Frank Darabont's THE MIST

Jet_Jaguar · Post by **Jet_Jaguar** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:23 -0700

I'm looking forward to seeing this movie tomorrow night. It looks like it will be a good scary film. IMO, there haven't been very many good scary films lately. I like the Stephen King novella and the audio dramatization from the 80s (just for fun, I once listened to a little bit of it on my iPod in a grocery store!), so I'm interested in this movie. Stephen King says that he likes Frank Darabont's adaptation of The Mist:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/movie ... ref=slogin[/i]

tayocham · Post by **tayocham** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 13:43 -0700

The King/Darabont team scored big with both "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile." I loved both of those, but I'm having my doubts about this one. I can't really put my finger on it.

Maybe if they moved it into a prison...

VikingSpawn · Post by **VikingSpawn** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 15:29 -0700

Please let us know if the new Indy 4 trailer is attached to this one! (It wasn't in Beowulf..)

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 20:58 -0700

Same here! This one looks great. The trailer is truly creepy.

More films I am dying to see in the next couple months include "I Am Legend", "Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem" (which looks really hot), and "Cloverfield" or whatever it will be called.

I just saw an advance screening of Beowulf in IMAX 3D last Thursday. It rocked. Anyone else enjoy it?

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:10 -0700

When I read the novella, I kept thinking this is The Trollenberg Terror except it takes place in a grocery store rather than a hotel. True, he has a few other creepies besides the tentacles, but its the same story.

The Trollenberg Terror, starring Forest Tucker and Janet Munro, was released in the US as The Crawling Eye in the late 1950's. It's a pretty good flick and well worth a look.

tayocham · Post by **tayocham** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 19:10 -0700

Stan Sakai wrote:When I read the novella, I kept thinking this is The Trollenberg Terror except it takes place in a grocery store rather than a hotel. True, he has a few other creepies besides the tentacles, but its the same story.

The Trollenberg Terror, starring Forest Tucker and Janet Munro, was released in the US as The Crawling Eye in the late 1950's. It's a pretty good flick and well worth a look.

I saw the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of it. In fact, it was the first episode on cable! Not a bad little sci-fi flick.

But I'll probably go see this one. If only because of the people involved.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 20:43 -0700

Todd Shogun wrote:I just saw an advance screening of Beowulf in IMAX 3D last Thursday. It rocked. Anyone else enjoy it?

I cannot wait to see this one!

Jet_Jaguar · Post by **Jet_Jaguar** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:18 -0700

VikingSpawn wrote:Please let us know if the new Indy 4 trailer is attached to this one! (It wasn't in Beowulf..)

Sorry, no Indy 4 trailer in front of The Mist.

I liked the movie quite a bit. It's a good, tense horror movie a little bit reminiscent of George Romero and John Carpenter. I think it's one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever made. There's a neat little surprise right in the first scene for fans of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

I actually have a DVD of The Crawling Eye/The Trollenberg Terror that I picked up for about $5 once, but I've never gotten around to watching it. Maybe I'll give it a try sometime soon. I have been on a bit of a monster movie kick (mostly kaijyu films), so maybe The Crawling Eye will fit in well with other stuff I've been watching.

VikingSpawn · Post by **VikingSpawn** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 22:23 -0700

Yea, I saw it too. Real good movie and very suspensful. I had no idea what direction the movie was taking in some parts. It has to be one of the best of the Stephen King movies so far. Very creepy and great score....and the ending is nutz!!!

Jet_Jaguar · Post by **Jet_Jaguar** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 17:41 -0700

I forgot to mention that there's a scene in The Mist where there's a brief shot of a rack of comic books. I didn't get a good look at any of them, guess I'll have to wait for the DVD.