Under the sign weekly address book continues and this time we start to discover The Terror anthological TV series available on Amazon Prime Video which has the famous as executive producer Ridley Scott. The TV series consists of two seasons of ten episodes each and it is currently still in production: this means that maybe, in the future, could arrive a third season.
Now let's find out together all the reasons why you should definitely watch it.
The Terror, the anthology series available on Amazon: why watch it?
Until now we have always talked, more or less, about TV series available on the Netflix platform. However, it is good to know that Amazon Prime Video also offers the public numerous interesting products and one of these is precisely The Terror. It's about a anthological horror TV series broadcast on the AMC channel in 2018 and then released the same year on Prime Video.
As an anthology series, we have two seasons that are disconnected from each other, with one new story e different characters. The first season is inspired by the novel The Disappearance of the Erebus which, in turn, is inspired by lost Franklin expedition. The season tells the story of the crews of arctic exploration ships of the British Navy HMS Erebus and HMS Terror as they navigate uncharted territories in search of the Northwest Passage.
Suddenly the ships freeze due to ice and the men on board are forced to do what they can for to survive to extreme climatic conditions, to themselves and to strange happenings.
The second season instead is based on a original object made by Max Borenstein and Alexander Woo and is set during the Second World War. The Terror: Infamy, the name of the second season, is about a series of mysterious deaths affecting a community Japanese-American and the story of a boy who tries to understand and fight the wicked entity that is responsible for it.
Now that we know all these details, let's find out why? you absolutely cannot miss this incredible TV series.
A cold, raw and real tale
The Terror is a tale of terror, as the title suggests, which stages the harsh reality and shows the true identity of each character. The first season of the TV series, as mentioned above, is inspired by a novel that tells of events that really happened but its purpose is completely different. Director does not want recounting those events in detail, but only wants to highlight how much that is expedition was important.
After doing this, he then decides to embroider his own around The Terror personal vision of the facts and presents us with gods characters characterized in the smallest details, a story told in a way deep e peculiar and also a monster, which threatens our protagonists. Despite treating each other different themes in the two seasons, The Terror's goal is the same in both cases: to tell one cold story, raw, which goes to underline the true nature of man at the very moment when he comes face to face with the unknown, the sconosciuto fear.
Each episode it connects perfectly to the next one, until a clear and concise puzzle is formed at the end of each season. Sudden and not at all trivial twists, mysterious events and one pungent distressing atmosphere throughout the duration of the TV series are the ingredients that make this exceptional product.
We find ourselves completely in the role of the characters. The way these feelings they pass from them to us, on our skin, it is incredible and extremely fascinating.
The director shows various aspects of the human mentality and repeatedly stresses the various ways in which human beings react to terror. Some succeed to keep the snows steady and are calm, others do agitate e scare, others still come wrapped in darkness and from madness.
Very often it turns into one bloody series, almost difficult to watch. At the same time, however, this turns out to be one of the main points of the series.
Originality, special effects and morals
TV series like this are not often found around and The Terror deserves to be classified as "Original product". The idea of making an anthological TV series results intelligent ed interesting, as it offers more insights to screenwriters from a narrative and news.
And in fact we notice it very well. The first season is inspired, in fact, by a novel but the director takes only part of it, then adding the his ideas. In the second, however, it offers us a completely new subject and able to amaze us in its complete simplicity.
The peculiarity of this series is the fact that it manages to draw a line and to keep it for its entire duration. Despite the diversity of topics, the change of scenarios and characters, this line remains consistent.
Moreover manages to unite in a completely absurd and ingenious way the two seasons. We believe this line is the incredible anxious atmosphere which develops episode after episode and the want to send a message, a moral, a lesson to the public.
We certainly do not want to anticipate what it is because you have to find it, watching the TV series and being fascinated after a few seconds.
Another point in favor of The Terror are the special effects. They are the classic simple but effective effects that manage to give that touch of class ed originality plus to the whole product. Send one realistic feeling of terror it is often complicated, yet The Terror does it admirably (and also with simplicity).
In short, like drinking a glass of water.
So why watch The Terror?
The Terror is a product particolare and given the presence of rather crude scenes e violent, may not please everyone. Despite this I feel that if you are passionate about mystery, of horror, of stories psychological that go to deeply analyze the human psyche and a pinch of the supernatural, this series could become one of your favorites.
La photography is nothing short of exceptional and the Cast of both seasons is interesting, you will certainly find some known and appreciated faces. The plot is unsettling, intriguing ed exciting in some respects. Also the thing that surprised me the most is the fact that talk about different topics which, however, in one way or another, they join together.
Maybe it will the atmosphere,supernatural element or maybe he is alone the identity of this TV series. In any case, it deserves to be seen and if by chance we managed to pique your curiosity, know that you can find it on the Amazon Prime Video streaming platform.
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