Product Description

A mysterious mist, thick with blood-thirsty creatures, descends on a small town, where a group of people holes up in a grocery store to fight for their lives.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13373 in DVD
• Brand: MIST, THE: 2-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION (DVD MO
• Released on: 2008-03-25
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Formats: Collector's Edition, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .35 pounds
• Running time: 126 minutes

Amazon.com
Writer-director Frank Darabont, who showcased the softer side of Stephen King in his film adaptations of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, turns to darker material for The Mist, his latest King adaptation about a group of ordinary townspeople trapped in a supermarket by a mysterious fogbank. Thomas Jane is top-billed as a Maine illustrator who attempts to calm the frightened shoppers, but his job is cut out for him from the get-go, first by the discovery of malevolent creatures lurking in the mist, and then by the mad mutterings of Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden), a local eccentric who calls for Old Testament-style sacrifices to appease the supernatural forces. Darabont delivers monster movie thrills and understated social commentary with equal skill, and he's well supported by his cast (which includes Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler and Jeffrey DeMunn) and the vivid special effects by KNB EFX, which effectively mix CGI with models and stop-motion animation (the terrific monsters were designed by legendary comic book artist Bernie Wrightson). And for those curious about how the novella's downbeat ending has translated to film, suffice it to say that Darabont's conclusion is at once different and more unsettling than King's. --Paul Gaita

Customer Reviews

Horror with a contrived plot
I can't review the entire film, since I gave up after about 15 minutes. The plot was so unconvincing, I was left bored rather than scared. Three people had died and yet one character, who seems otherwise sensible, is acting like it's all a malicious joke. And in real life, fears leave most people passive. In this film most turn nasty or weird. Last but not least, the language is foul for no discernible reason other than perhaps that the scriptwriters weren't up to better dialogue.

Take a pass on this one. Frank Darabont may have also directed the marvelous Green Mile, but in this film he struck out.

--Michael W. Perry Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings

Bad ending ruined the whole movie.
I thought this sounded like a good movie so I went and rented it. It was good up until the ending scene. It made me sad and pissed off all at the same time. I can't believe they would have an ending like this one. And as for the God preaching lady she made some of the movie just annoying. No offense to any church goers out there. If you plan to watch this movie please rent it before you spend the 20-30 bucks buying it.

Great movie Vivid Effects,and Great Writing
this movie is true to king's style he is truly the king when it come to writing horror, how the people reverted to their primative intstincts. the cgi effects of the bugs were incredible this film is a tapestry of great suspense. king reveals the creatures slowly weaving them with the mass hysteria and fear of the people trapped by their fear of the unknown. what really kept me gripped in suspense was watching the unraveling of the human phsyche. by the end of the movie I realized that the most frightening and grotesque monsters in the film were people. this is more that just a horror flick this is a warning to mankind that he is arrogant to assume that we are the only dominant life in our universe. if we were to think of the millions of micro organisms that can live in a single drop of water. then what is the earth compared to the infinte universe? great movie one of kings best