Storm of the Century

Typical TV fare but there's at least one great performance (Feore) and there is some good horror imagery sprinkled throughout.

Like many King works, it's a great concept, if not the best execution.

From what I can remember this was a pretty entertaining mini-series that builds up the suspense to the finale. The standout is undoubtedly a great performance from Feore as the baddie.

Stephen King Presents: Sophie's Choice

Not bad for a TV movie. But some acting was poor and visual effects were sometimes appalling. But still good, and nice ending

Writer/producer Stephen King recycles so many of his usual ideas, themes, and stock characters that he ought to get a good spanking for this one

twin peaks from temu.

A snowbound moral fable that thrives less on shocks than on the slow tightening of dread, guilt, and communal cowardice. The stormy isolation gives it a heavy, wintry mood, and the film knows how to turn ordinary decency into something fragile and negotiable, even if its television roots sometimes flatten the atmosphere. Grim, talky, and quietly poisonous. 6/10 — Cold terror, human weakness.

If you ever wanted a community theater production of a Stephen King story, boy have I got a TV mini-series for you! The thing is the underlying script is actually quite good and the antagonist is superbly acted, but the rest of the cast... an endless parade of random aspiring thespians aping a godawful Maine accent, referring to everyone--including children--by their first and last names, while wriggling their eyebrows like it's a 1920s era "talkie." Not sure how I sat through 4+ hours of it!

As is the case with most things, and especially in Stephen King stories, the mystery and suspense is superior to what we get in that final episode. I have also developed a soft spot for these corny Stephen King tales & all the character archetypes are kind of perfectly realized and acted through the large and capable ensemble cast.