Once again a Stephen King novel comes to the big screen. This time it's one of his earlier short stories called The Mist.

The Mist is about a Movie Poster designer who along with his family experience and bad storm only to wake up to wreckage across the town. When a neighbor asks for a lift to the local grocery store a Mist covers the entire town, but there's something (or somethings) behind the Mist keep the customers trapped in the store. But the question is if the bigger problem is outside the store or inside the store?

I was actually quite surprised with this movie. In the beginning I wanted to see what the fuck was behind the Mist. But as the movie goes on you see that the struggle between the people who want to get out and a religious woman's rant about the end of times becomes a story in itself. There are your standard "shock" moments when you begin to see some of the things coming from the Mist. The Director did a good job not revealing too much behind what's in the Mist after the fact you find out how the Mist occurred. The movie keeps you intrigued with how these people are going to get out of the store and what ultimately is waiting for them in the mist leading to a shocking ending.

It's definitely worth going to check out. One of the better Monster / Drama movies I've seen in a minute.

7.5 / 10