The Mist is about the dividing power of fear, about
alienation and about how our ugliest demons are creeping into our misty souls
when we are afraid.
A father, David Drayton (Thomas Jane), and his young son Billy
(Nathan Gamble), their neighbor (Andre Braugher), a schoolteacher (Laurie
Holden), a religious fanatic, Miss Carmody, (Marcia Gay Harden) and a soldier
(Sam Witwer) are trapped inside a grocery store and they have to deal with the creatures
that entered through an inter-dimensional rift, which may or may not have been
caused by a nearby military base.
The King’s story is for Darabont just a reason to analyze
the human nature as The Mist is more of an essay about the deep visceral fear,
which is capable to abolish your senses and is ripping you off of all emotions.
The Mist is a cinematographic portray of the fear as a primitive emotion, the
fear that is capable to make you think and do things that you normally wouldn’t
even dream about.
Movie Type: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Suspense/Horror, Thriller and Adaptation MPAA Rating: R for violence, terror and gore, and language. Running Time: 2 hrs. 5 min. Directed By: Frank Darabont Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones Released: November 21st, 2007 (wide) U.S. Box Office: $25,335,717
