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Stephen King's The Mist

Fear Changes Everything

I can just sense there's a monster around here....

Set in a small town, a mysterious mist descends upon it, trapping a group of inhabitants inside a supermarket. Once they realise that there are other-worldly ''things'' in the mist, they are loathe to leave the safety of the store. They need to rely on and trust each other to deal with what is outside, but as the situation develops, true colours emerge and the people inside may be more dangerous than whatever is out there...

124 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence)
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen

Director

Frank Darabont

Screenplay

Frank Darabont, from the novel by Stephen King

Music

Mark Isham

Cinematography

Ronn Schmidt

Editing

Hunter M. Via

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2007

Produced by

Darkwoods Productions, Dimension Films

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Horror
Language	Extremely strong, frequent, includes blasphemy
Nudity	None
Sex	Brief mild sexual innuendo
Violence	Continuous, bloody and gory
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarDebashine Thangevelo

Cape TimesMichael Phillips

iAfrica.comNils van der Linden

The CitizenDavid Jenkin

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert If you have seen ads or trailers suggesting that horrible things pounce on people, and they make you think you want to see this movie, you will be correct. It is a competently made Horrible Things Pouncing on People Movie. If you think Frank Darabont has equaled the ''Shawshank'' and ''Green Mile'' track record, you will be sadly mistaken.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli The Mist is what a horror film should be - dark, tense, and punctuated by just enough gore to keep the viewer's flinch reflex intact. In fact, that movie's ending is so uncompromising that one must assume director Frank Darabont had final cut so the studio couldn't interfere.

ScreenIt (USA) The film can't decide if it wants to play it straight (at least within the parameters of the genre) or go the camp route. The resultant combination often feels like it's battling itself, especially considering the unexpected and certainly un-Hollywood-like ending that Darabont has tacked onto King's original conclusion.

Metacritic.com28 critics

RottenTomatoes.com121 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Features impressive camerawork and a politically incisive script.

Internet (IMDB)31613 Netizens A better than expected horror film, not for the under 12 crowd.

Average .. 61%

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