Monday, 5 April 2010

The Mist


"Everyone thought of it as a harmless lightning storm. When Dave Drayton notices a strange mist on the lake, he thinks nothing of it. When his son, Billy Drayton, his neighbor Brent Norton, and himself travel to the supermarket, the unthinkable happens." - IMDB

I thought this was going to be just another light horror movie about natural elements.

How wrong I was. This is a very, very good psychological horror movie with some really hokey physical horror bits. The creature in the mist is real enough, but the joy in this movie is watching what happens when you coup up a group of people together in a space. Very claustrophobic atmosphere and you can feel the menace and how easy it is to manipulate group dynamics.

The ending is heartbreakting and not at all what you would expect.

I loved it. It combines supernatural horror, conspiracy theory and B movie all in one. It is on Sky at the moment. Catch it if you can.

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