AMC Stays In The Horror Business With “The Terror”
With “The Walking Dead” pulling in INSANE ratings it makes total sense that AMC is looking to expand its horror slate. And I’m hopeful that “The Terror” will be a much stronger outing than “Walking Dead”, which is still only “so-so” in my book.
“The Terror” series will be an adaptation of the 2007 bestselling novel by Dan Simmons. I haven’t read the book, but the synopsis piques my interest. It’s “is set in 1847 when the crew of a Royal Naval expedition to find the Arctic’s treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator – a cunning and vicious Gothic horror that stalks the ships in a desperate game of survival, the consequences of which could endanger the region and its native people forever.”
It’s being written by David Kajganich, who is also adapting the feature film version of The Stand for Warner Bros. he will executive produce along with Ridley (and formerly Tony) Scott’s Scott Free TV, Television 360, and Alexandra Milchan.
No air date has been set, and that probably won’t change for quite a while.
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Such a great book!Im very excited about this.
I read this novel about 6 years ago. I still remember quite a bit about it. There was some really strange things in it, but the more I think about it the more I think it will translate into a good show. If they do it right
Second this. One of my favorite horror novels of the past 10 years.
Evan i agree, this sounds pretty interesting! i assume it would just be a 12/13 ep mini-series. i can’t see this type of storyline going for multiple seasons. but color me interested!
Cool. Haven’t read the book but I will definitely check it out. Sounds very Lovecraftian (“At The Mountains Of Madness”).
There was also a film by the same title that Roger Corman started filming and Jack Nicholson finished filming as well as starring in. I know I own it on VHS. Im going to have to read this novel as well.
Now WERE’RE TALKIN. ‘Dan Simmons’s The Terror on AMC’ such beautiful sentence, i’ve read the first book, must read the second and final, its creppy as hell, if goes at least as intense as the walking dead, this is definitely ‘the age of tv horror’ Bring IT =)
Wait, wait….there’s a sequel?? Two of them? What are the names, I gotta check it out asap
Nah, there’s no sequel. Probably just confused cause Simmons wrote a lot of trilogies.
By the Way, why not George R.R. Martin’s Fevre Dream to tv?
After seeing whats happening with some AMC’s other shows kind of nervous.(Firing Glen Mazzara,Having a year long wait for the second half of Breaking Bad)
The BREAKING BAD thing was ridiculous, it was an obvious attempt to elongate the final season! By the time the second half airs I will definitely need to re-watch the first half to remember where we are at. What a fantastic show though!
Very cool. Reading The Terror right now. Pretty dense stuff. Should make a good show!
When I hear the synopsis, I think this could be a prequel to Creepshow’s “The Crate”.
If the right persons are involved this show will rock! AMC are doing ok so far.
Damn good thinking EvilHead1981! I like that idea. Wish I thought of that. I gotta read this book series!
Like djblack1313, I don’t see how this can run for multiple seasons, but it does sound very interesting.
Oh yeah, I’ve read The Terror, it is very rich in character development, and is a very detailed (not to mention long) book. Hopefully the show will do it justice. If any of you guys like the author Dan Simmons, I would HIGHLY recommend one of his early horror books “Carrion Comfort”. It is one of my favorite horror reads.
I hope they do it justice. It is an amazing book!!