Following a violent thunderstorm, artist David Drayton and a small town community come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick and unnatural mist. Local rumors point to an experiment called the ‘The Arrowhead Project’ conducted at a nearby top-secret military base, but questions as to the origins of the deadly vapor are secondary to the group’s overall chances for survival. Retreating to a local supermarket, Drayton and the survivors must face-off against each other before taking a united stand against an enemy they cannot even see.
Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High School. His first job in movies was as a production assistant on the 1981 low-budget film, Hell Night (1981), starring Linda Blair. He spent the next six years working in the art department as a set dresser and in set construction while struggling to establish himself as a writer. His first produced writing credit (shared) was on the 1987 film, Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987), directed by Chuck Russell. Darabont is one of only six filmmakers in history with the unique distinction of having his first two feature films receive nominations for the Best Picture Academy Award: 1994’s The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (with a total of seven nominations) and 1999’s The Green… read more
Lame and totally humourless status quo "horror" like a lost M. Night Shyamalan movie. Sole good points: a bleak ending and Thomas Jane is nice eye candy I guess.
I'd have titled it Drew Struzan and the Spiders From Mars But seriously, it had potential. It did a lot of things good, by ruined most of those things by doing a lot of others so poorly. In the end it was entertaining, but I found nothing to take away from it. Basically just put people in a bad situation and randomly kill them off till you hit a standard movie duration.
Can't remember being so depressed by the ending of a horror film in quite a while.
Really effective horror film, the sort that can sell its ridiculous premise because it has characters that behave and react like actual recognisable human beings. Bit of a dick of an ending, though.
A haunting and terrifying survival horror film which ranks amongst the best of its genre. Some low budget special effects and Stephen King’s fable for out of this world monsters instead of semi-realistic… read review
“The Mist” is Frank Darabont’s third Stephen King adaptation and so far they have all been sensational. For a film dealing with giant bugs and other creepy crawlies that attack a grocery store, my… read review
Sérieusement, c’est incompréhensible la bonne réputation que ce film peut avoir (enfin pas partout, heureusement), car si c’est vrai que le brouillard est inquiétant, que le début est plein de promesses… read review
I haven’t read Stephen King’s original novel, but I can understand why Frank Darabont would be so attracted to this story. King often writes about small towns and the fascinating interpersonal relationships… read review