
Scripted series · AMC
The Terror
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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How The Terror actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Terror reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and World Building.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 20 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201810 episodes
7.5IMDbA Royal Naval expedition voyages into unchartered territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction.
Best episode · S01E08 Terror Camp Clear

Season 2 · Complete
Infamy
201910 episodes
5.1IMDbDuring World War II, a series of bizarre deaths haunt a Japanese-American community, and a young man attempts to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible.
Best episode · S02E04 The Weak Are Meat
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E08
Terror Camp Clear
Deaths under mysterious circumstances create paranoia among the men, and some of the crew may be considering mutiny.
- Directed by Tim Mielants
- Written by David Kajganich

S01E10
We Are Gone
The expedition's epic journey reaches its climax as men find themselves in a final confrontation with the Inuit mythology they've trespassed into.
- Directed by Tim Mielants
- Written by David Kajganich

S01E05
First Shot a Winner, Lads
A strange illness begins to show itself while another more familiar one jeopardizes the expedition's most valuable resource: its captain's judgment.
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Josh Parkinson

S01E01
Go for Broke
An accident at sea cripples a Royal Navy expedition 200 miles from finding the Northwest Passage, forcing its captains to make dire choices.
- Directed by Edward Berger
- Written by David Kajganich

S01E06
A Mercy
With the end of their provisions in sight, officers contemplate a tough, risky strategy while struggling to raise the men's worsening spirits.
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Vinnie Wilhelm

S01E03
The Ladder
With something now stalking the ships, the captains debate their options, testing their loyalty to one another against their duty to their crews.
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Gina Welch
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S02E10
Into the Afterlife
- Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by Alexander Woo

S02E09
Come and Get Me
- Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by Naomi Iizuka, Steven Hanna

S02E08
My Sweet Boy
- Directed by Toa Fraser
- Written by Shannon Goss, Alessandra DiMona

S02E07
My Perfect World
- Directed by Meera Menon
- Written by Tony Tost, Danielle Roderick

S02E06
Taizo
- Directed by Everardo Gout
- Written by Max Borenstein, Benjamin Endsley Klein

S02E05
Shatter Like a Pearl
- Directed by Lily Mariye
- Written by Steven Hanna
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Alexander Woo
Creator
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Max Borenstein
Creator

David Kajganich
Showrunner
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Alexandra Milchan
Executive producer

Edward Berger
Executive producer

Dan Simmons
Executive producer
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David W. Zucker
Executive producer

Soo Hugh
Executive producer
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Scott Lambert
Executive producer

Ridley Scott
Executive producer

Guymon Casady
Executive producer
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Vinnie Wilhelm
Writer
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Shannon Goss
Writer

Tony Tost
Writer
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Gina Welch
Writer
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Andres Fischer-Centeno
Writer
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Alessandra DiMona
Writer
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Josh Parkinson
Writer
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Naomi Iizuka
Writer
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Steven Hanna
Writer
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Benjamin Endsley Klein
Writer
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Danielle Roderick
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Created by
- Alexander WooCreator
- Max BorensteinCreator
Executive production
- Alexandra MilchanExecutive Producer
- Edward BergerExecutive Producer
- Alexander WooExecutive Producer
- Dan SimmonsExecutive Producer
- Robyn-Alain FeldmanProducer
- Max BorensteinExecutive Producer
Writing
- Vinnie WilhelmWriter
- Alexander WooWriter
- Shannon GossWriter
- Tony TostWriter
- Max BorensteinWriter
- Gina WelchWriter
Direction
- Sergio Mimica-GezzanDirector
- Edward BergerDirector
- Toa FraserDirector
- Meera MenonDirector
- Tim MielantsDirector
- Lily MariyeDirector
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