Seems like every time you turn around these days, a new horror-based show is hitting the television screen.
On Monday, for instance, the 10-episode “The Terror” began on AMC. Based on Dan Simmons’ 2007 novel, it focuses on the true story of an 1845 expedition to discover the Northwest Passage through the Arctic. The expedition never showed up on the other side, and Simmons took the truth and added a supernatural element to it.
Shawn RyanPreviews of the miniseries show an appropriately creepy vibe, and 10 episodes should be enough to cover the doorstop of a book, but hopefully not drag like it did. The 769-page novel was about 300 pages too long. Simmons obviously did voluminous research on the expedition and realities of the era, but then seemed incapable of editing out a single piece of information that he’d come across.
“The Terror” is just the latest horror offering on TV. Many have been made but, truth is, few have lasted.
“The Exorcist,” something of a follow-up to the 1973 film, was effectively scary, but Fox canceled it after two seasons.