I really wish they would have visited places that had real snowstorms instead of just introducing Hollywood-style soap-flake storms into this Stephen King´s masterpiece of a film. You can clearly see the fake soap-flakes on the clothes of the actors. Especially the ones wearing dark clothes. And never once do you see the "snow" melting off of the faces or clothes of those that have entered a house. It is so fake that it detracts from the whole feeling of the village being enveloped by snow. Great film and all and one of my all-time favorites but they really could have done it more justice with realism regarding the weather portion, which was the main theme of the movie.

The story takes place on Little Tall Island...off the coast of Maine to no surprise to King fans. A stranger named Andre Linoge (Colm Feore) comes to the island needing a dentist, but instead kills old Martha Clarendon (Rita Tuckett) and watches her TV as two fronts come together as they are in for a "storm of the century." The stranger ends up in Constable Mike Anderson's (Tim Daly) jail...but strange things begin to happen and the stranger knows all of the island's dirty little secrets and is willing to share them with the whole town. He wants something to leave....This is rather a long film. As far as Stephen King and religious themes, I liked "1408" better. King did work a cameo as a lawyer on a flyer as he sometimes does. The phrase, "Give me what I want and I will go away" was eerily repeated, something King copied from himself (The Shining). Also King's other novel/character "Dolores Claiborne" is mentioned in this film, which took place in the same location.The film is actually a short story made long by King to develop character...everyone's character. As far as entertainment about a film with a stranger, the plebeian in me likes "Traveler" with the fat Val Kilmer better.

If you like different style mystery and suspense movies; this movie could be the best one for you! You'll not be able to divine what "Andre Linoge" want from the townsfolk. In my opinion this is the best book-movie adaptation I have ever seen. Storm of the Century has an extraordinary screenplay. This is not a regular novel. Actually the origin of the book which was written by Stephen King was a scenario. Colm Feore acts amazing as "Andre Linoge". Nobody knows who is this guy and why is he here? Just a few suspense freak knows that movie; and that makes the movie more valuable. Just watch it there is no word to explain it.

This is a faithful representation of the book in that its pretty weak. The concept is pretty interesting (though as always, rather too similar to everything else Stephen King has turned out) but it just doesn't have much to give. The book was the same."Born in custard? Try the mustard!" Those little sayings really aren't very good either. If I'd lived for several thousand years I'd hope I'd have come up with better catchphrases.Worth a watch especially if, like myself, you like a few of Stephen Kings' books. Its far too long though and without any appreciable tension. One thing I found especially jarring was the use of full names. "Going to be windy, Billy Bob Jones. Nobody talks like that. You just wouldn't would you? Having seen Stephen Kings' amusing attempt to write an English character in Langoliers I suspect this is every bit as authentic.The whole biblical thing is utterly garbled too. "Legion" isn't someone's name, it just meant many whereas the character specifically states he is an individual and not immortal either. If you're going to use bits of religion or mythology in horror you need to be consistent.Also, I'm pretty sure Croaton was just the name of an especially hostile local Indian tribe. Big mystery.