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The Arrowverse featured some of the biggest and best interconnected storytelling that the DC Universe has ever seen, yet many of the iconic characters that appeared were criminally underutilized. Some of the best Arrowverse shows contributed to some of the most popular versions of these heroes, turning characters like Green Arrow and Batwoman into the leads of major TV series. With that said, even with so much time to tell great stories, the expansion and use of so many characters was at the expense of a few.

Arrowverse crossovers were common within the franchise, creating a cohesive world that felt consistent across its several series. However, while the comics had decades upon decades to develop their supporting casts, each television series had a comparatively much shorter run. This left some figures with less development, due to the more limited timeframe the franchise had to execute their stories. The most significant...

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When we say that Netflix has something for everyone it is true for fans of all genres but especially true for the horror genre fans. With an incredible creator like Mike Flanagan who made brilliant horror shows and movies, Netflix has abundant peak horror content. So, today we thought of listing what we thought were the best horror shows on Netflix.

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Hellbound is a South Korean supernatural dark fantasy horror thriller series created by Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Gyu-seok. Based on the webtoon of the same name by Sang-ho and Gyu-seok, the Netflix series is set in a world where unearthly creatures appear and condemn people to hell prompting people to create their own religious factions. Hellbound stars Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-ah, Yang Ik-june, and Kim Do-yoon.

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You’ve still got time to squeeze in some scary shows before Halloween: We recommend these limited series, including AMC’s “The Terror,” and the original “Salem’s Lot” from 1979, that can easily be binged in a weekend or just a day.

The series on our list are all under 10 episodes and available to stream right now, so grab your big bucket of popcorn, get cozy on the couch and spend some time with these vampires, ghosts, witches and some really haunted real estate.

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Based on the real-life doomed arctic expedition of Captain Sir John Franklin (played here by Ciarán Hinds): We see the men aboard two ships, one of which is unwisely named the Hms Terror, struggle as they slowly try to carve a path through the ice. But there’s something (or things) much more sinister plaguing the journey. Jared Harris and Tobias Menzies costar.

The Terror, a 2018 horror show that has 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes, has become a streaming hit on Netflix. AMC recently secured a deal with Netflix that has meant some of its biggest series would also be available on Netflix. 15 shows in total, including spinoffs of The Walking Dead and Interview with the Vampire, have been exposed to a bigger U.S. audience as a result while still being identified as AMC Originals. The deal, which is currently on a short-term basis, also includes shows like Preacher, Dark Winds, Mayfair Witches, and others.

According to data provided by Reelgood, which tracks performance on streaming, the horror anthology The Terror is among the AMC shows that have found new life on streaming after being made available on Netflix. For the week of August 22 through August 28, The Terror landed in the tenth spot for the top shows across all streaming platforms. Bad Monkey,...

Actors like Nicole Maines and Iman Vellani are diving into comics to continue the stories of their beloved characters. From Dreamer to Ms. Marvel, the actors are not just portraying the roles but writing the next chapters for these superheroes. Whether it's exploring the psyche of the Riddler or the future of the Pink Ranger, actors like Paul Dano and Amy Jo Johnson are shaping the comic world.

In our current age of pop-culture, comic book characters are brought to life every single day in properties like the Dceu and the MCU. After that, actors and their comic book characters rarely cross paths, except for when an actors love for their character compels them to craft the next chapter in their characters story.

Whether its for a short story or for a longer run that blazes a new trail in the comics, it's always a delight to see an actor...

"The Terror" is a prestigious AMC horror anthology series with exceptional ensemble casts in varying historical settings. Season 1 follows the Arctic expedition of Hms Terror and Erebus, while Season 2 explores Japanese folklore during WWII. Lead actors like Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, and Ciarn Hinds have made significant contributions to the series.

AMC's The Terror is a supernatural horror anthology series with outstanding ensemble casts in both of its current seasons. Like HBO and FX, AMC is known for its prestige quality television, bringing ultra-talented casts together for distinct, engaging stories. 2018's The Terror is an outstanding example that somehow managed to fly under the radar. Now that it's gaining traction on Netflix, there's hope that The Terror season 3 will be a hit, particularly after star Dan Stevens signed on to be the new season's lead.

As mentioned, The Terror is an anthology series, meaning each season has a different cast of characters.

Is the second season of The Terror TV show on AMC as terrifying as last? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Terror is cancelled or renewed for season three. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of The Terror season two episodes. *Status Update Below.

An AMC supernatural anthology drama, the second season is billed as The Terror: Infamy and stars George Takei, Derek Mio, Kiki Sukezane, Cristina Rodlo, Shingo Usami, Naoko Mori, Miki Ishikawa, C. Thomas Howell, Lee Shorten, Hira Ambrosino, and Christopher Naoki. Season two of The Terror unfolds during World War II, as a string of unusual deaths plagues a...

Despite comparatively low numbers, the freshman installment of the The Terror TV show did pretty well for an AMC series that isn't a part of The Walking Dead or Breaking Bad franchises. Now that it's back  for a second season as The Terror: Infamy, with a new storyline, can it build up its audience and become a mainstay for the cable network? Will The Terror be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.

An AMC horror anthology drama, The Terror: Infamy stars George Takei, Derek Mio, Kiki Sukezane, Cristina Rodlo, Shingo Usami, Naoko Mori, Miki Ishikawa, C. Thomas Howell, Lee Shorten, Hira Ambrosino, and Christopher Naoki. Season two of The Terror unfolds during World War II as a string of unusual deaths plagues a Japanese American community, and Chester Nakayama (Mio) strives to comprehend and battle the evil at the root...

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An AMC supernatural anthology drama, the second season is billed as The Terror: Infamy and stars George Takei, Derek Mio, Kiki Sukezane, Cristina Rodlo, Shingo Usami, Naoko Mori, Miki Ishikawa, C. Thomas Howell, Lee Shorten, Hira Ambrosino, and Christopher Naoki. Season two of The Terror unfolds during World War II, as a string of unusual deaths plagues a Japanese American community, and Chester Nakayama (Mio) strives to comprehend and battle the evil at the root of it...

AMC's The Terror is returning after 5 years with a new season titled The Terror: Devil in Silver, adapting the novel by Victor Lavalle. The season follows Pepper, a man wrongfully committed to a psychiatric hospital, facing off against the devil and his inner demons. The six-part season will premiere in 2025, with Karyn Kusama directing the first two episodes.

AMC’s hit horror series The Terror is returning after being away for five years, with the third season titled The Terror: Devil in Silver. The series will adapt the 2012 novel The Devil in Silver by Victor Lavalle, which was named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly and tells the terrifying tale of a Devil roaming the halls of a psychiatric hospital.

You can check out the synopsis for The Terror: Devil in Silver below courtesy of Deadline.

AMC confirms The Terror season 3 at TCA press event with story details, title, and episode director revealed. The new season, titled The Terror: Devil in Silver, follows a wrongly committed man facing sinister patients, secretive doctors, and the devil. Victor Lavalle, original novel writer, and Christopher Cantwell join as executive producers, with Karyn Kusama directing the first two episodes. Premieres in 2025.

The Terror season 3 is confirmed by AMC, with story details, title, episode director and more also revealed. Dan Simmons’ epic novel of a doomed 1800s arctic expedition served as the basis for AMC’s terrifying 2018 series. When The Terror returned in 2019 as an anthology show, the setting had shifted to WW2-era America for the story of Japanese Americans forced into an internment camp, where supernatural happenings are unleashed.

As confirmed by AMC at the TCA press event, The Terror season 3 is now happening, under the title The Terror: Devil in Silver.

Following a nearly five-year absence, AMC is revisiting anthology The Terror for a third cycle.

The basic-cable network on Tuesday, ahead of its time at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, announced that the horror franchise will return for a third season and will be subtitled Devil in Silver, with the new cycle based on the book of the same name by Victor Lavalle.

The author will team with Chris Cantwell (AMC’s own Halt and Catch Fire) to write the six-episode season, which is expected to air on the cabler in 2025.

AMC says Devil in Silver “tells the story of Pepper — a working-class moving man, who through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital — an institution filled with the people society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients who work against him, doctors who harbor grim secrets,...

Relationship drama unfolds as Sara Castillo worries about her secret romance, and Emily Lopez regrets revealing that she doesn't want to have children. Emily and Sara's yoga instructor is arrested and charged with murder, leading to a high-profile trial with live cameras and shocking revelations. Mark Callan's father, Vic, unexpectedly shows up in his life again.

The following contains spoilers from All Rise Season 3, Episode 16, "Passionfruit," which debuted Saturday, Oct. 21 on OWN.

All Rise opens with more relationship drama: Sara Castillo is worried about her romance with Gabriel being discovered, while Emily Lopez confides that things have been awkward with Luke Watkins since she told him that she doesn't want kids. But as they're leaving their fitness studio, their yoga instructor Camilla Kahlo is arrested for murder. But more important than that is Mark Callan's father Vic showing up on his doorstep, claiming to be "in town on business.

The Rookie: Feds had some expectations heaped on it from the moment the spinoff was announced.

The Rookie is the perfect balance of comedy, action, and romance, and as such, those were to be expected of the spinoff.

So, how did it fare?

It's worth noting that throughout the first half of The Rookie Feds Season 1, the show was establishing itself by developing characters and finding its place in The Rookie universe.

Sadly, it took so many episodes to get that done, but by the end of the season, it became much more solid.

The format was not new, with it being a spin-off.

Episodes open with a crime beginning to be committed, in progress, or after the fact. Some openers were a hit or a miss but mostly entertaining.

The season premiere introduced the characters and set up the story.

The show had a two-episode back-door pilot in the original,...

Set against the backdrop of World War II and the Japanese internment camps and boasting powerful performances from an outstanding cast of international talent, including renowned actor George Takei (Star Trek). From co-creators Max Borenstein (Godzilla) and Alexander Woo (True Blood), supernatural series The Terror: Infamy is an unsettling, compelling and captivating must-watch…

Chester lives with his family on Terminal Island, a few miles south of Los Angeles, just off the coast of California. He and his father, Henry (Shingo Usami – Unbroken), are fishermen but Chester seeks more. He’s in love with a Spanish-American student named Luz Ojeda and doesn’t understand why his immigrant mother, Asako (Naoko Mori – Torchwood) and father choose to remain confined to a small swath of the big world – especially after travelling so far in the pursuit of freedom.

In the aftermath of Pearl Harbour, the family’s comfortable life is about to change...

To mark the release of The Terror: Infamy on 23rd May, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.

Chester lives with his family on Terminal Island, a few miles south of Los Angeles, just off the coast of California. He and his father, Henry (Shingo Usami – Unbroken), are fishermen but Chester seeks more. He’s in love with a Spanish-American student named Luz Ojeda and doesn’t understand why his immigrant mother, Asako (Naoko Mori – Torchwood) and father choose to remain confined to a small swath of the big world – especially after travelling so far in the pursuit of freedom.

In the aftermath of Pearl Harbour, the family’s comfortable life is about to change forever as they’re forcibly uprooted and shipped off to an internment camp, where fear lurks in both supernatural and human form.

A string of relentless, brutal and bizarre deaths haunts the community,...

In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for AMC, BBC America, IFC and Sundance. For this season, the network group has returning hits “Better Call Saul” (Bob Odenkirk), “Brockmire” (Hank Azaria), “Doctor Who” (Jodie Whittaker), “Killing Eve” and “Luther” (Idris Elba), plus limited series “Dispatches from Elsewhere” (Jason Segel) as part of their 2020 campaign.

Below, their list of lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series. More names might be added by the networks on the final Emmy ballot. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.

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Drama Actor – Bob Odenkirk

Drama Supporting Actor – Jonathan Banks, Tony Dalton, Giancarlo Esposito, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando

Drama Supporting Actress – Rhea Seehorn

Drama Guest Actor – Dean Norris

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Exclusive: The rest of the cast of the forthcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is starting to take shape as we have learned that Desmond Chiam and Miki Ishikawa (The Terror: Infamy) will join Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan in the project which will expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe beyond the big screen. Disney declined to comment about the castings.

Mackie and Stan will reprise their roles as the titular Falcon (aka Sam Wilson) and The Winter Soldier (aka Bucky Barnes) in the series which Deadline exclusively reported will be directed by Kari Skogland. True to Marvel and Disney form, details about the specific details about the story as well as Chiam and Ishikawa’s roles have been kept under lock and key. We’ll just have to wait when the show debuts on Disney+ on August 2020 to find out.

Mackie first appeared as the high-flying,...

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix unveiled the premiere dates for its upcoming holiday programming and the CW renewed “The Outpost.”

Dates

Netflix has announced the release dates for all of its upcoming holiday series and films. Beginning Nov. 1, the streaming service will kick off the holiday season with “Holiday in the Wild” starring Kristin Davis and Rob Lowe. Other Netflix original titles include “Let it Snow” starring Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, Odeya Rush, Jacob Batalon, Miles Robbins, Mitchell Hope, Liv Hewson, Anna Akana and Joan Cusack, premiering Nov. 8; “The Great British Baking Show: Holidays: Season 2″ premiering Nov. 8; “Klaus “ starring J.K. Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, Rashida Jones, Joan Cusack, Norm Macdonald and Will Sasso, premiering Nov. 15; “The Knight Before Christmas” starring Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Whitehouse, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Harry Jarvis, Mimi Gianopulos and Ella Kenion, premiering Nov. 21; “Nailed It! Holiday!: Season 2” premiering Nov. 22; “Super Monsters Save Christmas” premiering Nov.

The Terror: Infamy goes out on a high note in "Into the Afterlife." Our review of the season finale...

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The Terror Season 2 Episode 10

The Terror: Infamy brings its story to a close in a mostly satisfying way, as Chester, Luz, and their families confront a determined Yuko in the final days of World War II. “Into the Afterlife” is at its very best when focusing on the real-world horrors that make up this season’s historical background. The episode is bookended with powerful reflections on how these characters have been forever changed by their internment. It’s in the cathartic moments at the end of the episode, and in the many ruminations throughout about what it means to be Japanese-American, that this final hour hits home.

But first, the battle with Yuko, which takes up much of the episode’s runtime.

The Terror: Infamy sets up a final showdown between Chester and Yuko in "Come and Get Me." Our review...

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The Terror Season 2 Episode 9

The Terror: Infamy is in a race to the finish line, throwing every horror cliche it can at its audience on its way there, as Chester gathers Luz and his parents for one final showdown with Yuko. "Come and Get Me," which kicks off with the Nakayamas' final moments at Colinas de Oro and ends in an underground bunker in New Mexico, is a small step up from last week's clumsy "My Sweet Boy," but absent is much of the thoughtful storytelling and slow-building sense of dread that have characterized the season's best moments. Instead, we get a bad attempt at a funhouse horror/exorcism movie inside of a nuclear bunker (which does provide the episode with...

The Terror season 2 continues, as Chester will do anything to see Luz again in "My Perfect World." Our review...

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The Terror Season 2 Episode 7

"My Perfect World" gives us the reunion we've been waiting for, as Chester goes Awol in order to find Luz. It's  so great to see Cristina Rodlo again. She's been consistently a pleasure to watch this season, and she delivers perhaps her most balanced performance yet in an episode that focuses heavily on what she wants her life to be. I'm glad Luz gets to run away in the end, even if it's very obvious that there's still an evil spirit tying her to the pain and suffering she endured at Colinas de Oro. By episode's end, we know that Luz hasn't escaped Yuko's wrath. Not yet. 

Derek Mio continues to impress as well. While I found his...

“The Terror: Infamy” continues on Monday, September 23th at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt with an episode titled “My Perfect World.” The Nakayamas have been torn apart, and Chester searches for the person he believes can help, even if it means taking drastic action. A tuberculosis outbreak in the community forces Amy to act, though she’s caught between doing what she’s told and doing what’s right. “The Terror: Infamy” centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese American community, and a young man’s journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible. In addition, the series is one of the first depicting the internment of Japanese Americans on such a massive scale – complete with authentically recreated camps in scope and scale as post-wwii. The series stars Derek Mio, Kiki Sukezane (Lost in Space), Cristina Rodlo (Miss Bala), Shingo Usami (Unbroken), Naoko Mori (Everest...

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix releases “Raising Dion’s” trailer and announces a number of premiere dates for its original series.

Dates

Netflix announced the premiere dates for several of its new and returning original series: Season 2 of “Carmen Sandiego” will launch Oct. 1; Deon Cole’s standup special “Deon Cole: Cole Hearted” will launch Oct. 8; Season 2 of “Insatiable” will launch Oct. 11; and Chef David Chang’s food series “Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner” will launch Oct. 23.

Crackle announced that “Going From Broke,“ which will tackle the issue of America’s growing student loan debt, will premiere Oct. 17. The show is hosted by Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, who, along with financial expert Danetha Doe, will go one-on-one with young people living in Los Angeles to change their habits, gain financial confidence and become the boss of their own lives. The show comes from executive producer Ashton Kutcher, Matador Content and...

[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “The Terror: Infamy” Episode 6, “Taizo.”]

Monday’s episode of “The Terror: Infamy” finally tells the backstory of the ghost known as Yuko (Kiki Sukezane), who has been haunting Chester (Derek Mio), his friends, and his family during WWII. It turns out that in 1919, Yuko traveled to Terminal Island for an arranged marriage to Hideo Furuya (Eiji Inoue), but when she reveals she’s already pregnant by another man, he casts her out. Unable to care for her baby boy properly, she gives Taizo — now the grown-up Chester — away and kills herself by leaping off a bridge. The tragic circumstances surrounding her death creates an onnen, or a wild hunger, in her as she becomes the unsatisfied spirit known as the yurei.

While Yuko’s origin story explains why she’s been sticking around after her death, hints of her state of mind have been present from the start… in her clothing. Costume designer J.R. Hawbaker...

[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “The Terror: Infamy” Episode 5, “Shatters Like a Pearl.”]

On “The Terror: Infamy,” everyone thinks they know how to identify the enemy. For the American military, it’s anyone of Japanese descent, but more specifically, those who answer “no” to two key questions on a loyalty questionnaire. For Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio), it’s the Japanese who are at war with America and the yurei who has been haunting him.

On Monday’s episode, Chester is stationed at Guadacanal, translating Japanese and breaking codes for the American military. “His whole motivation for going over there was not just to prove his loyalty like [his father] says to do at the end of Episode 1, but Chester’s thinking that he’s going to draw this thing away from his girlfriend and his family,” Mio told IndieWire.

Chester feels he can make a big difference when a Japanese Pow is brought in for questioning and pays more attention to Chester than his superior officer.

The Terror: Infamy gives us its creepiest episode yet in "Shatter Like a Pearl." Our review...

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The Terror Season 2 Episode 5

Last week's episode of The Terror: Infamy was a turning point, and it feels like the season as a whole has finally come into its own with "Shatter Like a Pearl," an exciting and scary episode that focuses in on the series' most captivating storylines. If the first three episodes felt like a bit of a slog, especially for horror fans hoping for a tone and atmosphere similar to the first season, then Infamy's fifth hour is a rollercoaster ride full of severed ears, walking corpses, and yurei. 

"Shatter Like a Pearl" steps into these more traditional horror sequences elegantly, weaving a story about loss and racial tensions throughout. Always excellent is Cristina Rodlo as the grief-stricken Luz Ojeda, or "the ghost woman,...

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “The Terror: Infamy” Episode 4, “The Weak Are Meat.”]

On Monday’s episode of “The Terror: Infamy,” the restless ghost known as Yuko (Kiki Sukezane) finally uncovers her true face in one of the most gruesome moments in the series to date.

The unconventional ghost story, set against the backdrop of the Japanese American WWII internment has been unspooling slowly. So far, “The Terror: Infamy” has only revealed that the yurei — a spirit kept from the afterlife — has been haunting a particular internment camp, seemingly targeting Chester Nakamura (Derek Mio) and those close to him. But now there are more clues pointing to what is driving Yuko.

Previously, Chester had left the camp to work as a Japanese translator for the military, hoping that the spirit would follow him to wherever he was stationed. Yuko, however, stayed behind. Masquerading as a midwife, she has been providing prenatal care and checkups to Chester’s pregnant girlfriend Luz (Cristina Rodlo), even...

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “The Terror: Infamy” Episode 3, “Gaman.”]

The third episode of “The Terror: Infamy” opens with Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio) and the rest of the internment camp watching a John Wayne movie that a benshi provides with a live soundtrack, performing the dialogue timed perfectly to the film. AMC’s viewers are treated to English subtitles, bringing the translations full circle. It’s a fun and fascinating scene that actor-consultant George Takei confirms he experienced when he was in the camps as a child, but also one that highlights the importance of the dual cultural and linguistic influences of immigrants in America.

It’s to be expected that “The Terror: Infamy,” which depicts the experiences of Japanese Americans during World War II, uses the Japanese language on the show. Showrunner Alexander Woo acknowledges that he did not hold back on how extensively it’s used – upcoming episodes include long, Japanese-language-only scenes – but also took care how the...

The Terror season 2 begins to explore the mystery behind the supernatural force haunting the Terminal Islanders in "Gaman." Our review...

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The Terror Season 2 Episode 3

The Terror season 2 has been a slow burn thus far, even as "Gaman" begins and ends in a completely different place for protagonist Chester, who decides that the best way to solve his problems, both with his pregnant girlfriend Luz and the supernatural, is to run away from them. Chester thinks he's being altruistic by joining the army, but he's really just perpetuating the same old behavior. He's wanted to run away from his family and his heritage since the first episode and the military is finally his way out. He doesn't have to deal with his father Henry, who arrived to Colinas de Oro frost bitten and mentally scarred from his time being tortured at the...

[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers from “The Terror: Infamy” Episode 2, “All the Demons Are Still in Hell.”]

Jordan Peele’s groundbreaking 2017 film “Get Out” uses horror tropes to highlight the real-life gruesomeness of racism in America. And although “The Terror: Infamy” wasn’t directly inspired by that film, showrunner Alexander Woo acknowledges that viewers might deem the projects similar.

“I think it’s not an unfair comparison. ‘Get Out’ is a terrific movie… I think it does make you feel — if you are not — like someone who is a black person surrounded by a bunch of white people,” said Woo. “For only two hours, you get a sense of the isolation and the alienation you might feel.”

AMC’s “The Terror: Infamy” is a period drama that tells the WWII story of Japanese American internment through the lens of Japanese horror, specifically, the Japanese ghost stories known as kaidan.

“We’re hopefully trying to accomplish something very similar: that you’re inside the shoes or inside the...

The Terror season 2 continues to be light on supernatural scares but heavy on the horrors of American history.

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The Terror Season 2 Episode 2

Two episodes in, The Terror: Infamy is a completely different beast than its predecessor, tackling a horrific moment in American history that makes last year's cannibalism-themed massacre on ice feel almost tame in comparison. While the men of Captain Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic found solace in simple pleasures (mostly from a bottle), the Japanese residents of San Pedro enjoy no such comforts in "All the Demons Are Still in Hell." Over the course of the hour, we watch the Nakayamas, their friends, and acquaintances get displaced from their homes, forced to live in shit-covered horse stalls by order of the U.S. government, and then moved to a concentration camp. Japanese men are tortured and killed,...

[Editor’s Note: The following contains minor spoilers from “The Terror: Infamy” Episode 1, “A Sparrow in a Swallow’s Nest.”]

In the first episode of “The Terror: Infamy,” Japanese-American fisherman Henry Nakayama (Shingo Usami) is herded into an FBI truck following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Before he’s taken away, he tells his son, “You’re a citizen, boy. You were born here. Show them you’re a patriot. Fight for your country.”

It’s a bittersweet statement that highlights the injustice perpetrated by the very country that Henry is so fiercely loyal to, but it also parallels a moment from star Derek Mio’s own personal family history. Mio is a fourth-generation Japanese American whose great-grandparents were also living on Terminal Island in San Pedro, Calif and were eventually sent to the Manzanar camp. In the series, he plays budding photographer Chester Nakayama, who lives on Terminal Island and is later forced out of his home to live in an internment camp.

“In researching, I came across this preservation project,...

The second season of AMC’s horror anthology “The Terror” centers a story rarely told in the American mainstream — the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II. But for many of those involved with the show, the story is a personal one.

“I’ve done a few other projects that have taken place in the internment camps,” said “Greek” alum Derek Mio, who stars in “The Terror: Infamy” as Chester Nakayama, a young man whose family is uprooted and imprisoned along with 120,000 other people of Japanese ancestry. “But it was just kind of chilling to see the parallels between the character and my grandfather.”

The series uses Southern California’s Terminal Island — Mio’s grandfather’s actual hometown — and the once-thriving Japanese immigrant community there as its entry point. A particularly emotional scene in the first episode sees Chester’s father being forcibly taken by the FBI for questioning,...

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The Terror: Infamy's look at Japanese-American incarceration during WWII has many disturbingly timely parallels.

The Terror Season 2, also known as The Terror: Infamy, begins tonight on AMC. It is the second installment in a historical horror anthology series. The first season, which premiered last year, followed (with a supernatural twist) the real-life story of British naval ships H.M.S. Terror and H.M.S. Erebus as they looked to find the Northwest Passage in the mid-19th century, only to perish in the effort.

The Terror: Infamy takes on a subject much closer—geographically, temporally, thematically—to home. Set in 1941 and in the years following, it centers the members of a close-knit Japanese-American community living on California's Terminal Island fishing community, and what happens to them post-Pearl Harbor after the issuing of Executive Order 9066, which incarcerated an estimated 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians in camps in California, Idaho,...

In 2018, “The Terror” turned a tragic shipwreck into a chilly parable exploring humanity’s darkest corners. Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated Arctic expedition was plagued, in one way or another, by a giant, man-eating polar bear (long live Tuunbaq), but it was the fear inspired by the beast — and, more literally, the lethal cold ol’ Tuuny represented — that AMC’s drama was curious in exploring. Showrunners David Kajganich and Soo Hugh crafted a tale so detailed, so nightmarish, and so frickin’ cold that viewers felt the fear sink into their bones just as the subzero temperatures did to those sailors.

Now, less than a year-and-a-half later, “The Terror” returns for Season 2 with a fresh examination of fear set against an entirely different historical backdrop. From new showrunners Max Borenstein and Alexander Woo, “The Terror: Infamy” studies the horror felt by Japanese-Americans who saw their own country turn against them during World War II.

The Terror season 2 premiere delivers dread, gore, and historical drama in a slightly more unruly package than its predecessor.

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The Terror Season 2 Episode 1

In this new age of anthology genre series, AMC's The Terror continues to carve out its own niche with its signature brand of historical horror, creating an atmosphere of dread so thick you could cut it with a knife. Season 2, subtitled Infamy -- a direct reference to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which will come into play by the premiere's end -- tackles one of the darkest moments in American history: the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Unsurprisingly, The Terror's second season feels more relevant than its first, a story about immigrants that reflects our own horrible (and insane) reality in which history is repeating itself.

"A Sparrow in a Swallow's Nest...

“The Terror: Infamy” didn’t need ghosts to be frightening. Alexander Woo and Max Borenstein’s new iteration of the “Terror” series, both thanks to its subject matter and supernatural apparitions lurking at the edges, is permeated by an ever-creeping sense of dread that proves undeniable. Tracing the needless devastation of Japanese-American internment during World War II, the second installment of AMC’s anthology series is straightforward about the human cost of racist paranoia. Even when “Infamy” is blunt, it’s understandable; it’s not exactly like the horrific reality that inspired it was subtle, either.

By largely following a single family, “Infamy” also finds a way to make a staggering historical event that can sometimes feel too big to comprehend feel as personal as it truly was. After immigrating to San Francisco from Japan, Henry (Shingo Usami) and Asako (Naoko Mori) have built a life for themselves and their...

In an upcoming episode of AMC’s The Terror: Infamy, Yamato-san, an elderly immigrant played by George Takei, lists all the men who have vanished since he and many of his friends and neighbors of Japanese ancestry were taken to a prison camp in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He lists various supernatural explanations for their recent misfortune, as if it’s easier to blame their predicament on ancient spirits rather than ordinary human beings behaving in monstrous fashion.

In the anthological Terror franchise, the answer tends...

The cast and creatives of AMC’s The Terror: Infamy took the stage at TCA to talk about the anthology series which combines the events of Japanese internment camps in World War II with Japanese horror stories (also known as kaidan). Showrunner Alexander Woo was joined by stars Derek Mio (Chester Nakayama) and George Takei (Yamato-san) as well as costume designer Jr Hawbaker and cinematorgrapher John Conroy to talk about the upcoming season. More than that, they addressed the authenticity of the show and its relevance to immigration issues in the country.

The Terror: Infamy is set in WWII and centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese-American community, and a young man’s journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible. Woo points out that the DNA of the show is that it is a historical story told with a genre vocabulary. “The human terror...

AMC Networks has rounded out its premiere dates for late-summer and fall including AMC’s documentary series Hip Hop: The Songs That Show America, which drops on October 13; its 23rd annual horror marathon FearFest (October 13); and new five-part true-crime series The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park (November 13).

AMC’s previously announced summer and fall premiere dates include the fourth and final season of Preacher (August 4), the sophomore seasons of The Terror: Infamy and Lodge 49 (both August 12) and Season 10 of The Walking Dead (October 6).

Here is a list by network of upcoming premieres on AMC outlets, with synopses provided by AMC Networks; several already had been announced:

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Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America

Sunday, October 13 at 12 a.m. Et/9 p.m. Pt

From Executive Producers Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Alex Gibney and directors Erik Parker and One9, each episode of this new documentary series focuses...

AMC and Ridley Scott’s upcoming second season of their horror-drama anthology series The Terror looks incredible! They screen a new trailer and a first look featurette at Comic-Con this weekend and now those two things have been shared online and as you’ll see, they tease the creepiness and intensity!

These offer us an even better look at the story and the sensitive subject matter that it deals with. The series is set in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II and that camp is plagued by a dark entity. Season 2 centers around “a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese-American community and a young man’s journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible.”

This season will star Derek Mio as Chester Nakayama, Kiki Sukezane (Lost in Space), Cristina Rodlo (Miss Bala), Shingo Usami (Unbroken), Naoko Mori (Everest), Miki Ishikawa (9-1-1), and George Takei...

After taking viewers to the icy Northwest Passage in the first season of The Terror, AMC will explore the all-too-real horrors of Japanese internment camps in the 1940s in the second season of The Terror, titled Infamy. Following its panel at Comic-Con, AMC unleashed a new trailer for The Terror: Infamy, which has now been released online so that everyone can see the latest sneak peek at the haunting series.

Produced by Ridley Scott, The Terror: Infamy will premiere Monday, August 12th at 9:00pm Est on AMC. Check out the new trailer below, go here for our previous coverage of The Terror: Infamy, and visit our online hub to stay updated on all of our Comic-Con coverage!

"Today, Friday, July 19, AMC’s Ridley Scott-produced anthology series, The Terror: Infamy released the new trailer at San Diego Comic Con following a panel with series stars, George Takei (who also serves...

Sdcc 2019 The Terror Season 2 Trailer AMC‘s The Terror: Season 2 TV show trailer from the 2019 San Diego Comic Con has been released and stars George Takei, Derek Mio, Kiki Sukezane, Cristina Rodlo, and Shingo Usami. Plot Synopsis The Terror: Season 2 entitled The Terror: Infamy‘s plot synopsis: [...]

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George Takei didn’t mince words when talking about the current political climate on Friday, telling a packed crowd at Comic-Con 2019 that statements made by Donald Trump — and Trump’s border policies — are “an echo from my childhood.”

Takei spoke during the panel discussion for AMC’s “The Terror: Infamy” at Comic-Con 2019. The second season of the anthology series “The Terror,” which Takei stars in and also serves as a consultant, is set in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, much like the camps Takei and his family were imprisoned in from 1942 to 1945.

When asked during the audience Q&a how he feels about statements made by Trump about immigrants, or the detention centers on the border , Takei was blunt. “When Donald Trump was campaigning for the Republican nomination, and among his other statements he called for a complete and total ban on Muslims coming into this country,...

San Diego Comic-Con has become a hotbed of entertainment news in recent years, especially for the television industry.

In today’s Sdcc TV news roundup, AMC dropped a trailer for the 10th season of “The Walking Dead” and FX released a first look at “Mayans Mc” Season 2.

First Looks

AMC debuted the trailer for Season 10 of “The Walking Dead,” premiering Oct. 6. The new season of “The Walking Dead will see Danai Gurira return as Michonne for the last time, as the ensemble continues to brave constant attacks in the post-apocalyptic world. Angela Kang serves as executive producer and showrunner on the upcoming season.

Syfy released a trailer for Season 4 of “Van Helsing,” premiering this fall. A reimagining of the classic Dracula story, the series follows Vanessa Helsing (Kelly Overton) as she uses her unique powers to combat a world suddenly filled with vampires. The 13-episode drama is produced by Nomadic Pictures...

On “The Terror: Infamy,” Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio) has big dreams to become a photographer, but his latest pictures are looking kind of funny, as can be seen below. AMC released a brand-new trailer at Comic-Con on Friday that leans into the J-horror inherent in this season’s mystery.

In its first season, the anthology series investigated what happened to Captain Franklin’s famed lost expedition, in which all 129 men aboard two Royal Navy ships were lost after they became icebound seeking the Northwest Passage. This season takes place during World War II, specifically during the internment of Japanese-Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Chester Nakayama is living on Terminal Island when his life is turned upside-down by the government and by a mysterious presence that has been haunting the community. The trailer mentions terms such as “yurei” – figures from Japanese folklore that are similar to ghosts – and “bakemono,...

From VancouverFilm.Net, Sneak Peek more new footage, plus images from "The Terror" Season 2, now an anthology supernatural, horror series, shifting the setting to World War II and Japanese internment camps, premiering August 12, 2019 on AMC:

"...while 'Season 1' followed a demonic creature that mauled stranded sailors near the Arctic Circle...

"...'Season 2' centers on ghostly deaths that haunt a Japanese-American community and a young man's journey to understand and combat the malevolent shape-shifting entity responsible..."

Cast includes Derek Mio as 'Chester Nakayama', Kiki Sukezane as 'Yuko', Cristina Rodlo as 'Luz', Shingo Usami as 'Henry Nakayama', Naoko Mori as 'Asako Nakayama' and Miki Ishikawa as 'Amy'.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Terror: Infamy"...

"Unfulfilled soul need body to occupy." After taking viewers to the icy Northwest Passage in the first season of The Terror, AMC will explore the all-too-real horrors of Japanese internment camps in the 1940s in the second season of The Terror: Infamy, and a new trailer spotlights the supernatural wrath lurking among the interned.

Produced by Ridley Scott, The Terror: Infamy will premiere Monday, August 12th at 9:00pm Est on AMC. Check out the new trailer and haunting key art below, visit here to learn about the series' Comic-Con panel, and in case you missed it, watch the previous trailer for the show.

"Featuring a cast and crew with deep-rooted connections to WWII, the internment of Japanese Americans and the aftermath in Hiroshima, “The Terror: Infamy” centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese American community, and a young man's journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible.

In today’s roundup, Netflix releases the first trailer for the new season of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” and Showtime gives a sneak peek into the fifth and final season of “The Affair.”

Dates

Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County” is set to return Aug. 6. Season 14 will bring back series regulars Tamra Judge, Shannon Storms Beador, Kelly Dodd, Gina Kirschenheiter, and Emily Simpson, who will be joined by new housewife Braunwyn Windham-Burke. Og housewife Vicki Gunvalson will also return for special appearances in the new season.

First Looks

Netflix has released the first trailer for Season 3 of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” Premiering July 19, the new season will include comics such as Eddie Murphy, Seth Rogen, Ricky Gervais, Matthew Broderick, and Jamie Foxx as they discuss their careers and lives with one of the biggest names in comedy.

“Human Discoveries,” the...