Scares? Not here. Suspense? Sorry. Lots of scary monsters? Nope, just bugs.

Rating: 4/10 (21 November 2007)

First off, my favorite sub-genre in horror is the Monster/Creature genre. So when I saw the tentacles grab the dude in the preview I was all excited. "Alright, The Host and now this. Fantastic." Well, sh!t. This movie let me down in almost all facets. The story goes like this: Gigantic electrical storm. Next day the mysterious mist is noticed, but no one is concerned. Main characters head to Food Store to pick up supplies etc. There they run into a man with a bloody nose who said an acquaintance was just taken by something in the mist. Some nice scenes take place pretty early on including the generator scene and some nice Mist rolling over the surrounding area. Bang, suddenly the movie hits a gear that was just incredibly unappealing.
There are zero scares, unless you count the cheap scares; loud noises, scares you see coming a mile away but are made to make you jump no matter what. For a movie that revolves around Mist and not knowing what's out there, and realizing how low it reads on the Tension-meter, is astounding. But instead of focusing on the creatures and the mist, they have to add the evil human characters. That entire sub-plot was a draining part of the story. I just didn't care in the slightest what she was saying, how people were reacting to her or anything. Just completely useless in my book. Show me the big creatures, give me some serious suspense, show me some blood! Well, you don't get much of it, and probably half of the blood you see is human caused. Weak. Besides the story being a letdown, there were also many others aspects I disliked. The characters overall were very unlikable, most likely because they were just cliché, been there done that stuff. Come on now, they had a elderly lady used for comic relief! Thanks but no thanks, if I wanna see that I'll watch some cartoons. You've got another character, who stole the show acting wise, playing the bagger. But guess what, he's the most intelligent one in the store, not to mention he won states in a target shooting contest. See where I'm going? It's like that.
I don't want to complain all day about the CGI, or the lack of scares, or the lack of creatures (again, bugs and flying things we've all seen before) but it's so damn tough not to. I was incredibly letdown, and if you're a serious fan of horror, you should see this flick as nothing special. It's just a completely average affair. But for a wide-ranging audience, I think it'll fit the bill. Nice job Hollywood you did it again! When creature movies are done wrong, they're done very wrong. I think I'll pop in The Thing later on.....now that will deliver everything this movie lacked. And the funny thing is, in the beginning of the movie, you see a painting of The Thing.