horror as it should always have been

Rating: 8/10 (29 July 2008)

In Frank Darabont's 'The Mist', we find ourselves locked inside of a grocery store with about 20 or 30 other people. And there's a catch...
You can't leave, or else you will die.
Stephen King's original story captured the minds and imaginations of hundreds of thousands of people, including mine, with the thought of monsters in a mist. You're being attacked by monsters, you know that. But what do these monsters look like? You can't see an inch in front of your face in the mist.
Darabont, the masterful director behind such amazing films as 'The Shawshank Redemption', and 'The Green Mile' made a great film once more.
It captures the claustrophobic feeling, the thought that once you run out of food, then what will happen? What if the plate-glass window in the front of the store breaks? What if these things get in? And just to put the cherry on top: watch out for the religious nut, Mrs. Carmody.
The film has one downside: the music towards the end. To me, that's the only thing.
Yes, it's true the ending is depressing, yes, it's hopeless. But if you think it's too hopeless, too depressing, then you've got to spend sometime on a place I like to call earth.
In the words of Jim Morrison, "No one here gets out alive." Recommeded: The 2 disc DVD has a black and white version of the film, I prefer that.