The Mist
Directed by Frank Darabont
Where to Watch The Mist
- "THE MOVIE FANATIC"December 29, 2025One of the most underrated and for me the last great Stephen King movie adaptation... the opening 10 mins of the film immediately grabs your full attention and gives us great foreshadowing for what's to come. The visual storytelling is very sharp and really well done....the character developments in it is top tier, not just through our lead but from all of the side characters as well and Marcia Gay Hardens performance as our main villain & protagonist of the film imo was Oscar Nominated worthy she was phenomenal in this....you could argue at certain points in it that she steals the show. I absolutely love how Frank Darabont shot and lit this, just all round great cinematography and this Movie is very well paced, it doesn't feel like there's any exposition dump here, every scene in this movie has purpose & deep meaning. And finally what an absolutely powerful, impactful and deeply effective ending that was. It's the type of ending that not only shocks you to your core, but it's a real gut punch of an ending that just leaves you feeling as devasted as our main character is....it just stays with you and it's one of those endings also that...even if you've watched the movie just once, you'll never ever forget it....it's burned 🔥 into your brain 🧠 forever. The only issue I have with The Mist is the CGI on the majority of the creatures, it's very dated and that's what stopped me from giving this movie a 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rating/Score...but apart from the poor CGI The Mist is a perfect & wonderful adaptation of Stephen Kings novel.
- Kevin WardJuly 3, 2025Black & White Director’s Cut I only heard about the existence of a B&W director’s cut a couple weeks ago, but wow it really elevates this film. The obvious CGI as far less pronounced and it gives the entire film that classic monster movie feel. Really loved experiencing this again. I really wish Andre Braugher’s character had made it a bit farther in the film. I think he made a better foil than Marcia Gay Harden’s prophetic religious nut. Really great monster flick though from top to bottom.
- Resistance005December 17, 2025First time watching right after IT Welcome To Derry last episode S01. It's not great but not bad either, its just okay. Storytelling, script could have been so much better. So many moments where 1 thing happens and a scene later they totally forget or ignore what happened before. Its a good movie to let yourself into the world of Stephen King and his imagination although the books are the true adaptations apart from what they are doing with IT now but nonetheless I enjoyed watching it.
- RazorbitzNovember 29, 2025You can tell its a Stephen King movie by the dialogue alone, but my god does this film creep under your skin with how weird it is. It's a certain kind of bleak that I adore and sits in your gut for a long while. My partner hated it! Also fun to see just how many actors got yoinked from this to the Walking Dead, but for me the movie lives and dies by just how capital E Everyman Thomas Jane is; he's a treat and I miss seeing him in roles like this. Not for everyone but a classic all the same.
The Mist Trivia
The Mist was released on May 9, 2007.
The Mist was directed by Frank Darabont.
The Mist has a runtime of 2h 6m.
The Mist was produced by Frank Darabont, Liz Glotzer.
The Draytons - David, Steff and their son Billy - live in a small Maine town. One night a ferocious storm hits the area, damaging their house. The storm is accompanied by a strange mist the following morning. David and Billy and their neighbour Brent Norton go into town and find themselves trapped in a grocery store with several other people. There they discover that the mist contains something frightening and intent on killing humans.
The key characters in The Mist are David Drayton (Thomas Jane), Amanda Dunfrey (Laurie Holden), Ollie Weeks (Toby Jones).
The Mist is rated R.
The Mist is a Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller film.
The Mist has an audience rating of 6.5 out of 10.
The Mist had a budget of $18M.
The Mist has made $57.5M at the box office.