The Terror

The cast and showrunners examine why Sir John Franklin, Capt. Francis Crozier and Capt. James Fitzjames were the “argonauts of their day.”

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Not a man. Not a bear. Then what?

Inspired by the real-life mystery of a legendary lost Arctic expedition and based on the bestselling novel by Dan Simmons, The Terror is a suspenseful tale of human survival in an otherworldly and wholly unforgiving frozen landscape.

Jared Harris, who plays Capt. Francis Crozier on AMC’s The Terror, discusses Crozier’s struggle with being second in command, why this isn’t a “monster story”, and why there won’t be any cruises in his future.

Second in command of Erebus and third in command of the expedition, James Fitzjames is a rising star in the British Royal Navy.

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A cunning attack on the ships proves the men are not battling an ordinary enemy, and that the region's Inuit culture may hold a key to their survival.

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Caulker's Mate on Terror, Cornelius Hickey is a young, petty officer whose rank on the ships should, by any standard, keep him invisible to the officers.

Though Sir John Franklin was a celebrated English explorer with decades of experience, 128 men, and two finely crafted ships, his mission became tragically trapped in ice.

Captain of HMS Erebus and commander of the expedition, Sir John Franklin is an experienced leader with a blemished record in the Royal Navy, a man "everyone likes, but no one respects."

Captain of the HMS Terror and second in command of the expedition, Francis Crozier is a peerless sailor, but also an Irishman who has reached his glass ceiling in Her Majesty's Royal Navy.

The Terror Is More Than a Chilling Monster Show The based-on-a-true-story AMC series is a fascinating step forward for the survival-horror genre on TV.

The International Geophysical Year (IGY), as it was called, was timed to coincide with the high point of the eleven-year cycle of sunspot activity.

Executive producer Dan Simmons, who authored the book upon which AMC’s The Terror is based, discusses seeing his work brought to life, the fatal flaw of the Franklin expedition, and the real-life discovery of the ships.

Dan Simmons is a New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels. He is one of the few novelists whose work spans the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, suspense, historical fiction, noir crime fiction, and mainstream literary fiction.

Soo Hugh is a television writer and producer whose credits include AMC’s The Killing and Under the Dome for CBS.

Dave Kajganich has spent the last decade developing The Terror for television.

A Look at the Series: The cast and showrunners examine how fact and fiction blend to create dread and danger in this haunting, suspenseful drama.