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The Mist

Play trailer 2:28 Poster for The Mist R 2007 2h 6m Horror Sci-Fi Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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Frank Darabont's impressive camerawork and politically incisive script make The Mist a truly frightening experience.

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Adam Nayman The Ringer 09/05/2019
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. Go to Full Review
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 01/03/2008
[This] grocery-store survival drama, dominated by Marcia Gay Harden as a shrill fundamentalist, serves as a crude but effective allegory for post-9/11 America. Go to Full Review
Paul Clinton (CNN.com) CNN.com 12/01/2007
It's a horror movie of real conviction. It deserves to be a hit. Go to Full Review
Bryce Hanson Horror Movie Talk Sep 23
10/10
There is the obvious threat of what lies in the mist, but the story delves into several different sources of dread, such as fear itself, superstition, mistrust, and helplessness. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 12
4/5
Wears its love of old-school monster movies on its sleeve, delivering a B-movie with a committed cast and frightening creatures. Go to Full Review
Fico Cangiano CineXpress Podcast 03/28/2025
3.5/5
An entertaining B-movie that leaves quite an impression thanks to its memorable ending. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Cinema S @cinema_sensei 21h I love how this movie spends less time worrying about the creatures in the fog and more time forcing us to watch human sanity completely unravel under pressure. Marcia Gay Harden's character infuriated me in the best way possible, capturing how quickly fear breeds mob mentality. It builds incredible, suffocating tension throughout, and that absolute gut-punch of an ending left me sitting in total silence long after the credits rolled. See more Valentin Z @Valaton 2d powerful but very disturbing... worth watching but in the end you'd want to unwatch it... See more Evan P @RT61326962 6d The Mist was a great horror movie and a fantastic watch. I was entertained throughout the entire film. In this movie, there were characters to love and characters to hate but David Dayton played by Thomas Jane stole the show with his performance. Unfortunately, the ending was very depressing and was probably the saddest ending to any movie I have ever seen. Besides the ending, I had a lot of fun watching this film. See more Bryce W @RT47306897 Aug 24 ABSOLUTE CHEEKS! The ending of this move is just pure dog water and I will never get that time back. Spare yourselves click on any other movie. See more Daniel T @mrdudeking7475 Aug 22 What a truly amazing movie! The plot never gets boring, characters always stay interesting. Just when you think you understand what is happening they throw another curveball. One of the best films ive ever seen 10/10 would recommend. See more Jaisibi S @RT14436527 Aug 9 The Mist is an excellent creature-horror film that goes far beyond its monsters. What initially appears to be a straightforward survival story gradually becomes a fascinating study of human behaviour when people are stripped of safety, information, and rational certainty. The creatures create the external threat, but Mrs. Carmody becomes the film's real monster as fear pushes ordinary people toward fanaticism. I particularly enjoyed the supermarket dynamics, the basement sequence, the pharmacy scene, and the escalating tension between David and Brent. The performances and character relationships give the film surprising depth, while the cinematography creates an eerie, claustrophobic atmosphere. The score was effective but didn't stand out to me. And that ending is devastating—one of the most memorable climaxes I've encountered, comparable in impact to The Sixth Sense. A fantastic monster movie that is ultimately about human beings. See more Read all reviews
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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 6m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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