Well, I took my own advice and had Netflix rush a copy of The Mist to my apartment. By the way, when I say Netflix rushes copies to my place, I’m not kidding. Seriously, they’re insane. Sometimes I send out a movie in the morning, they’re ready to ship me another one that night. These things come faster than I can fall through coffee tables.

So The Mist came in and I was prepared to enjoy a nice little horror experience. As I stated on DVD Tuesday, I wanted to check out the Black and White version, but I’m an idiot. If you want to see the Black and White version, be sure to get the Bonus Disc! Color notwithstanding, I popped in the movie and, two hours and seven minutes later, was SHOCKED to find that there IS something in The Mist. It’s a pair of balls!

This is a horror movie that goes all out: It’s tense, bloody, and shockingly hopeless. It also does something that you just don’ t see in big studio movies. It rolls the dice on a controversial ending. Without giving too much away, this is an ending you’d expect from Night Of The Living Dead or The Thing (which gets a not-so-subtle nod in the opening scene). I would expect to find this as an “alternate ending” hidden on the DVD, and I couldn’t be happier. I have a tendency to complain about the PG-13 horror films, watered down retreads made acceptable for mass audience, and to see a movie like The Mist taking chances, it’s invigorating. People seem to forget that these are HORROR movies. They’re made to fill you with a sense of dread. This movie could have taken the easy way out. It didn’t. Whether you liked it or not, you’ve gotta admit it was ballsy.

If you haven’t guessed, I’m telling you to rent this thing immediately.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 31st, 2008 at 12:17 am and is filed under Film, Editorial. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Well, I took my own advice and had Netflix rush a copy of The Mist to my apartment. By the way, when I say Netflix rushes copies to my place, I’m not kidding. Seriously, they’re insane. Sometimes I send out a movie in the morning, they’re ready to ship me another one that night. These things come faster than I can fall through coffee tables.

So The Mist came in and I was prepared to enjoy a nice little horror experience. As I stated on DVD Tuesday, I wanted to check out the Black and White version, but I’m an idiot. If you want to see the Black and White version, be sure to get the Bonus Disc! Color notwithstanding, I popped in the movie and, two hours and seven minutes later, was SHOCKED to find that there IS something in The Mist. It’s a pair of balls!

This is a horror movie that goes all out: It’s tense, bloody, and shockingly hopeless. It also does something that you just don’ t see in big studio movies. It rolls the dice on a controversial ending. Without giving too much away, this is an ending you’d expect from Night Of The Living Dead or The Thing (which gets a not-so-subtle nod in the opening scene). I would expect to find this as an “alternate ending” hidden on the DVD, and I couldn’t be happier. I have a tendency to complain about the PG-13 horror films, watered down retreads made acceptable for mass audience, and to see a movie like The Mist taking chances, it’s invigorating. People seem to forget that these are HORROR movies. They’re made to fill you with a sense of dread. This movie could have taken the easy way out. It didn’t. Whether you liked it or not, you’ve gotta admit it was ballsy.

If you haven’t guessed, I’m telling you to rent this thing immediately.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 31st, 2008 at 12:17 am and is filed under Film, Editorial. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.