The acclaimed first season of The Terror first aired all the way back in March 2018, with Season 2 dropping in August 2019. Now, nearly seven years later, horror fans can finally enjoy the AMC anthology’s highly anticipated third season, and it’s indeed a tense treat for the senses. But why did it take so long to finally happen?
Ahead of the upcoming horror TV show’s arrival on the 2026 TV schedule, I spoke with The Terror: Devil in Silver’s co-showrunners Christopher Cantwell and Victor LaValle (the author of the season’s source material) about crafting the spooky story set at New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital. But I was as curious as anyone about the project’s path to production, and I asked the writer/producers how it was brought into the Terror-verse as opposed to being a standalone series. Which provided some insights into the big gap between seasons. Cantwell began the explanation, saying:
