News The Terror: Devil in Silver The Terror: Devil in Silver Is No One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Says Judith Light In a press conference, Light shared what attracted her to her character and the project overall By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 7, 2026 Photo Credit: Emily V. Aragones/AMC Comment 0 Share New Share Photo Credit: Emily V. Aragones/AMC Shudder and AMC+’s adaptation of Victor LaValle’s Devil in Silver offers a grim view inside a moldering psychiatric facility called New Hyde. (Want an example of how the show does that? Take a gander at the cold open for the series, which LaValle, his fellow co-showrunner Chris Cantwell, and director Karyn Kusama broke down for Reactor.) In the beginning, we see New Hyde primarily through the eyes of Pepper, a new patient played by Dan Stevens. Pepper is introduced to the psychiatric ward by long-time patient Dorry, played by Manhunt, Transparent, Ugly Betty alum, and Tony and Emmy Award winner Judith Light. Dorry is a complex character, and during a press conference hosted by the Television Critics Association, Light explained what drew her to the project beyond the chance to work with those on the cast and crew. “We got to talk about mental health in this country, and what does it mean to be in a world with a healthcare system that diminishes people, not everywhere, but in many places,” Light said, adding that she was also interested in exploring “what does it mean to be, not a victim, but a woman in many ways who has been held as a second-class citizen.” Playing Dorry, said Light, touches on these issues, though the show as a whole, she makes clear, is “really not One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” referencing the 1975 film starring Jack Nicholson as a psychiatric patient terrorized by Louise Fletcher’s character, the abusive Nurse Ratched. “There are some people that are not as friendly as you might like, or as warm or as comforting, and they have their own agendas, but there’s not this vicious back and forth between the characters and Nurse Ratched,” she said. You can see what kind of horror series The Terror: Devil in Silver is when its first episode premieres on AMC+ and Shudder on May 7, 2026. [end-mark] The post <i>The Terror: Devil in Silver</i> Is No <i>One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest</i>, Says Judith Light appeared first on Reactor.