Synopsis

An unprecedented blizzard cuts off the residents of Little Tall Island from the mainland. As the isolated community struggles to survive, a mysterious stranger named Andre Linoge arrives and begins exposing the islanders' secrets. His demands force the townspeople to confront fear, guilt, and the moral limits of collective survival while Constable Mike Anderson searches for a way to protect his family and neighbors.

Factoids & Trivia

• Stephen King wrote the story specifically for television rather than adapting one of his novels or short stories. The screenplay was published in book form shortly before the ABC broadcast.

• The miniseries was filmed in 1998, using locations in Maine, Toronto, Winnipeg, and San Francisco. The fictional setting of Little Tall Island also appears in King's novel Dolores Claiborne.

• Andre Linoge's surname is an anagram of "Legion," connecting the character to the biblical account of a demonic presence identifying itself as many.

• Stephen King makes a brief background cameo as a sleazy lawyer in a television commercial shown inside Martha Clarendon's home.

• The production won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries or Movie.

• Several details connect the miniseries to other King works. The children's book "The Little Puppy" recalls The Shining, while Linoge's cane is the same prop associated with Stu Redman in The Stand.

• King has described Storm of the Century as his favorite television production based on his work.