Could have been an OK movie

Rating: 1/10 (12 March 2009)

Spoilers ahead! OK, so it begins quite good, with the storm and the mist and everything looks promising. Then comes the tentacles. A little disappointing, but hey, wasn't expecting much in a S.K.-based movie. The big problem is that they looked like they easily could have broken that door but they didn't, and such a door does not close if something gets jammed under it (a safety issue). The different "bugs" and "bats" are just about tolerable as monsters, although not scary. Then all this religious crap starts. First of all people don't buy into this cultist-stuff just like that, at least not in one night. They will be busy surviving and scouting for threats rather than listening to some nut-case. Second, funny how religious people (read: always the Christians, after all this *is* small-town America, the part of USA that Hollywood just loves to hate) are always portrayed as whack-jobs, and small-town people are just easily misled hillbillies/rednecks while the great liberal artist from the big city is the ultimate good-guy and beacon of reason. The whole movie industry and their writers (obviously including Mr. King) just really like to bash those oh so dangerous Christians, huh?
And then there's the annoying ending. They could have gotten gas from other cars or from a pump before they ran out. One filling it up and another guarding with the gun. Anyone would EASILY risk that before running out. And IF they ran out they could wait for days. Eating a bullet is NOT something that becomes that tempting that quick. Besides, shooting two persons with one bullet is easily done at such close range. The improbabilities are just stacked on top of each other in a neverending pile. It would be no problem to make a better ending but noooo, they had to create a "shocking/controversial" and ultimately very UNENTERTAINING ending, making the whole movie null and void. The main character just gives up and SHOOT HIS OWN KID. Worst ending ever. The only good thing is I never paid to see this horse manure.