Stephen King's film adaptations: The Mist

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2009)

The Mist (2007) is a very entertaining film from Frank Darabont. I was surprised by how well this film was. Because Frank Darabont directed it, I thought it would be another weepy flick like The Green Mile or The Shawshank Redemption. Boy was I wrong. I would rank this at the top of Stephen King's movie adaptations. It not only stayed very true to the original source material, but it improved on several things (Mrs. Carmody was hot instead of a being an old crone being one). The story is one of survival horror, a strange mist comes into town bringing with it something wicked and terrifying.
I wished the theatrical release was shot in black and white (When Stephen King wrote The Mist he always pictured it being shot in Cinemascope and in black and white). Darabont also felt the same way but shot the film in color for commercial reasons (but the two disc DVD has a black in white version!) A very awesome flick that's a scary, creepy and a whole lot of fun.
Highly recommended