Friday, March 28, 2008

The Mist



This movie ROCKS!!! pete its way better then The Host and its 100 times better then Cloverfield. It has by far the most BURTAL ending i have seen in a long time. Stephen King for the WIN!!!!
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6 comments:

  1. Pete3/30/2008 4:35 PM

    Cool. A coworker was telling me about it. It sounds vaugely like an HP Lovecraft story, not any particular one mind you.

    Ah-ha. "The story makes brief mention of the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, as the creatures and the concept of their origin in another dimension share a similarity with themes which commonly appeared in Lovecraft's writing. King has widely praised Lovecraft as a horror writer and has directly borrowed from him in several other stories." (Wikipedia)

    The novella was written before AD&D's Ravenloft, and likely influenced it, I'd postulate.

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  2. Robert Martin3/31/2008 10:04 AM

    Lovecraft + 1/2 life = The Mist

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  3. Mr. Alex3/31/2008 10:52 AM

    Apparently, this story was one of the original inspirations for Half-Life...

    I didn't see it because around the time of its release, early/midwinter, the major weather type at my house is myst/fog. That, and the film's creepy crawlies are a bit too creepy for me (my reward for watching Alien when I was 8 years old). Just reading about this movie (and I did read about its ending) made me think twice about letting the cats out in the morning...

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  4. Robert Martin3/31/2008 11:57 AM

    half-life. Bigtime.

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  5. Pete3/31/2008 12:30 PM

    Trans-dimensional creepy crawlies are the best kind!

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  6. Mr. Alex3/31/2008 1:28 PM

    There's something in my mammal brain that just doesn't cope well with mouths that have more than one hinge to them :-(

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