The Mist: DVD Review (2008)

Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Stephen King's 1980 novella was one of last year’s more successful horror movies.

It’s about how a mysterious mist takes rise on the horizon after a storm slams into a coastal Maine town, leaving its residents rushing to repair the destruction left in its wake. Of course, nothing in the mist is as terrifying--or as heroic--as what we ourselves can become when pressed by fear.

That's the film's point and that's what it reveals so well, particularly with Marcia Gay Harden in the juicy role of the trouble-seeking, Bible-thumping Mrs. Carmody.

With Thomas Jane in the lead, the movie offers solid supporting turns from Toby Jones and Laurie Holden, several surprises tucked within the so-so special effects and genre cliches, and an ending that's so good, it proves that even in today's mass-market movies, sometimes Hollywood has the guts to turn a blind eye to the box office, focus on what best serves the story--and just get it right.

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