My pick for Day 8 of 31 days of my favorite scary movies is the 2007 film The Mist. Based on the 198
My pick for Day 8 of 31 days of my favorite scary movies is the 2007 film The Mist. Based on the 1980 Stephen King novella of the same name, this is my favorite adaptation of a King horror story to date. Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden lead a great cast. While these two are the main protagonist and antagonist respectively, the movie takes the time to flesh out a number of secondary characters to make them more than just random potential victims. Director Frank Darabont (who had previously helmed The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile as well as directing several horror films) does an excellent job of balancing the horror presented by the creatures roaming outside the grocery store where everyone has been trapped with the horror inside the grocery store where humanity is as usual becoming its own worst enemy. I won’t spoil the ending, but suffice it to say that even King himself agreed that it was not only excellent but something he wishes he’d thought of originally. -- source link
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