H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos has long been one of King's guiding influences, and Frank Darabont's adaptation of The Mist honors that relationship while also working as a 21st-century political parable.

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Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 17, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 4, 2008

[This] grocery-store survival drama, dominated by Marcia Gay Harden as a shrill fundamentalist, serves as a crude but effective allegory for post-9/11 America.

| Jan 3, 2008

It's a horror movie of real conviction. It deserves to be a hit.

| Dec 1, 2007

A near-campy escapist thrill ride.

Full Review | Nov 27, 2007

The Mist builds toward a climax so wrenching that I hesitate to recommend the film, but I think Darabont earns his vision.

Full Review | Nov 26, 2007

Even though it is mindless, at least until the provocative ending, The Mist manages to provide some decent old-school shocks.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 24, 2007

The Shawshank Redemption, was splendid; the second, The Green Mile, wasn't; and now The Mist continues the slide. I wouldn't say this is laugh-out-loud risible, but there are definitely moments.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 23, 2007

By catching his protagonists between equally oppressive horrors, Darabont successfully finds the squelchy heart of King's story, and keeps it pumping until the ugly end.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Nov 21, 2007

The filmmaker writes himself into a corner he just can't get out of, and no matter which way he twists or turns the tale the only thing his film manages to create is a monstrous sense of disappointed dissatisfaction.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 21, 2007

The movie has plenty of payoff, especially in the exciting and nerve-wracking final hour. You can try guessing what will happen next, but you'll probably be wrong.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 21, 2007

Like the sad, doomed shoppers in The Mist, if movie-goers are going to be trapped in a dark room for several hours, surrounded by a motley who's-who of humanity, the experience should count for something more.

| Nov 21, 2007

There's a glib twist at the end, which seems out of character, and the movie could easily lose 20 minutes, maybe 40.

| Nov 21, 2007

The issues raised may make for some lively debate on the way home -- especially if it's foggy out.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 21, 2007

It'll look especially familiar to fans of the popular Silent Hill video games, which are said to have been inspired by King's 1980 story.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 21, 2007

Harden's Mrs. Carmondy would bring the whole production down if it weren't already flawed for other reasons.

Full Review | Nov 21, 2007

The Mist is one of the best screamfests I've seen in years, and a whale of an entertainment.

Full Review | Nov 21, 2007

A combination monster/disaster movie, it explores issues as fundamentally elusive as the nature of man, the existence of God and the purpose of religion, and its conclusions aren't going to leave anybody feeling too good about whatever they believe.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 21, 2007

It's an old-fashioned spooker that gives the boogey-man more than a fighting chance, and leaves you more concerned about the evil out there than you were before you survived the experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 21, 2007