Broadly speaking, the book has a less sympathetic and nuanced portrayal of native people and their resistance to colonialism, but ultimately a more optimistic view of the sustainability of their relationship with the environment the broadcast series, in contrast, provides ample space for the native perspective on colonisation and a more complex exploration of the relationship between colonizer and colonized, but is ultimately pessimistic about the outcomes of resistance against colonialism. The drama offers a reimagined account of Captain Sir John Franklin’s doomed Arctic expedition, in which the crewmen of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror are targeted by the mythical "Tuunbaq" monster after venturing into uncharted territory.While the AMC broadcast adaptation of Dan Simmons’ horror novel The Terror is largely faithful to the book, key differences in the portrayal of the Inuit, the British colonial forces and the supernatural Tuunbaq creature, as well as in the fates of certain characters, lead to contrasting messages about colonialism and resistance from each text. back in 2018, and it was recently acquired by the BBC for broadcast in the UK. The small-screen adaptation of this mysterious true story originally aired on AMC in the U.S. However, after discovering the remains of Sir John Franklin’s expedition in the 1980s, archaeologists found evidence of scurvy and cannibalism among the deceased crewmen. The full history of what occurred during the expedition remains a mystery to this day. However, in the face of treacherous conditions and limited resources, all 24 officers and 110 men on board eventually died after the ships were run aground in ice. Per Radio Times, the Royal Navy voyage had set out to discover the Northwest Passage. But, what is it that inspired the horror anthology – is The Terror based on a true story?Īs mentioned, the series is based on the 2007 book The Terror by Dan Simmons - a novel which is inspired by the real story of Captain Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition to the Arctic. Based on Dan Simmons' best-selling novel of the same name, psychological thriller The Terror centres on a doomed Royal Navy expedition to the Arctic, which departed from England in 1845 and never returned.
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