Ed Araquel/AMC Naoko Mori and Miki Ishikawa star in Season 2 of "The Terror" on AMC.
The Terror, AMC’s horror-drama anthology series, is named after Dan Simmons’s 2007 novel which served as the basis for its first season. On Monday, August 12, the second season, titled The Terror: Infamy, premieres at 9 p.m. ET/PT, this time centering on the Japanese-American families who were overpowered and mistreated by World War II hysteria.
If you don’t have cable or don’t have AMC, you can watch new The Terror: Infamy episodes live or on-demand on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming subscription services:
AMC is one of 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle.
You can start a free 7-day trial of FuboTV right here, and you can then watch a live stream of The Terror: Infamy on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of Cloud DVR (with the ability to upgrade to 500 hours), as well as a “72-Hour Lookback” feature, which allows you to watch the show up to three days after it airs (and sometimes longer) even if you forgot to record it.
Additionally, AMC Premiere is available as an add-on to FuboTV’s main package. AMC Premiere is a premium upgrade of AMC that allows you to watch all of AMC’s current shows (and some old ones) on-demand and commercial-free as soon as (and sometimes earlier than) they air live.
AMC is included in Philo’s main 58-channel bundle, which is the cheapest among all streaming services if you plan on keeping it long-term.
You can start a free 7-day trial of Philo TV right here, and you can then watch The Terror: Infamy live on your computer via the Philo website, or on your phone (iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV or or other supported device via the Philo app.
If you can’t watch live, Philo also allows you to DVR programs and watch them up to 30 days later. And even if you forget to DVR something, Philo also comes with a 72-hour rewind feature, which allows you to replay any event that has aired in the last three days.
PlayStation Vue–which doesn’t require an actual PlayStation console to sign up or watch–offers four different live-TV channel packages, all of which include AMC.
You can start a free 5-day trial of PS Vue right here, and you can then watch a live stream of The Terror: Infamy on your computer via the PS Vue website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation (3 or 4), or other supported device via the PS Vue app.
If you can’t watch live, PlayStation Vue comes included with cloud DVR.
‘The Terror: Infamy’ Preview
Set during World War II, the second season of The Terror 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.
Renowned actor, producer, author and activist George Takei (Star Trek) serves as a consultant as well as series regular, while Derek Mio stars as Chester Nakamura, the show’s main protagonist and an American-born Japanese-American living in California. Takei will portray a character named Yamato-san, a former fishing captain and community elder who has a significant role in Chester’s quest to uncover the spirit that haunts their Terminal Island camp. Additional cast members include Kiki Sukezane (Heroes Reborn), Miki Ishikawa (Yours, Mine & Ours), Shingo Usami (Red Dog), and Naoko Mori (Everest, Torchwood).
Reviews are in and 90 percent of critics have liked what they’ve seen. “The Terror: Infamy not only lives up to the historical-horror fusion of The Terror, but it does a better job of fitting mythological elements into the wider story,” wrote The Daily Dot.
Entertainment Weekly had similar positive sentiments. “Infamy movingly portrays how Executive Order 9066 turned whole American communities (including that of Infamy star and series consultant George Takei and his family in the ’40s) into wartime casualties. Paranoia shrouds every interaction,” wrote Darren Franich.
The series will air tonight through October 14 with a total of 10 episodes. The network released the following episode titles for the season: “A Sparrow in a Swallow’s Nest,” “All the Demons Are Still in Hell,” “Gaman,” “The Weak Are Meat,” “Shatter Like a Pearl,” “Taizo,” “My Perfect World,” “My Sweet Boy,” “Come and Get Me,” and “Into the Afterlife.”
“This season of The Terror uses as its setting one of the darkest, most horrific moments in our nation’s history,” said writer and executive producer Max Borenstein. “The Japanese-American internment is a blemish on the nation’s conscience — and one with dire resonance to current events.”
Season 2 is co-created and executive produced by showrunner Alexander Woo (True Blood) and Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla).