The Uneven Historical Horror of The Terror: Infamy www.theatlantic.com

The supernatural horror of Infamy comes mostly from an otherworldly antagonist named Yuko (played by Kiki Sukezane), who is introduced in the first episode.
This isn’t to say that Infamy must define its villain early on in the season, or even at all.
(Season 1 of The Terror similarly featured a mystifying monster but had a better grasp of its main narrative.)
Even when the series develops her further, Yuko primarily inspires speculation and confusion—an effect that dampens, rather than amplifies, the show’s horror.
In sharp contrast to its treatment of Yuko, Infamy renders the internment in painstaking detail, as if to suggest that this is what should really scare audiences.