The Terror Season 3: Confirmation, Cast, Story & Everything We Know

The Terror season 3 will continue the horror anthology series for AMC and give viewers another captivating, historical-based story. The Terror season 1 focused on the real-life British ship of the same name, which attempted to find the Northwest Passage in the mid-19th century. Unfortunately, all crew members of The Terror were ultimately killed. AMC took the story and added some supernatural-esque elements to it. In the end, The Terror season 1 was successful enough for the network to renew the series for a second season, this time taking the story to World War II.

Officially titled The Terror: Infamy, season 2 focused on the United States' Japanese internment camps, specifically following one family's haunting by a yurei ghost. This blending of history and the supernatural made The Terror one of the most unique programs on TV, especially in a crowded field of other anthology series like American Horror Story and Monster. Though the series was seemingly gone for good, The Terror is returning for a third season, several years after the conclusion of season 2.

The Terror Season 3 Latest News

Dan Stevens Has Joined The Season 3 Cast

The first lead actor for season 3 of The Terror has been announced, with Dan Stevens taking the lead. According to a report from Variety, Stevens is also signed on as an executive producer, and his character will be named Pepper (full description below).

“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, and perhaps even the very Devil himself. As Pepper navigates a hellscape where nothing is as it seems, he finds that the only path to freedom is to face down the entity which thrives on the suffering within New Hyde’s walls – but doing so may prove that the worst demons of all live inside him.”

The Terror Season 3 Is Confirmed

The Half-Decade Wait Is Over

Nearly five years after the second season went off the air, the latest news finds The Terror season 3 is finally confirmed, and with several major developments as well. Officially titled The Terror: Devil in Silver, the surprise third season will follow a wrongfully convicted man who is sentenced to a hellish stay at a psychiatric facility where he is tormented by doctors and supernatural forces.

The new season is based on the book by Victor LaValle, and the author has signed on as one of the executive producers on the project. Along with producing, Karyn Kusama will direct the first two episodes of the season, though no word has come on who will helm the rest. While a more concrete date hasn't been provided, the season is slated for a 2025 release.

The Terror Season 3 Production Status

Season 3 Is Coming In 2025

The announcement of the new season also came with a tentative release window that hopes to see the newest season of The Terror released sometime in 2025. Though it is unclear where in the production process the new season is, it's likely that casting and writing are still underway. This means the series will likely return in the latter half of 2025, marking over six years since the last episode aired.

The Terror Season 3 Story

Another Tale Of Historical Horror

Along with the announcement that the show was renewed, the plot for The Terror season 3 was also revealed. The latest installment in AMC's harrowing historical horror series will follow an average working-class man who is wrongfully sentenced to a psychiatric facility where he is tortured by doctors and haunted by supernatural forces. Though more details will come in the future, the basic plot is enough to chill the spine and promise yet another strong mix of terror and thought-provoking themes.