Horror

Luz Ojeda (Cristina Rodlo) in Shatter Like a Pearl (Image courtesy AMC Studios / Amazon. All rights reserved)

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“Shatter Like a Pearl” is the fifth episode of the second season of the TV show “The Terror”, which was named “The Terror: Infamy”, and follows “The Weak Are Meat”. It’s broadcast in the USA on AMC Studios and in other nations on Amazon Prime Video.

At the internment camp, the Japanese-Americans are forced to complete a questionnaire that is supposed to establish their loyalty to the USA but two of the questions generate a lot of arguments and resistance among them. New translators arrive in Guadalcanal but one of them behaves strangely. Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio) finds out what happened to his sons while he and his fellow translator Arthur Ogawa (Marcus Toji) interrogate a Japanese prisoner who claims he’s possessed by a yurei.

It by Stephen King

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The novel “It” by Stephen King was published for the first time in 1986. It won the British Fantasy Award.

1957. Georgie Denbrough is taking advantage of the heavy rains to play on the streets of Derry with a paper boat. When it ends up into a gutter, Georgie fears he lost it, but in the gutter’s opening he sees the face of a clown who starts talking to him. When Georgie approaches, the entity with the appearance of a clown kills him tearing him to pieces. It’s just the first of a series of murders that strike Derry.

1985. Mike Hanlon is Derry’s librarian and realizes that a new cycle of strange murders has begun so he calls his six old friends who moved elsewhere but many years before sworn that they would return to Derry if that happened. They had completely forgotten the events of their childhood but Mike’s call starts restoring those memories with the horrors attached to them.

Dr. Kitamura (Hiro Kanagawa) in The Weak Are Meat (Image courtesy AMC Studios / Amazon. All rights reserved)

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“The Weak Are Meat” is the fourth episode of the second season of the TV show “The Terror”, which was named “The Terror: Infamy”, and follows “Gaman”. It’s broadcast in the USA on AMC Studios and in other nations on Amazon Prime Video.

Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio) was sent to Guadalcanal where, he works for the US military to translate any Japanese documents they can get their hands on. His nights are practically sleepless for fear of being attacked not only by Japanese soldiers but also by some evil entity. He exchanges letters with Luz Ojeda (Cristina Rodlo), who is about to give birth and relies on Dr. Kitamura (Hiro Kanagawa).

Hideo Furuya (Eiji Inoue) in Gaman (Image courtesy AMC Studios / Amazon. All rights reserved)

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“Gaman” is the third episode of the second season of the TV show “The Terror”, which was named “The Terror: Infamy”, and follows “All the Demons Are Still in Hell”. It’s broadcast in the USA on AMC Studios and in other nations on Amazon Prime Video.

The now ex inhabitants of Terminal Island must get used to life in the camp, where they meet other Americans of Japanese heritage. Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio) is looking for a way to provide for Luz Ojeda (Cristina Rodlo), but the girl finds it difficult to be accepted by the others. A reunion that’s supposed to be a source of joy becomes bitter instead while Hideo Furuya (Eiji Inoue) seems to be targeted again by an evil entity.

Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio) in All the Demons Are Still in Hell (Image courtesy AMC Studios / Amazon. All rights reserved)

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“All the Demons Are Still in Hell” is the second episode of the second season of the TV show “The Terror”, which was named “The Terror: Infamy”, and follows “A Sparrow in a Swallow’s Nest”. It’s broadcast in the USA on AMC Studios and in other nations on Amazon Prime Video.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Terminal Island’s residents of Japanese origin are evicted from their homes. Henry Nakayama (Shingo Usami) and others are interned in a camp, others get moved around. Meanwhile, Chester Nakayama (Derek Mio) worries about the strange events that struck the community but above all has to think about his personal problems.