'The Mist' is Clearly a Masterful Horror.

And I'm not trolling you. It's strained from a Stephen King writing, therefore I fearlessly conclude that 'The Mist' is clearly a masterful horror.

What do we get from King? Let me think. '1408' which trembled my hands and made me fear of the 13th floor of hotels; 'The Shining', I am speechlesss. I've read almost third of her paperbacks and I am easily attached--when it comes to the horror narrative, Stephen King is a pro.

Regretful that I bought the DVD way too late. I freakin' <3 this.

A massive storm stirs in the town of Bridgton, Maine implicating panic-purchase to surviving citizens that seeks refuge by buying 'ready-to-hoard' supplies. David (Thomas Jane) and his son Billy set out to a not so remote grocery store and finds themselves trapped with the sudden arrival of a thick fog that they believe is fatal.

Things are found out, and the trapped wished they never found out. Now, the trapped survivors find themselves face-to-face to a web of conflicting emotions and character; a crazy bitch; and a flesh-eating E.T.

I want to emphasize the credits I want to give to Mr. King for bringing such genuinely magnetic narrative. 'The Mist' has this complicated ensemble of different issues--politics, religion, human psychology and alienation. And unusual to the brave attempts of else films, 'The Mist' makes it look breezy and easy and not too complicated to the extent of probable confusion.

The actors easily portrayed their roles, Thomas Jane as a loving father (albeit that became inconsistent at times--I don't know if it's just me); Tobie Jones and Laurie Holden are two of the characters that make David's fight easier; however the real star here is Marcia Gay Harden (Home, Mystic River, The Hoax) playing an annoying "true" believer of God.

Harden's portrayal becomes non-calculative--if that's even a term, when she dominates the ensemble of survivors succeeding to convince them to assault the 'sinners' of God which happened to be the side of the field of David. I kept yelling 'bitch!' every time her character does her bitchy stuff, which means the character is tastefully effective.

Albeit appreciative by the script, there are things to be complacent about too. Commoners in the flaws-of-the-horror-genre-sville. The utter stupidity of the survivors, in one scene in which they lit up a fire to throw at the otherworldly flying gigantic wasps, they ended up incinerating the grocery store. This, painfully cheapens the movie.

Anyway, King proves that he IS a master storyteller of the pages and if the big screen summoned his writing,  he is sure to come in a flash with a slick skill of terrifying the viewers.