The Mist (2007)

A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Director:

Frank Darabont

Writers:

Frank Darabont (screenplay), Stephen King (novel)

Stars:

Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden

6 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas Jane	...	David Drayton
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Mrs. Carmody
Laurie Holden	...	Amanda Dunfrey
Andre Braugher	...	Brent Norton
Toby Jones	...	Ollie Weeks
William Sadler	...	Jim
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Dan Miller
Frances Sternhagen	...	Irene Reppler
Nathan Gamble	...	Billy Drayton
Alexa Davalos	...	Sally
Chris Owen	...	Norm
Sam Witwer	...	Private Jessup
Robert C. Treveiler	...	Bud Brown (as Robert Treveiler)
David Jensen	...	Myron
Melissa McBride	...	Woman With Kids at Home

Storyline

Everyone thinks of it as a harmless lightning storm. When Dave Drayton notices a strange mist on the lake, he thinks nothing of it. When he, his son, Billy Drayton, and his neighbor Brent Norton travel to the supermarket, the unthinkable happens. On their way to the market, they see the army, firefighters, and the police heading toward the mist. When he sees this Brent mentions something about "Project Arrowhead", a secret military project that no one knows about. As they are shopping, they see three soldiers walk in, pick up a few things, then head toward the mist. All eighty of the store's shoppers have no clue what is going on until an old man runs in the market with a bloody nose and declares "Something in the mist!" He tells them to close the door. About five seconds after they close the door, the entire store shakes, as though it has been lifted several feet above the ground. When David is asked to check on the generator, he finds the loading dock door being pushed on by ...

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Plot Keywords:

survival horror | desperation | survival | religious fanatic | fog | 

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Taglines:

Belief divides them, mystery surrounds Them, but fear changes everything

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, terror and gore, and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stephen King's The Mist

Filming Locations:

Minden, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,931,973 (USA) (22 November 2007)

Gross:

$25,592,632 (USA) (14 March 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Darkwoods Productions, Weinstein Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color Black and White (alternate DVD version)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frank Darabont had originally been offered $30 million by a producer to make this film, but with one crippling caveat: Darabont would have to change his planned ending, a conclusion he'd personally envisioned and nursed for twenty years. In the end, he turned to producer Bob Weinstein and made the movie for half the amount, but only after forfeiting his directorial salary.

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Goofs

When the main character is driving down the highway there is an upside down Illinois State Police car, the location of the movie is in Maine.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Billy Drayton: Whoa!

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Crazy Credits

The end credits begin as the song at the end of the film fades out. As the end credits roll up the screen, the sounds of military vehicles (helicopters, tanks, APCs, etc.) can be heard over the credits.

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Connections

Referenced in The Mist: Taming the Beast - The Making of Scene 35 (2008)

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Soundtracks

The Vicious Blues
from Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Written by Mark Isham
Courtesy of Miramax Film Corp.
Under license from the Disney Music Group / New Line Productions, Inc. / Alan Rudolph and The Estate of Robert B. Altman

User Reviews

A great horror movie and a great deal more!

Most modern horror movie are simply ((insert expletive here)) these days. They either end up as a PG13 (ooh, scary!) or they end up with the hero winking into the camera and riding off into the sunset.

The Mist does none of this. It is scary, violent and follows through to a logical, hardcore horror ending. The last horror film this good was 28 Days Later (kinda) or the Dawn of the Dead redo (for sure).

I don't need spoilers to get across that if you're a horror fan and you want to see a good kick ass R rated horror flick, you've come to the right place. Hell, even my wife thought it kicked ass and she's a stickler for logic in movies.

Just make sure you're not sitting next to any plate glass windows and you'll be fine! Oh, and if you read original novella, like I did, you'll also be pleasantly surprised because THIS movie is true to the story it came from.

Well done Frank Darabont for directing a great Stephen King adaptation ... how about doing The Stand next?