The Mist (2007)

The Mist is a movie based on the book by Stephen King, which was inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and The Lord of the Flies. Perhaps even Dawn of the Dead. but whatever influenced it, it must be said it has equally inspired others as well, among them one of the most popular PC Games "Half Life".

The Mist brings into focus a military experiment gone awry. Where portals, doorways, windows to other worlds are opened, and what lies beyond is unleashed upon mankind. But it is much more than that. It is a story of faith, and man's worst enemy: ourselves. It talks of the survival instinct but in so that it can lose a fight against our own lack of faith.

So a buddy of mine came over today and made me watch the DVD of this today, even though I watched the movie when it first came out.

Definitely upon second viewing I enjoyed this movie so much more.

The pharmacy scene is incredible. The tentacles ripping chunks of the Sherminator felt visceral. The acidy spider webs were freaky, and it just all worked better for me.

You start out at home, go to the grocery store, to the pharmacy and back to the grocery, then to the finale. This movie really was well-rounded with a lot of story. The actress who played the religious woman was awesome, especially in the scenes where she was talking to God or to the creature who spared her life, that was sweet.

When the military man at the end is explaining what the military was up to, he basically spells out the plot to the game Half-Life, awesome game by the way.

Bernie Wrightson (who designed the Impossibly Tall Creature) said his design was inspired by an illustration from a Lovecraft book that depicted a mass of tentacles atop a bunch of elephant legs.

I think the message was that mankind will bring about it's own destruction. We know curiosity killed the cat, but we rarely think about what it does to us.