A chilling tale

Rating: 10/10 (27 October 2008)

I have to start by saying that The Mist is so much more than your prototypical horror movie. Throughout the movie there is just a chilling aspect to it that you can't put your finger on. With most horror movies or movies of this type you watch it knowing that there will be some kind of breakthrough and that the good guys will make it, however in this movie you sit spellbound to it, knowing that they are fighting an extremely uphill battle that is likely not to succeed. There is not any one character that dominates this movie to me, but instead its a good ensemble cast that each adds to to the mix. The Mist itself just lends to the mystery of what is coming after them. The way I looked at it was that the mist represented our fears..the fears that we just can't see but we know its there..lurking in the shadows. In closing this is a pretty good movie that may leave some feeling just a little bit colder.