FAQ for
The Mist (2007)

"Host Of The Seraphim" by Dead Can Dance.

A complex and intriguing tale that's more about humanity than a bunch of monsters. -- David Levin, Reel.com

One of the scariest King films since Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. -- Tash Robinson, The Onion's A.V. Club

Good and creepy, The Mist comes from a Stephen King novella and is more the shape, size and quality of the recent 1408, likewise taken from a King story, than anything in the persistently fashionable charnel house inhabited by the "Saw" and "Hostel" franchises. -- Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

If you want an explanation for the insect monsters (and this is not really giving anything away), there is speculation that they arrived through a rift in the space-time continuum. Rifts in s-t continuums are one of the handiest inventions of science fiction. -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Screw-loose doomsday thriller works better as a gross-out B-movie than as a psychological portrait of mankind under siege, marred by one-note characterizations and a tone that veers wildly between snarky and hysterical. -- Justin Chang, Variety

A MASTERPIECE! One of the most shocking movie endings EVER! -- Pete Hammond, Maxim

A wickedly entertaining thrill ride! -- Richard Roeper, Ebert and Roeper

The Mist is not only one of the best movies of 2007, it's one of the best horror movies ever made. Period. --Maryann Johanson, The Flick Filosopher