This is now the time of month, darlings, where Svengoolie takes a night off, and he leaves the show to The Sven Squad--Gweengoolie, whom I like, Nostalgiaferatoo, who is the best, and The Imp, who is not. Tonight, they are showing something fresh and exciting--the 2007--my God, has it been that long? -- film of Stephen King's novella, "The Mist." A mysterious mist engulfs a town, forcing some of the town's citizenry into a supermarket. One of these is Mrs. Carmody played by the great Marica Gay Harden.
Lambs, as soon as Marcia steps onto the screen the picture is packed up and hers. She steals every scene she is in, enlivening this film which would have been deadly dull without her, and which, until the twist ending, becomes that once Maricia is off camera.
But while she is on, what a hoot! Oh, and that twist ending? Of course, I am not going to reveal it, but I can say that when I first saw this film in the theater 19 years ago, it chilled me. Now, it seems prescient to our time.
Join us all, including Baby Gojira, Little Pippin and Kerwyn for "The Mist" tonight. Channel 13 isn't showing anything good tonight, so what is your choice???????????
See you tonight at 8PM, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


2 comments:
The Mist, one of my favorite horror movies. Even though we don't get too many glimpses of the creatures, you know a film is good when just the thought of the scene and what's going on is scary enough. Love Marcia too. And it has the dishy Thomas Jane...easy on the eyes
One of the greatest controversial endings in movie history: if you visit horror discussion boards people are still arguing about it. I'll never forget the shock and awe that it dared go there: unprecedented for a mainstream movie. Even Stephen King was blown away when they suggested the change to his novel's ending, and urged them to do it. Between that, hunky Thomas Jayne, and Marcia chowing down on any scenery the monsters didn't eat first, this is a classic of "depressing existential horror". Worth the occasional rewatch.
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