A Horror movie that moves away from Torture

Rating: 8/10 (28 November 2007)

After seeing the trailers for this movie I thought it looked interesting so I went to see it with a couple of friends. I was quite pleased with it as the horror was not about torture and porn but a spooky atmosphere with horrifying events. Basically an odd mist rolls in and many of the towns people are stranded in a supermarket only to discover that there's something dangerous in the mist and they hate humans. The characters are well cast and the setting and effects are great. One of thee scariest things about this movie is what people will turn to when all hope seems lost. The religious zealot has just about everyone turned to her because they believe she will guide them to safety. (Spoilers: she was wrong). All though there is gore it isn't about some guy taking a device and slowly ripping them apart like some modern day movies.
Now this is where things go a bit downhill. So far this review has been pretty positive but there are 2 major complaints that I have. First is that the main characters the good and bad tended to do really stupid things. For example without giving too much away : A couple of people are running from the creatures hiding in a car. When they get in they stay there. No literally stay in the parked car for a bout a minute before driving away. The 2nd and major thing is the ending. It was possible the worst ending I have ever seen. I will leave it at that because I don't want to ruin it(I know I was kind of anti-climatic) but you really just have to see it for yourself.
Ending aside this was a good horror movie.