These days, very few TV shows qualify as genuine cult hits, but Season 1 of The Terror fits the bill. For most potential viewers, a drama about 19th-century polar explorers dying of scurvy doesn’t sound like a hot ticket, but for the discerning few, The Terror’s appeal is all too obvious. First airing on AMC in 2018, it’s a supernatural retelling of Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition into the Canadian Arctic, blending gritty historical drama with survival horror. And now that it’s on Netflix, a new group of morbid weirdos will get to discover this masterpiece for themselves.
