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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 Sep 5, 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 Jan 3, 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 Dec 1, 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, 2025
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, 2025
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 Mar 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 Read all reviews

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NATASHA C @RT08393778 1 day ago the film is very good with a bad ending for the characters ......... but when i you see the scenes of the characters fighting and struggling in the mist , those were a great highlight , they could have done so many scenes in the mist .... but as it is still a very good movie See more TWMax65 T @RT38199094 1 day ago I didn’t like the movie for the first 30 minutes or hour because it didn’t feel that special, but then it got better and better. From a sociological point of view, I like how they explored the dynamics of a large group of people being trapped together and divided with different beliefs and approaches among each other (with some becoming quite unsettling and scary from their end as humans instead of just the monsters) and that kept it interesting. The ending was also quite gutsy and unexpected. It was a decent watch! See more Robert P @Superbad Sep 11, 2026 The Mist = a 3.5 star Movie! See more Cinema S @cinema_sensei Sep 2, 2026 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 Sep 1, 2026 powerful but very disturbing... worth watching but in the end you'd want to unwatch it... See more Evan P @RT61326962 Aug 28, 2026 The Mist was a great horror movie and a fantastic watch with a great performance from Thomas Jane but a very depressing ending. See more Read all reviews
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Frank Darabont

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Thomas Jane

David Drayton

Marcia Gay Harden

Mrs. Carmody

Laurie Holden

Amanda Dumfries

Andre Braugher

Brent Norton

Toby Jones

Ollie

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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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