The Mist

Rating: Null/10 (5 March 2009)

A horror film in the truest sense of the word, The Mist's chills and thrills strike from as many different angles as the creatures that terrorise the protagonists.
While it's the moments of human horror that are the most effective, what's going on outside the supermarket is terrifying indeed, with all the fantastical elements handled in a pleasingly real-world, logical way. Just as pleasing is the fact that - almost unheard of in the horror genre - no one makes any stupid decisions - when people venture out to certain death it's for a damn good reason.
My one major criticism is that Marcia Gay Harden's religious nutcase is given considerably more screen time than she warrants and the purpose she serves the story is poorly developed (despite her screen time) and not entirely plausible.
The brilliant, inspired ending must rank among the finest of recent years.