"The Mist" * (out of four): In the worst film about a weather pattern since 2005's "The Fog", Stephen King go-to adapter Frank Darabont launches this dreadful misfire that works as neither horror nor social commentary.

There’s something very wrong in “The Mist”. And I don’t mean the wholly unscary CGI beasties that pop out exactly as expected to gobble up the supporting cast of Frank Darabont’s horrendous adaptation of Stephen King’s novella. No, I’m referring more to the stilted pacing, sub-B-level acting and unintentional-laugh-filled script. How could Mr. Darabont – Hollywood’s Stephen King go-to adapter after 1994’s fan favorite, “The Shawshank Redemption”, and 1999’s schmaltz-fest, “The Green Mile” – have gone so amiss? Well, let’s start from the top.

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