Stephen King's The Mist

Surprisingly, Stephen King's The Mist is actually quite a good film. But come on... where's the fun in saying that in a cartoon?

Frank Darabont returns to familiar territory with King, having previously directed big screen adaptions of his work with both the Green mile, and Shawshank Redemption. The plot is simple, a Mist ( not a Fog ) rolls into town trapping a whole bunch of people in a supermarket. They quickly discover the mist hides something terrible ( again, not the Fog ), and these fears threaten to tear them apart.

The Mist is tense and well-written, with great ensemble cast coming together to make a film which is both frightening, smart, and ultimately very bleak. Think of Cloverfield, but smarter, and you won't go far wrong ( though even Cloverfield has more of a Hollywood ending than this one ). An unexpected and curiously satisfying film.