Utterly Terrifying and Effective, Even If Ending is Unsatisfying

Rating: 9/10 (26 November 2007)

This is one of the most effectively done horror/science fiction movies to come out of Hollywood in years. Even though I read the short story, the sense of reality in the film totally creeped me out. In fact, I was on the edge, or jumping out of my seat, for the whole movie. I thought the initial mist overwhelming the store scenes were so believable...the sense of claustrophobia and suppressed panic was stupendous. I did find most of the creatures very well done, although the tentacle thing was cheesy.
I was disappointed with the ending. Sure, it's true to life, and could have happened that way I suppose, but it just makes everything seem so pointless...all the forays into danger, the courageous run to the outside world. Finally, it seemed out of character with David's character development. He could NOT have done that to his own child. No matter what the ultimate fate, at that point they still had some options.