The Terror TV Series Suddenly Returns After 4-Year Hiatus
Despite rumors of cancellation, the show has been renewed for a third season and, like season 1, will be based on a novel.
- After a long hiatus since the release of The Terror season 2, many fans suspected that the show had been quietly canceled
- A new update reveals that this was not the case, as the show has just been renewed for a third season
- The story will be based on a novel by Victor LaValle, returning the show to its literary roots
It's been over four years since the second season of AMC's The Terror TV series concluded on October 14, 2019, with no information about the show's future, leading most fans to believe that it had been quietly shelved.
However, a new update suggests that the rumors of its early cancellation were exaggerated, as it has just been confirmed that the horror anthology has been renewed for a third season.
The Series Finally Returns To Its Literary Roots
The story is going to be based on the novel The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle, and will follow a man who has been wrongly committed to a mental asylum, where he encounters all sorts of horrors and maybe even Satan himself.
The show's sudden return came as a surprise to fans, but a welcome one, as the previous two seasons didn't disappoint and made the show a worthy installment in the horror genre.
However, they point out that perhaps the creators should have thought about renaming the series, as it has become quite confusing over the years since its debut in 2018.
Despite The Title, Each Season Told A Standalone Story
The first season was based on the 2007 novel The Terror by Dan Simmons, hence the name, which told the fictionalized version of Captain Sir John Franklin's real-life lost expedition to the Arctic in the 1840s.
While it is not known exactly what led to the deaths of 134 people, as scientists and historians can only guess at the tragic chain of events due to a lack of information, the novel suggests that supernatural forces were involved.
Throughout the story, the crew was killed one by one not only by extreme environmental conditions, but also by Tuunbaq, a mysterious creature resembling a giant polar bear.
The second season, titled The Terror: Infamy, was not based on any particular work of fiction and was set during World War II and centered around a community haunted by the Bakemono, a creature from Japanese folklore.
Though not as great as its predecessor, it wasn't bad by any means and still managed to deliver an intense and chilling plot, spiced up by a refreshingly different setting.
While this is a minor inconvenience, the fact that the show kept its title when only the first season was actually based on a book of the same name is quite confusing and doesn’t really make any sense.
Hopefully, the new chapter will maintain the quality of its predecessors and prove to be a worthy adaptation of the source material.
The Terror: Devil in Silver is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2025, although no specific date has been announced.