The Mist
Dir: Frank Darabont
2007
****
The Mist is a refreshingly good sci-fi horror film. Stephen King films are always hit and miss but with Frank Darabont directing, I'm not sure why I even doubted it! There is good character development, realism and social commentary that are typical of King's novels but not so much in horror films. That is where the real strength of this films lies. If you'd have told me the storyline before I watched, I probably wouldn't have bothered but it actually works really well and as for that now infamous ending, it's beautifully bleak and wonderfully horrific, don't let people put you off, this how great horror films should end!