Everything I hoped for.

Rating: 9/10 (11 May 2008)

I'm a big Stephen King fan and have read most of his works. Yes I do agree not all his stuff are great, and he tend to repeat his themes quite often. 'The Mist' is based on one of his short stories that I happen to like a lot. The first time I read it I immediately started to wonder what it would look like as a movie. The problem is few Stephen King stories have adapted well to the screen, especially the ones when the man himself acted as director. Let's face it, King should stick to writing...
Clearly, by judging from his previous King adapt-ions, Frank Darabont is a man who knows his stuff and how to transfer the mood and tension from Kings writing to the cinema.
The Mist is dark, foreboding and everything the short story is. It was exactly like how I imagined it. I mean almost every single detail was there. Sure he took some liberties with the script, but overall it stays very true to the original story, well apart from the ending. I wont really say anything about that, but I guess you will either love it or hate it.
Overall Frank Darabont delivers again with his first adaption of a horror tale. As someone said earlier, he should be the only one allowed to work with Kings stories, and I really hope he keep doing so.