Storm of the Century

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Summary: One of the best Stephen King based movies ever.
Review: I think this movie was well made. I wish it could come out in a book version but it won't. The great thing about this movie is that it is so dispenseful, you never know what will happen next. The movie is about a town in Maine that is hit by a huge winter storm. All of a sudden, deaths keep occuring and nobody knows what is going on. The person that was arrested for the first murder was controlling different people and having them commit suicide. After each murder the sentence Give me what I want and I'll go away appears. He doesn't tell them what he wants until he thinks they are ready. I won't tell you what he wants because that is the fun of it. Soooooooo much suspense!

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Summary: King takes 1999 by a STORM...
Review: Master storyteller, Stephen King has done it again. "Storm of the Century" is an overtly terrifying movie, and the scariest thing is not the signature "boogey-man", but being faced with our inner selves. What would you do if placed in a situation in which none of the choices look good? This is the message conveyed in "Storm" and what a horrifying message it is. With outstanding performances by Tim Daly (Wings), Debrah Farentino (EARTH 2), and Colm Feore (City of Angels) this movie is a must see.

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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: I really like Stephen King, but this has got to be one of his worst works ever. EVER. The plot is intruiging, but the movie is sooooo long. It's like, what, five hours? The movie pulls you in with an interesting begining, and keeps you watching with a so-so middle, but there is really no point. There is so much unneccesary information and there are so many pointless scenes. Yeah, like, seven people or so die, but there isn't really anything all too exciting about it. After a while, this movie becomes quite annoying, and you just want to see what the guy wants, and what he wants is rather idiotic, and is very anti-climactic. So, in my opinion, don't waste your time watching this.

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Summary: BREAK THOSE TEAPOTS
Review: Leave it to Stephen King to make us feel goosebumps when we hear the previously harmless I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT. In spite of the film's length, director Craig Baxley keeps the suspense and underlying terror moving in this excellent Stephen King movie. Not inspired by a book, King gives us his trademark setting and characters and a villain whose sheer malevolence oozes from the screen. The pacing of the storm itself is in syncrhonicity with the townspeople's growing fear, and after discovering what Mr. Linoge wants from them, this heinous act comes easily to the frightened townspeople. The cast is marvelous: Tim Daly is perfect as the town constable and moral backbone. We see him go from a measured self-confidence to a bewildered victim of his own community; Debrah Farentino is wonderful as his wife, Molly, whose tenacious perseverance crumbles as the storm and Linoge become fiercer; Casey Sieszmasko as Daly's friend and deputy has a naivete and innocence that crumbles easily under the gaze of Linoge; Jeffrey DeMunn takes the stereotypical blowhard town manager and infuses a complex portrait of a man's guilt and desire to be in charge. A cast of lesser known actors (at least to me) are well chosen and bring life to the town's citizens. Linoge's exposition of all their darkest secrets is bonechilling. That brings us to Colm Feore, the actor wisely chosen to portray this demonic villain. Using his oddly handsome face to show both contempt and control, Feore dominates all his scenes and makes us wish only the worst for him.
The resolution of this movie is typically dark, so don't expect to come away feeling chipper. If you're a fan of King's or of spooky movies, this one's a grabber.

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Summary: SHIVERING!
Review: The setup is familiar to all King fans by now, indeed to every fan of the horror genre. We start out in a nice, quaint little town, preferably fairly isolated. Weird things start happening, people start to panic, while the main character(s) try to keep everyone's heads screwed on straight. The cause of the weird things (usually a Very Bad Thing) is discovered, and then the hapless townspeople are left to decide what to do about it.

Since the setup itself is so familiar, the enjoyment of a horror movie (or book) is dependent on the style in which it is presented. And style is one thing Stephen King has in spades.

The style in "Storm" comes from the characters, of whom Constable Mike Anderson (Tim Daly) and Andre Linoge (Colm Feore) are the two best examples. They represent the polar opposites of good and evil in the story, and they both do a very good job of it. Style is also found in the setting, or rather, the *state* of the setting, i.e. the storm itself. The parallels between the characters' increasing mental stress meshes perfectly with the worsening of the storm's conditions, at least right up to the climax, where the two diverge. More on that later.

The style also comes from the dead-on depictions of small-town life, complete with its choking atmosphere, lack of privacy, small-minded citizens, and petty crimes. Those who accuse the cities of being corrupting influences would do well to spend any extended length of time in a tiny town.

Anyway, style

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Summary: One of King's Best
Review: This one stands head and shoulders above most of King's television and/or movie work. One of his minis that actually deserves its length because it does not contain a lot of filler. The FX are great. The cast, particularly Daly and Feore, are all excellent. This one is just plain creepy with plenty of ambience. Highly recommended.

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Summary: The difference between Stephen King and David Lynch!
Review: A movie for Stephen King and a movie for David Lynch are guaranteed to leave you dis-satisfied. You will want to know MORE, lots of whys and hows. However, David Lynch movies leave dis-satisfied but you know that seeing the movie again and again will unlock more mysteries and give you more clues to understand the movie. Stephen King on the other hand gives you the best entertainment during the movie time yet, watching the movie a million time will leave you clueless because Stephen King deals with the super-natural things he introduces in his movies as normal things that need no explanation. In the Storm of the Century (I won't spoil the movie), we are introcued to this man-like person who does all sorts of supernatural things like killing people who are miles away from him, making things disappear, changing his looks,having silver vampire teeth every once in a while, a real wierdo. And all the movie he is asking the people to 'give him what he wants and he will go away'. Well, the hook ofthe movie for me was not what is it that this guy wants, nor was it the storm that cut off the island from the world, not the wierd deaths happening nor why did he kill this and not that,the hook for me was WHO was this man? Was he the devil? Was he an alien? What was he? How did he get all these supernatural powers?Well, Stephen King offers a one liner explanation in the 5.5 hours running time of the series/movie which is most frustrating. This movie is a masterpiece to watch, get entertained, get frightened without being disgusted from blood and all these slashers. However, if you are looking for more than entertainment,ifyou are looking for a movie analysis or a deep meaning to the super natural, then you will be as dis-satisfied as I was when the movie ended.
I love Stephen King's works, I love his movies, they keep me excited from beginning to end so I decided I will watch his work in the future with that objective in mind: entertainment while it lasts. I see his movie and then life goes on, no analysis, no deep thinking, nothing. Just the mere entertainment and joy of watching his great build up of characters and classy horror. Hope that helped!

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Summary: LOVED IT
Review: I have seen this movie about 3 times and to me its one of Stephen King's best, it kept me interested from start to finish.

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Summary: A Chilling Piece of Work
Review: Storm of the Century is one of Stephen King's best works. It starts out as all of Stephen King's works usually do: a small, undisturbed town- that eventually gets disturbed. A tall, mysterious- and may I add creepy dude, walks into the town and starts murdering people and freaking them out by telling their own sins at the drop of a hat, and when the shaken town finally catches him and confronts him, all he merely says are the words: "Give me what I want, and I'll go away." But what is it he wants is a continual mystery till the very end.
I loved the movie and found the lead actors actually quite real and talented, especially the man who plays the murderer. This movie is a great thriller and regardless of what many say, has a shocking and interesting ending. I recommend all to try this one out if you're new to the King crowd, or just a devoted follower like I.

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Summary: good movie dumb ending
Review: this is 1 of kings better tv movies and it has alot of suspense a stranger who looks like the devil enters a town during the snowstorm of the century they are cutoff from the outside hes starts demanding you give me what i want and ill go away you never know what he wants or if hes a demon or vampire or what and he makes people start to see things and bad stuff starts happening but bewarned the endings stupid doesnt make sense and almost ruins the film