Lacked the main Ingredient of a horror movie

Rating: 4/10 (31 July 2009)

This film had a plot that made people go to the cinema because of the fantastic trailer released and the start of the film really did engage me into the storyline; the fact that the mist took away our most powerful sense (sight) caused panic and asked questions of what was to come
One of the most important attributes a horror film must have is the affection for the main character (David Drayton). It is important that the viewer starts to care for the main character when they are in danger to make the situation scary for yourself, and this film achieved this in the first hour but then Drayton makes countless mistakes:
1. ventures outside to get medication for an already dead man (who wanted to die anyway) risking 6 other lives and 2 actually died 2. approves of lighting the whole supermarket up in the night whilst killer bugs attack, attracting more 3. judging the distance in which he could leave the supermarket based on another mans efforts of 200 yards, even though the woman at the start walked out of town and the sacrificed soldier made 2 yards 4. plans to leave the supermarket which has a large supply of food and medication
the ending, which would of been very dramatic if i actually had any sympathy for this man and his lack of judgement, had me laughing in irony at the fact i had already guessed he was going to shoot everyone he loved and survive himself as he and the others were nowhere near the point of death by aliens
this is obviously not good if I'm laughing by the end of a horror movie which i had almost completely lost interest in
to sum it up the first hour was good however i did like a bit in the second half where the extreme viewed Christian woman got what she deserved; this was the moment that made me watch until the end and had the characters done more clever things like this i may of actually cared for them