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: #1141 in DVD
• Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
• Released on: 2008-03-25
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Formats: Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 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

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

Who's the monster?
Frank Darabont has given the "Night of the Living Dead" treatment to King's masterful story, and it's painful to watch the second half of the film. Yes, the monsters are scary (particularly the scene when the flying bugs break into the store), and the people are scary too, just not believable. I would hard-pressed to believe that such a watered-down version of Mrs. Carmody could convert a group of strangers into a bloodthirsty mob in 24 hours, but the characters in this film are so inept and violent (committing suicide at the drop of a hat, accidently setting themselves on fire, etc) that I guess in their world she makes perfect sense.

In the real world, the rescues of 9/11 show us that people are capable of heroic acts in a crisis. In the film, characters stand around in a parking lot wringing their hands while their companions get devoured, suggesting that maybe the giant bugs have attacked Mayberry and Barney Fife is unable to deal with them. At one point, the main character spends a full 15 seconds reaching for a gun that sits on the hood of his jeep, when he could have just stepped forward and grabbed it. Presumably he's waiting for the giant spider to get on stage. Maybe the creature missed its cue...

In an ending that's as depressing as it is unbelievable, director Darabont turns the tables on his main character by magically making the world right after the character's done everything wrong. The whole thing seems so unfair, to both the character and to viewers who've read King's story. I ended up wishing the character had saved a bullet for Darabont.

Scared?
Couldn't wait for the release in the UK, so ordered this & was not dissapointed. I'd read the book & enjoyed it, with the exception of the ending. This did the book justice with a cracking ending.
The tension builds fairly quickly for a Stephen King book turned movie.
Recommend this as a good 'scary' movie.