Home video sales and rental giant Blockbuster Inc. has launched a free online game inspired by The Weinstein Co.’s big-screen adaptation of the Stephen King horror tale The Mist. Available now through April 8 at www.blockbuster.com, the game pits players against the predatory creatures from the movie and highlights the fact that Blockbuster will have exclusive rentals of film when it is released on DVD on March 25.
Based on a novella by King, The Mist stars Thomas Jane as a father struggling to protect his son and fellow townspeople trapped in a grocery store when a mysterious mist rolls into a small town in Maine, unleashing strange, deadly creatures. In addition to fending off the various otherworldly attackers, the survivors have to watch out for one another as desperation causes a major breakdown in civility.
The Mist game has players battling their way through three levels based on scenes in the film. Those who escape the mist and win the game get a sneak peak of an exclusive interview with Stephen King and director/screenwriter Frank Darabont. The full version of this interview will be featured on the rental DVD. In addition to the game, the splash page will feature the movie trailer and DVD rental options and coupons.
Blockbuster’s exclusive U.S. rental agreement with The Weinstein Co. has also included the Stephen King/Frank Darabont horror thriller 1408, The Nanny Diaries, the Michael Moore documentary Sicko and the Grindhouse double feature consisting of Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror.
