Storm of the Century1999
“An unspeakable evil has arrived.”
Created by Stephen King
🏆 Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 3 wins & 10 nominations total
The premise
When a blizzard hits an isolated island town it brings with it a mysterious stranger intent on terrorizing the people for a sinister purpose.
Horror Vault's take
When a ferocious blizzard cuts off the small island community of Little Tall from the outside world, a deeply unsettling stranger arrives — one who seems to know every dark secret its residents carry. As the storm rages and fear tightens its grip, the townspeople are forced to confront not just the enigmatic visitor but the hidden sins binding them together. This Stephen King miniseries builds its dread slowly, trading gore for psychological menace and an atmosphere of suffocating inevitability. The price the stranger ultimately demands of the community is unlike anything they could have anticipated.
Content: Violence, Suicide, Disturbing Imagery, Themes Of Child Endangerment
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Part 1Premiere7.8Feb 14, 1999 · 86 min
A very powerful blizzard hits the small town of Little Tall Island off the coast of Maine. This storm is so powerful that all access off the island is blocked, and no one is able to leave the island, until the storm is over. While trying to
S1.E2 · Part 28.1Feb 15, 1999 · 90 min
In a dream, the townspeople see themselves walking into the sea two-by-two with the word Croatoan (a reference to the colony of Roanoke) carved on their heads. Eventually, Mike finds out that Linoge is an anagram of the demon Legion and agr
S1.E3 · Part 38.2Feb 16, 1999 · 91 min
What Linoge desires is an heir, one of the eight small children that he had incapacitated early on in the miniseries — someone to "carry on his work when he can no longer do it himself", although Linoge's life spans millennia, he is not imm
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Cast
Tim Daly
Constable Mike Anderson
Colm Feore
Andre Linoge
Debrah Farentino
Molly Anderson
Jeffrey DeMunn
Town Manager Robbie Beals
Julianne Nicholson
Katrina Withers
Becky Ann Baker
Ursula Godsoe
Spencer Breslin
Donny Beals
Nada Despotovich
Sandra Beals
Kathleen Chalfant
Joanna Stanhope
Steve Rankin
Jack Carver
Adam Zolotin
Davey Hopewell
Adam LeFevre
Ferd Andrews
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