A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
The Mist started off as a routine horror flick, with deliberately-B movie style monsters, blood and screaming people running madly about. And, to be fair, it doesn't pretend to be anything else. But I found out, to devastating impact, that this powerful fantasy disaster from Frank Darabont, adapted from a novella by Stephen King, is not a film to underestimate. With a pace that takes it's time, but never bores, we watch as a neighbourhood starts to come to terms with a major disaster. There is a mist surrounding the county, and creatures are hiding under the cover of it. These creatures vary between enormous tentacled beasts to neck-biting bugs. Although reminiscent to many bug-frights in the past, the idea of the mist adds a whole new dimension. Trapped in a suppermarket, the residents of a small New England town are plagued by these beings (and more), and to be fair to them, they put up a good defence. From hacking off toothed tentacles to setting fire to winged beasts they try to fight these horrors. Although I'm trying my hardest not to spoil anything that may come as a surprise to a first-time viewer, I must mention the grim, hard to accept ending which packs so many punches it's hard to recover from the shock and upset. Never before have I seen a film, let alone a horror film, to manipulate it's audience's wish for comfort and throw it back at them more effectively than this film. If you have seen The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, all I can say is that it is along the same lines as that terribly unforgiving, emotional ending.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Horror based on the novella by Stephen King. After a number of people in a small town in Maine are killed by supernatural creatures lurking in a thick fog, a small group of survivors led by artist David Drayton (Thomas Jane) take shelter in a local supermarket. The frightened survivors attempt to discover the origins of the deadly mist, with rumours pointing toward an experiment conducted at a nearby military base. As the world around them slowly descends into a literal hell-on-earth, one of the survivors calls for Old Testament-style sacrifices in order to pacify the malevolent forces.
Horror based on the novella by Stephen King. After a number of people in a small town in Maine are killed by supernatural creatures lurking in a thick fog, a small group of survivors led by artist David Drayton (Thomas Jane) take shelter in a local supermarket. The frightened survivors attempt to discover the origins of the deadly mist, with rumours pointing toward an experiment conducted at a nearby military base. As the world around them slowly descends into a literal hell-on-earth, one of the survivors calls for Old Testament-style sacrifices in order to pacify the malevolent forces.
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