The Terror Season 3 Coming to AMC — More Than Five Years After Season 2

Better the devil you know. AMC Networks announced during the 2024 Winter Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday that it has greenlit a third installment of the anthology horror series The Terror, titled The Terror: Devil in Silver. Based on author Victor LaValle’s 2012 novel of the same name, The Terror season 3 will release in 2025 on AMC and AMC+ and comes more than five years after the network aired the 1940s-set The Terror: Infamy. The six-episode new season centers on a man wrongly committed to a terrifying psychiatric hospital, where he’s challenged by patients, doctors — and the Devil himself.

The Terror: Devil in Silver tells the story of Pepper, a workingclass moving man who — through a combination of bad luck and a badtemper — finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde PsychiatricHospital, an institution filled with the people society would ratherforget. There, he must contend with patients who work against him,doctors who harbor grim secrets, and perhaps even the very Devilhimself. 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 whichthrives on the suffering within New Hyde’s walls — but doing so mayprove that the worst demons of all live inside him.

The third season comes from writers and executive producers Chris Cantwell (AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire) and LaValle, and is produced by David W. Zucker (The Terror), Alexandra Milchan (The Crowded Room), Guymon Casady (Game of Thrones), and Scott Lambert (Black Bird). Emmy-nominated director KarynKusama (Yellowjackets, Jennifer’s Body) is also on board as executive producer and will direct the first two episodes.

“The Terror anthology series has already delivered to fans twounforgettable seasons of storytelling that blend real-world events andcharacters with a terrifying and mysterious supernatural element,” saidDan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMCNetworks. “The Devil in Silver offers a perfect opportunity for a newinstallment of this popular and critically acclaimed anthology. We arelooking forward to once again working with Chris Cantwell, who wepartnered with so successfully on Halt and Catch Fire, Victor LaValle,Karyn Kusama and this great producing team to share our version ofVictor’s heralded and disturbing novel.”

The Terror: Devil in Silver is “at once a grounded and real story of aman encountering those forgotten by the world and those he hasneglected himself,” Cantwell said, “all while arriving at a life-or-death crossroadswhere he must face the Devil without and within…and what doesvictory look like in a world of broken systems, and preyed upon people?What kind of hero is needed? I am thrilled to be returning to AMC andhonored to be working with a writer like Victor. We are looking forwardto scaring the living daylights out of all of you very soon.”

“Devil in Silver is a horror story based on all I’ve seen and also alove letter to the resilience of the human spirit,” said LaValle. “Ifeel so lucky that Christopher Cantwell agreed to help me tell thisstory. His gifts for empathy, humor and tragedy have only enriched thistale of ours. Plus, when we get together, we come up with some prettytwisted thrills. AMC is the perfect home for our show and they’ve beensuch enthusiastic partners in its development.”

Added Kusama: “I am absolutely thrilled to be joining Victor LaValle andChristopher Cantwell on the mind-bending, heart-wrenching journey thatis The Terror: Devil in Silver. They’ve created a talethat is both genuinely terrifying and satisfyingly emotional, anchoredby unforgettable characters.It’s an honor to help bring this specialstory to life.”

The Terror: Devil in Silver premieres in 2025 on AMC and AMC+.