Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- melancholic
- foreboding
- classic horror night
- gothic movie marathon
What critics said
Critics generally find the film atmospheric and visually effective, but regard its supernatural mystery as slowed by a lazy, stately plot.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Andre follows Helene’s unexplained appearances to Baron Von Leppe’s castle, where the portrait and denials create the central mystery.
The elderly baron is burdened by a secret connected to his dead wife, adultery, jealousy, and violence.
Andre becomes obsessed with Helene while learning that the woman resembles the long-dead Baroness Von Leppe.
The story moves between rough seaside waters, isolated roads, and the baron’s shadowy castle in eighteenth-century France.
Films like The Terror, and why
The Masque of the Red Death
gothic ghost story built around a cursed aristocratic household, spectral romance, and decadent castle atmosphere
The Innocents
period gothic horror with an enigmatic supernatural woman, doomed desire, and an oppressive ancestral estate
The Haunting
classic haunted-castle mystery combining supernatural dread, romantic obsession, and secrets of the dead
Movie Details
- Director
- Roger Corman
- Release Date
- 1963-06-17
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (187)
Cast
- Boris Karloff
- Jack Nicholson
- Sandra Knight
- Dick Miller
- Dorothy Neumann
- Jonathan Haze
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Brew, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Night Flight Plus, OVID, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Cultpix, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, FilmBox Live Amazon Channel, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Bloodstream, Artiflix
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Bloodstream
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Terror about?
- An eighteenth-century soldier follows a vanished woman into a coastal gothic mystery centered on a haunted baron and his buried sins.
- What is The Terror like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Terror as slow, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Terror violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Terror as mild.
- What did critics think of The Terror?
- Critics generally find the film atmospheric and visually effective, but regard its supernatural mystery as slowed by a lazy, stately plot.
- Which films are like The Terror?
- Films with a similar feel include The Masque of the Red Death, The Innocents, and The Haunting.
- How long is The Terror?
- The Terror runs 79 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Terror?
- In United States, The Terror streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Brew, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Night Flight Plus, OVID, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Cultpix, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, FilmBox Live Amazon Channel, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Bloodstream, Artiflix.
