The Mist
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I’m a Stephen King fan. I can still remember being in junior high and reading Pet Cemetery. When I would finish for the night, lay the book on the floor next to my bed and get ready to turn off the lights – and I would be freaked out beyond all human comprehension. I could not even glance in the direction of that book with that scary cat on the cover.
On November 21, the newest movie based on a King story is going to his theaters. The Mist opens the day before Thanksgiving, so you should have plenty of time to get your rear end into a theater seat and prepare to be creeped out. I read The Mist by Stephen King years ago and it’s one of the author’s stories that still gives me the chills when I think about the premise.
Being trapped in a situation where there is peril outside the doors can bring out the best and the worst in people. I used to work at a television station and some of us got snowed in during a massive, dangerous blizzard. I got panicky, not being able to leave as I pleased. I felt boxed-in and out of control. Being trapped there for several days showed me which of my coworkers were patient and helpful, and which ones were self serving and irritable. It also showed me who not to stand next to when nobody had showered for a while.
Back to The Mist, though. As a parent, it gave me chills to hear the young bys whisper to his father, “don’t let the monsters get me.” If I had to be trapped like the people in the movie, I would want to be right there with my daughter, so I knew for sure where she was and that I was protecting her to my fullest.
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