Stephen King's The Mist

Fear Changes Everything

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.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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

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

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Film and Publications Board (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	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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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)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Debashine Thangevelo	5
Cape Times Michael Phillips	10
iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden	15
The Citizen David Jenkin	14
Chicago Sunday Times Roger 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.	10
ReelViews 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.	18
ScreenIt 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.	9
Metacritic.com 28 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 121 critics	13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Features impressive camerawork and a politically incisive script.	14
What the People say
Internet 31613 Netizens A better than expected horror film, not for the under 12 crowd.	15
Average .. 61%	12