long winter trapped in the ice, scouting parties are sent out in search of open water. One of the teams makes a frightening discovery.
The Ladder
Apr 2, 2018
With something now stalking the ships, the captains debate their options, testing their loyalty to one another against their duty to their crews.
Punished, as a Boy
Apr 9, 2018
A cunning attack on the ships proves the men are not battling an ordinary bear and that the region's Inuit culture may hold a key to their survival.
First Shot a Winner, Lads
Apr 16, 2018
A strange illness begins to show itself while another more familiar one jeopardizes the expedition's most valuable resource: its captain's judgment.
A Mercy
Apr 23, 2018
With the end of their provisions in sight, officers contemplate a tough, risky strategy while struggling to raise the men's worsening spirits.
Horrible from Supper
Apr 30, 2018
As the men make new attempts to find rescue, a series of shocking events underscores how vulnerable and exposed their situation has become.
Terror Camp Clear
May 7, 2018
Deaths under mysterious circumstances create paranoia among the men, and some of the crew may be considering mutiny.
The C, the C, the Open C
May 14, 2018
Hope comes in strange forms, and the question of what the men are willing to do to survive begins to be settled in both noble and horrifying ways.
We Are Gone
May 21, 2018
The expedition's epic journey reaches its climax as men find themselves in a final confrontation with the Inuit mythology they've trespassed into.
Peter McGinn
@narrator56
I only watched the first season of this anthology show, as the plot of the second didn’t grab me. I have read a lot and watched documentaries about polar exploration. I see how this show came about: the author took the skeleton story of John Franklin’s ill fated expedition of the northwest passage, and repurposed it as an original horror story. Cool, I was on board. And this televised version did a credible job moving the tale to the screen. It is a passable horror story. And then I see near the byline: Based on actual events, or something like that, and I am thinking, why bother with that? Usually a retelling of actual events is at least hanging close to the original tale, not inventing a monster that kills actual historical people in ways other than starvation and scurvy, followed by possible cannibalism. At this point it begs the question, why not just tell this horror story without clinging to the patina of a historical event? (For example, I believe John Franklin died later in the expedition than portrayed here with actor Ciara Hinds. Why?) Still, my doubts and questions do not detract from the tension and drama of the series. It was entertaining, which perhaps is the main point, even though I was shaking my head thinking about it afterwards.
