Its a Mist-ery

Rating: 7/10 (2 July 2008)

Comparisons to John Carpenter's The Fog are inevitable when dealing with any spooky weather condition the difference is in the fact that this film was made in a world post 911. Because even though we know its monsters it is always hinted at that it could be in fact a terrorist attack, but its not I assure you, it's something much worse. The trouble with horror films is there are just so many of them and not a week goes by that your local cinema isn't showing a group of bikini clad teenagers in constant peril. The difference with The Mist is that it isn't beautiful collage graduates on a jaunt that are in trouble here its ordinary everyday folk like you and me. Its really young kids and old folks and dads and shop keepers all thrust together in very powerful and frightening situation and just like that fateful New York day they are going to have to work together to survive. Based on the writing of Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont 'The Mist' rolls in and with it quite nasty lovecraftian gribblies that by chance or not do look incredibly similar to those of another big hit film set in New York. The cast of relatively unknowns here do a great job of steering the films action and pace, the CGI is good and the ending will blow your mind. The Mist bases a great deal of its horror on suspense and the unknown like Blair Witch or The Orphanage before it and it is a throw back to the horror of the 1950 end of the world scenarios (so much so that the American DVD release contains a black and white version of the film). Packed with tension, jumps and scares it's a must see movie, oh and did I mention the amazing ending?