<P> The first season of The Mist received mixed reviews . On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the series has a rating of 62% based on 39 reviews . On Metacritic, the series has a score of 54 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". </P> <P> Chris Scott of the Observer described it as "relentlessly bleak, mean, and downright sadistic at nearly every turn", linking this with the falling ratings over the series course . Indiewire reviewer Ben Travers described the plot as predictable and characters as "pretty awful", leaving viewers "rooting for the mist instead of those running from it .". </P> <P> Ed Power of the Daily Telegraph felt that it was a middling effort for King's works, and that it benefited from sticking to familiar horror themes and tropes . </P> <P> The Mist became available for streaming on Netflix on August 25, 2017 . </P>

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