The Most Historically Accurate TV Shows Ever

"The Terror" is a horror series with fantasy elements, inspired by real historical events. The first season was inspired by the true story of the 1840s Franklin Expedition into the Arctic and the disappearance of their ships the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus. The second season takes place in the United States internment camps for Japanese-American citizens during World War II. While both seasons include supernatural entities, the historical settings are highly accurate.

As described by Newsweek, the first season of "The Terror" is remarkably faithful to the true story of the Franklin Expedition. The characters, including protagonist Francis Crozier, were real people, and, as the series depicts, they did go out in search of a "Northwest Passage," or a way of sailing from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic. The series used the information discovered in various archeological investigations into the fate of the crew to develop the survival horror elements of the story – including scurvy, lead poisoning, and cannibalism.

Historically accurate replica ships were built for the crew to film on for season one. As detailed by executive producer Alexander Woo, for season two, an entire recreation of an internment camp was built, complete with watchtowers and barbed wire fencing. Like season one, the second season features a supernatural entity, but much of the series's horror comes from the historically accurate and devastating treatment of Japanese-Americans who were forced into these camps.