Storm of the Century

The first story Stephen King wrote specifically for a television miniseries, Storm of the Century is set in Little Tall Island, a small town off the coast of Maine. The citizens are bracing themselves for what is expected to be the worst snowstorm in 100 years when a mysterious stranger named Andre ...more

Storm of the Century, written by Stephen King specifically for television, is one of the better renderings of his work in recent years. The small-town locale, though familiar territory for King, is brought new life by the miniseries' commitment to the severity of its cold-blizzard setting, in which much of the action occurs in the darkness of night or in the blinding white of the snow. The color scheme is often bluish gray, lending the setting a sort of suspended, otherworldly tone that ...more