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Summary: Horror is character folks
Review: With the tentacles of special effects wrapping around our eyes these days, it's so refreshing to see a film that gives us characters to care about and a story that harks all the way back through our genes back to the times of sitting around a fire - SOTC is simple; the boogeyman comes to town and he's gonna take what he wants or all you all suffer. Not gonna say what he wants, but it scares us, young and old alike. King's myth is beautifully realized on screen and makes me wonder why I'm spending my money at the cineplex on all the effects driven, gore splattered eye candy - give me what I want and I'll go away? SOTC gave me what I wanted (AN ENGROSSING STORY) and I still keep coming back!
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Summary: "I'm a little teapot..."
Review: Stephen King's "Storm of the Century" is a taught thriller about a mysterious visitor named Linoge that comes to a small Maine town during what is claimed to be the "Storm of the Century". However, after Linoge comes, strange things begin to happen in the town of Little Tall Island. First, a kind elderly woman is beaten to death in her home with a cain. Soon, the whole town will start to turn against each other, and all hell will break loose. "Storm of the Century" is a good movie, don't get me wrong, but I feel that the ending was a little bit too rushed (like many of King's works) and needed to be thought through a bit more. Other than that, a very good film.
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Summary: Cliches piled up with a shovel
Review: This is an experiment in horror by accumulation. The series pulls armfuls of clichés out of the spine-chiller rattlebag in the fond hope that piling up sinister motifs is as good as carefully structuring and crafting your material around a strong theme - as good as writing a story, in other words. So we get:- a mysterious stranger - an inanimate object imbued with sinister powers (the cane) - a children's rhyme that takes on sinister connotations ('I am a little teapot...') - demon eyes - demon teeth and snarls - a bible reference (the Gadarene swine) - a bunch of catch-phrases recurring motif-like, but pointlessly (the teapot rhyme, 'Give me what I want and I'll go', 'Hell is repetition', 'Island folk can keep secrets') - a creepy-old-woman apparition - horrific murders, of course - demonic possession, of course The Roanoke reference was novel and had great potential. All the more disappointing that it was just thrown to the wind, then picked up casually at the end, to add the illusion of coherence. How do these elements develop the plot, or the key character? They don't. What insight do they give us into the nature of the situation? None. They serve only to establish the 'evil' credentials of the supernatural force. And that's ALL we know about Linoge at the end, that he's bad and supernatural. What exactly does he do with all his time? What did he do at Roanoke? What has he been up to since? Maybe he just hangs around. Perhaps he runs a shoe shop. What, in a word, is the point? I suspect King had no very strong opinions about this, but if he did, he didn't think they were worth committing to celluloid. By the time you get halfway through part 3, you realise there isn't any cunning twist gathering all these elements together, that'll leave you astounded at how perfectly, in retrospect, the pieces fit together. They don't fit together like a jigsaw, they pile up like garden waste. They're all just part of the 'evil' apparatus, thrown in one after the other, sometimes peeking out from different angles, sometimes just left buried in the heap. The more of them you pile on, King seems to think, the scarier it'll turn out. But it doesn't work like that! Obviously! For three increasingly tedious episodes the plot slouches along the same dourly unswerving path -- we know from the first scene that the mysterious stranger is evil, very soon we know he's evil and supernatural, by the end we know he's VERY evil and supernatural and old, too. At no point is there even a sniff of redemption for the islanders. Between the miserable lot of them they don't have two good ideas to rub together. The murders stop being shocking or even surprising after about the first two. The only point of mild interest on this monotonous plain is the climactic town meeting scene -- and King makes it very difficult not to see that dilemma coming. So we have: no plot to speak of; a thoroughly-signposted final dilemma; a collection of horror clichés; plus the usual isolated-community-as-microcosm scenario. Which amounts to a deeply regrettable waste of video tape.
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Summary: What a Bone Chilling tale.
Review: i've always liked scary films, weather they were on television or video . i really like the stuff from steven king he gave me the creeps in IT when it came out , but this one tops his previous works that came to the small screen . this story is very chilling to bone, it numbs your senses you'll be in a daze after you watch this winner. have a frightful , screaming time as you watch it, highly Recommended. P.S. for those with sensitive hearts Beware, it may stress you out! supported by great cast maybe a broken one haaaa.
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Summary: A Real Disappointment
Review: When it first aired as a "big event" television miniseries, it was rightly billed as King's first "novel for television." That is its only merit. The pace is slow, interspersed with brief moments of suspense. The actors, chief among them Timothy Daly and Colm Feore, do fine with their less-than-fully developed characters. The real letdown is the end "flying sequence." Such a cheesy effect for a film that was supposedly a special event. One reviewer has placed this one on the same level as the superlative King television adaptation of "The Stand." I, on the other hand, place "Storm of the Century" with "It" as being highly touted but very much a letdown. This "storm" isn't "perfect" by a long shot!
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Summary: Very well done
Review: King, story was wonderful to watch and the 4hrs it took to watch seemed like seconds. The dark stranger gave you the creeps every so often, which added an edge to watching it. I have seen many horror movies that drive me crazy with no logic. This one should of been on the big screen. It was great, my wife who doesn't like horror movies of any kind was gripped. Excellent, only 4 out of 5, nothing is perfect!
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Summary: Storm of the Century - turn up the fire, light the lights
Review: Even if I hadn't known Stephen King was the author of this 250 minute movie, I would probably have guessed. The attention to intricate detail which means a long movie (you can't leave anything out) is one of the hallmarks of King's work. The convention of the dark stranger who seems to know a small town's intimate secrets is a popular one with King, and although this is not a "scary" movie as such, it still has the suspense you'd expect. The acting is professional and workmanlike, if not Oscar material, and the scenery (of which the weather is the star) is lovely. If I could be sure I wouldn't be snowed in for days with a bad guy, I'd like to go and visit this little Maine island. My eighteen year old son and myself spent a lovely cold and miserable afternoon watching this movie.
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Summary: This movie Gives You What You Want, so don't let it get away
Review: This is my all time favorite movie ever! It is 6 hours of pure entertainment. I cried so hard at the end , it was scary. A movie has never moved me so much before. I read the screenplay before i saw the movie, so I knew what was going to happen, but i cried and got scared and felt sad anyway. I suggest you buy this movie now! You are in for the best 6 hours of your life.
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Summary: Storm of the Century
Review: I think this movie was great! I would recomend it to anyone who likes action or horror movies. After I whatched it once I couldn't stop whatching it. I don't own it but I would like to. I think it is very depressing at the end. My friend and I whatched it together and we both cried near the end. I think Steven King is a great writer from seeing "IT",Storm of the Century,and part of The Langoliers. I think if you like one off the Steven King movies you'll like them all!
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Summary: Non Frightning, Lame
Review: I felt this movie was not at all scary and boring! I found myself falling asleep from borum! The movie was lame and idiotic! I feel that Stephen King has made much much scarier movies then this and I was quite disapointed!
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