‘The Terror’ Was Not Shot Outside — It’s Almost Entirely Visual Effects

Soo Hugh’s first impression of “The Terror’s” true story isn’t far removed from viewers’ initial reaction to the show itself.“I was not familiar with the Franklin Expedition,” the co-showrunner and executive producer said, referring to the 1845 Arctic voyage meant to carve a path through the last uncharted section of the Northwest Passage.

“But the minute you read about it, you go, ‘Wait.

This can’t be true.

How did we not know about this?’”Those same exclamations may very well have been uttered by fans watching the first episode, but not because they shared Hugh’s reaction to survival story; it’s because they were Googling the unbelievable backstory of its production.“The Terror,” for all its thick coats, icy exteriors, polar plunges, and shivering actors, was not shot on location.

Though taking a film crew to the Arctic’s icy seas was obviously never on the table,

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