Stuck between flesh eating monsters on one side and murderous religious fanatics on the other. Isn't that just the human condition? Black and white version is superior both for feeling like the darkest 1950's monster movie by Bert I. Gordon or Jack Arnold from another universe and for masking the CGI.
I've seen THE MIST several times in theaters and guaranteed every time the audience gives a roaring applause when Ollie brains Mrs. Harmony. And rightly so.