Mrs. Guest and I spent some snuggle time on the couch last night watching Storm of the Century, a movie (mini-series) based on a story by Steven King.
While the ending of the movie seemed exactly Kingish to me, it felt unsatisfactory. I was wondering if anybody had read the story they based the movie on, and if so, how did the book end, and did it seem satisfactory to you? I’m trying to decide if the ending of the movie felt unsatisfying to me because of what I wanted to happen, or if it was the way the movie makers portrayed it. Perhaps that was what Mr. King wanted when he finished writing the story?
Did the movie remain generally true to the original story?
I both saw it and looked through the book, not reading the book entirely. I believe the script that was published was filmed verbatim.
From my memory, the main dude gives his child to Linoge. Linoge lets all the other kids go. Years pass, town awkardly moves on, and main dude walks down the street. He sees his kid with Linoge, turns to look at him. The kid turns around and flashes a brief demon face at his father.
burpo I did not know that steven king did “written for tv” stuff. I don’t know why that surprises me, but it does.
Mahaloth yeah, exactly, the whole denouement of the movie was just not up to par with the rest of the show (all though it was getting to be a bit long before the end). But, if it was never originally a book story to begin with there is no point in my entire premise for this thread.
I read the book and watched the mini-series twice. This is one of the rare instances when the filmed version was better than the book. The actor who played the baddie, I think his name was Colm Feore (but I’m too lazy to IMDb him) was awfully good. I thought he deserved an Emmy nom. He’d make a good Bond villain.
The only thing that I recall being slightly disappointed about in the tv series was that in the book ISTR a really big wave hitting the Island and the series didn’t show that. I like really big waves. I have spent hours watching tsunami vids.
There was “Golden Years”, the 7-part miniseries he did for CBS in 1991(8 years before “Storm Of The Century” btw), taken from a story idea he never published.
Steve-o wrote an episode of “Tales From the Darkside,” (I don’t remember where I read this) that apparently took less than a month from writing to broadcast!
He also wrote an episode for a proposed series (that never happened) based on “Strawberry Spring,” from Night Shift.
I’ll look around for cites, if anyone cares. But first, a nap.
