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Review: ‘The Terror,’ or ‘Alien’ in the Arctic

The biggest name attached to “The Terror,” a new series on AMC, is that of the executive producer Ridley Scott. And the show has some Scott trademarks. It’s about a dangerous expedition to what might as well be a distant planet (unless you’re an Inuit) — the Canadian Arctic in the 1840s. And along the way there’s a monster that hides in the shadows and picks off the crew in a notably violent and bloody manner.
Created by David Kajganich, a screenwriter (“A Bigger Splash”) and former wilderness guide, the show does not, unfortunately, display Mr. Scott’s ruthless talent for putting the viewer’s guts in a knot. “The Terror,” which begins its 10-episode run on Monday, is like many polar expeditions: long, educational, full of interesting things to look at and not completely successful.
“The Terror” is based on a best-selling 2007 novel by Dan Simmons, which was in turn based on the fate of the Franklin expedition of 1845. In one of the great mysteries of the Victorian age, John Franklin’s two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, were sent to find the Northwest Passage and vanished along with their 129 men.  
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