Makes The Fog look like Romper Room

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2007)

*Thanks to a local radio station giving away free passes I was able to go to an advanced screening of SK's "The Mist" last night.
Let me be short & to the point; This film is GREAT!! "The Mist" makes Carpenter's "The Fog" look like "It's a Wonderful Life" (& I'm a big fan of The Fog). The Mist is very true to SK's novella with an alternative ending thrown in that is THE most depressing cinematic ending since Disney's "Old Yeller." The characters are engaging & the critters that emerge from the mist are THE most disturbing & skin-crawling creations since Peter Jackson's King Kong crevice creatures(HP Lovecraft would be proud). There is a fair amount of blood & gore in the film but it's not over-done or over the top. Suspense & characterizations are where The Mist draws its true power from not SPFX (most of the critters are CGI but it's done fairly well). Overall, I had a BLAST with this film. Director Frank Darabont (who has directed The Shawshank Redemption & The Green Mile)has directed one for the books gang & a film not to be missed or put off till it comes to DVD.
BloodStone's recommendation: Do not miss The Mist.
BloodStone's rating 9.5 out of 10.