Darabont & King continue a marriage made in cinematic heaven; clever blend of THE THING, THE BIRDS & THE TWILIGHT ZONE

Rating: 9/10 (27 November 2007)

THE MIST (2007) *** Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler, Jefferey DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen, Alexa Davalos, Nathan Gamble, Chris Owen, Sam Witwer. Decent Stephen King adaptation by filmmaker  and accomplished King adaptor  Frank Darabont, about the mysterious titular weather occurrence that envelops a small Maine town forcing customers of a supermarket to seek refuge from a doomsday supernatural event. A pastiche of "THE THING", "THE BIRDS", and "THE TWILIGHT ZONE"'S 'The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" incorporating end-of-the-world paranoia, mob mentality, and creepy crawly '50s B-movie monsters with spooky results and a truly controversial ending that may leave one with a bad aftertaste for such a grisly good time otherwise.