The Mist (film)

The Mist is a 2007 American science-fiction horror film tragedy based on the 1980 novella \”The Mist\” by Stephen King. The film was written and directed by Frank Darabont. The plot revolves around members of the small town of Bridgton, Maine, who after a severe thunderstorm meet in a supermarket to pick up supplies. While they struggle to survive, an unnatural mist envelops the town and conceals vicious, Lovecraftian monsters.

About The Mist (film) in brief

The Mist is a 2007 American science-fiction horror film tragedy based on the 1980 novella \”The Mist\” by Stephen King. The film was written and directed by Frank Darabont. The plot revolves around members of the small town of Bridgton, Maine, who after a severe thunderstorm meet in a supermarket to pick up supplies. While they struggle to survive, an unnatural mist envelops the town and conceals vicious, Lovecraftian monsters as extreme tensions rise among the survivors. The Mist was commercially released in the United States and Canada on November 21, 2007; it performed well at the box office and received generally positive reviews. It was released in color, but the director has described the black-and-white print as his \”preferred version. The film features an ensemble cast, including Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Nathan Gamble, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, Frances Sternhagen, Buck Taylor, William Sadler, Sam Witwer, Alexa Davalos, Chris Owen, Andy Stahl, and future The Walking Dead actors Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Melissa McBride, and Juan Gabriel Pareja. The director revised the ending of the film to be darker than thenovella’s ending, a change to which King was amenable. Although a monster movie, the central theme explores what ordinary people are driven to do under extraordinary circumstances. The next day, following the suicides of two soldiers from the base, a third soldier reveals that a government project to discover other dimensions is underway at the base and that scientists may have opened a doorway into a dimension containing creatures invading the dimension.

Mrs. Carmody, a religious fanatic, begins preaching about an impending Armageddon, while a small group of skeptics led by Brent leave the store to seek outside help, which results in their deaths. A small group led by David goes to the neighboring pharmacy in search of supplies, but is attacked by giant spiders that kill two men, forcing them to retreat. David forms connections with several people in the store, including Amanda Dunfrey and Irene Reppler, two teachers who came into conflict with Mrs Carmody over her religious zealotry. Amanda carries a revolver in her purse, and gives it to Ollie, who is a former regional shooting champion. As night falls, enormous flying insects – attracted to the lights – swarm in front of the store and are preyed on by pterodactyl-like creatures. One of the creatures smashes a window, allowing the insects inside. In the ensuing panic, two people are killed and another is burned to death in an attempt to incinerate the insects. Mrs Carmody is miraculously spared from an insect, leading her to proselytize more fervently and gain followers among thesurvivors. Mrs Carmody’s followers offer Jessup as a sacrifice and expel him from the town, but are stopped by Mrs ody who demands that Jessup be killed.

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