I tend to watch 10 - 20 films a week an have a little reputation as a film critic amongst my friends, The mist was at least original most horror sci-fi tends to be low budget poorly written crap fests like Alien VS Preditor. Most of the Aliens are either a variation on the Roswell Greys or something close to Alien so it makes a change to see somthing other than a screaming teenager thats cute an blond or tall an has a chizeld jaw.
The Mist has some incredibaly poniont moments in it like the bit in the bathroom where the god squad was asking for help because she thought it was judgement day an the bit in the car at the end where they decide that they would rather die than be stranded with no hope of escape. The way the soldiers decided to commit suicide rather than face up to the fact that they are partialy responsable for what has happend.