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  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • ABC
  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • ABC

Summary Stephen King's first original television miniseries tells the tale of threatening stranger Andre Linoge and his uncanny knowledge of all a small town's secrets. Slowly, but surely, Little Tall island constable Michael Anderson and the rest of the people trapped on Little Tall by the "storm of the century" learn more about Linoge and his ...

  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • ABC
  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • ABC

Storm of the Century

Season 1 Premiere: Feb 14, 1999
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Stephen King's first original television miniseries tells the tale of threatening stranger Andre Linoge and his uncanny knowledge of all a small town's secrets. Slowly, but surely, Little Tall island constable Michael Anderson and the rest of the people trapped on Little Tall by the "storm of the century" learn more about Linoge and his ...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
74
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18 Reviews
17% Mixed
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4% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
18 Reviews
17% Mixed
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4% Negative
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91
May 11, 2021
King wants to scare your pants off while also removing your moral blinders, and he succeeds.
By Ken Tucker FULL REVIEW
90
May 11, 2021
The Stephen King miniseries on ABC have underwhelmed me. I found The Shining tarnished, The Langoliers laughable, The Stand rickety, It exhausting and The Tommyknockers oh so knockable. Storm of the Century, however, wowed me. It is the most effective King miniseries the network has presented. In this genuinely unsettling epic, good and evil face off on a small Maine island pounded by a nor'easter in 1989. [14 Feb 1999]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
80
May 11, 2021
"Storm" is classic King, scary as heck and loaded with dark, psychological twists and turns. [14 Feb 1999, p.D8]
By Gail Pennington FULL REVIEW
80
May 11, 2021
King's first original mini-series script is a marathon of communal anxiety with a spooky moral: we are ready to mortgage our children for our own restless comfort.
By Richard Corliss FULL REVIEW
75
May 11, 2021
King, who wrote this directly for the TV screen, not as a novel, is a master of psychological terror, and Storm of the Century delivers plenty, with several fine performances from a huge cast. At the same time, it is not too violent nor too bloody, just a night too long. [12 Feb 1999]
By John Levesque FULL REVIEW
60
May 11, 2021
Diverting but stretched-out...While entertaining at times, Storm of the Century, too, rises barely midway up the horror scale. If you’re looking for a major fright, in other words, look elsewhere.
By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW
30
May 11, 2021
The writing seems more writerly, perhaps a smidge more sophisticated, and here or there one hears a catchy turn of phrase. But basically it's the same old slogging, soggy spookery, derivative and uninspired, protracted beyond all sense of decency.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Mark Carliner Productions
  • Greengrass Productions
  • Walt Disney Television
  • Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Feb 14, 1999
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: PG-13
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Awards

Online Film & Television Association
• 5 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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