A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Blistering performances.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The initial tableaux: Nurse Ana and graphic novelist Freddy ride an almost deserted bus back to their common home town of Pearl. As it turns out, both live on Canon street. There's an accident, but both seem to wake up the next morning. The kicker is that there is no telephone service and no other people.Delineation of conflicts: The protagonists have to realize that they are dead. The two leads here are more stupid than most. Instead of being an 18 minute film, this dog lasts for 90 minutes.This is an old horror cliché dating back at least to the Twilight Zone, the early version in black and white. More recently, The Frozen (also 2012) did it again.Early in their explorations of Pearl and environs, they see a storm that surrounds the town on all sides. It moves in at 0.08 miles per hour, so they have about two or three days total. Attempts to penetrate the slow dark storm are rebuffed soundly.Resolution: Do they find an escape? Be sure to watch the final 3 minutes.

I've had this movie in my To watch list for a very long time and only lately that I decided to watch it.. The beginning is thrilling and excites you for what comes next. (spoilers ahead) The script went pretty well until Freddy and Ana got to the black fog wall, the events from there began to lose sense and had somewhat of a bad sequencing and a little bit confusing .. The acting was beautiful , both actors played their parts pretty well I just felt the script was a bore to some point . The ending was unexpected , when Ana woke up from the coma back in the hospital (where she was supposed to) but Freddy wasn't I have to say I was a little disappointed .I was entertained by this movie it was a great minimalist thriller , you should definitely watch it and you'll be surprised .

Ryan Smith co-writes and directs this chilling mystery. Ana(Karolina Wydra)and Freddy(Steven Strait)meet on a bus back to their hometown. After the bus crashes, they realize they are sole survivors of the fateful journey. Ana, a nurse, and Freddy, a comic book artist, figure they must have been in comas a couple of months. They both awake in their own homes and discover there is not another living sole in their small community. When a mysterious dark fog starts to swirl and slowly encircle the center of town, they soon discover there actually is another resident alive. Resident is putting it mildly; it happens to be a chained growling, snarling demonic looking creature that is determined to claw them to death.Other players include: Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Ric Reitz, Bob Penny, April Billingsley, Madison Lintz and Chase Presley.

I just couldn't bond with this movie. In my opinion: the characters didn't seem authentic, they were facing a very traumatic situation but still found time to trade flirty wise ass banter. The genre seemed confused between horror / indie / thriller / teen-rom and the script was a festival of cliché. The production value was good - but that's not enough.What's the story with the girl being an All-American blonde haired kid turning into an adult brunette with - unless I'm mistaken - a European twang?