The Mist

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The Mist

R

Released Nov 21, 2007

2h 5m

Horror

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within, where a zealot (Marcia Gay Harden) calls for a sacrifice.

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Critics Consensus

Frank Darabont's impressive camerawork and politically incisive script make The Mist a truly frightening experience.

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos has long been one of King's guiding influences, and Frank Darabont's adaptation of The Mist honors that relationship while also working as a 21st-century political parable.

Sep 5, 2019

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Rated: 5/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 4/5

Jul 4, 2008

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Because Darabont's not shooting for Oscar gold this time around, he's able to ease up on the pedal of self-importance and deliver an old-fashioned "B"- style genre flick.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 15, 2023

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Stephanie Archer

Film Inquiry

Nuanced and deeply layered, The Mist proves itself not only to be a well-crafted horror but an example of the true power of adaptations.

Dec 10, 2022

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Kristy Strouse

Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying

Overall, The Mist is a terrifying example of fantastical nightmares coming to life, and the human monsters that crisis can make of us. The acting is on point and the design is a spooky delight. The end will have you screaming.

Oct 4, 2022

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Audience Member

Rubbish. It puts religion and the military as the bad guys. The mc's should have just waited inside with plenty of food instead of b#tching around. Everyone was so against the religious lady and God like what? Sure, she was kind of crazy, but she was right about some stuff and they just ignore it. Norm dead was just ridiculous! They should've closed the door as soon as they saw the tentacle. And the father was almost cheating his wife with a random woman! TL;DR: Starts good, but after the first 20-30 minutes it just amazes you of how trashy it getz.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/16/24

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Snuggly

The characters were annoying, illogical, and stereotypical. They were all neurotic from the get go. The protagonist casually starts falling in love with another woman while being married. The minute they run out of gas he shoots everyone in the car, including his beloved son. Excruciatingly dumb!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/07/24

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Audience Member

The movie was fine, CGI was atrocious but the ending was so wild and amazing that it is definitely worth a watch

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/02/24

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Kai Han P

This is just my personal opinion. Overall the movie isn't too bad, a bunch of people trying to survive in an apocalyptic world with giant monsters from another world hunting them. I gave it a low rating because of the ending, which is absolutely tragic. I wouldn't recommend this movie to people who are very emotional.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/28/24

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Jeff H

Might be a spoiler(s) ahead... Watched it in 2024, when I was initially interested to see an older film from 2007 featuring actors I've enjoyed in projects of more recent vintage, such as Thomas Jane (The Expanse) and Toby Jones (The Detectorists). The story, though, followed along a typical Stephen King-style trajectory, i.e., the entire cast played cardboard caricatures in a sketchy soapy mash-up of Animal Farm, religious fanaticism, supernatural overtones, overwrought heart string yanking, gory creature feature, sci-fi, alternate dimension, and... wait, what? There's no golden retriever ? Oh, well, at least we get to see a literal wall of 50-pound bags of dog food. The army comes in to save the day in the end, but too late for our hapless main characters. I'll say no more.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/17/24

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Qasim R

Must watch movie. Have best thriller scenes .

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/10/24

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David Drayton

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Laurie Holden

Amanda Dumfries

Andre Braugher

Brent Norton

Toby Jones

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The Mist: Official Clip - Spiders

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The Mist: Official Clip - The Colossal Beast

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The Mist: Official Clip - Tentacle Attack

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The Mist: Official Clip - Human Sacrifice

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The Mist: Official Clip - I Killed Her

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The Mist: Official Clip - I Believe in God Too

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Synopsis

After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within, where a zealot (Marcia Gay Harden) calls for a sacrifice.

Director: Frank Darabont
Producer: Frank Darabont, Liz Glotzer
Screenwriter: Frank Darabont
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Dimension Films, The Weinstein Company, Darkwoods Productions
Rating: R (Terror and Gore|Language|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.6M
Runtime: 2h 5m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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