Film · TMDB
6.9After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
Released: 2007-11-21126 minDir: Frank DarabontHorror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Cast
- Thomas Jane as David Drayton
- Laurie Holden as Amanda Dunfrey
- Toby Jones as Ollie Weeks
- Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs. Carmody
- Andre Braugher as Brent Norton
- William Sadler as Jim
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.1/10
371,131 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
58/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 6 wins & 13 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Frank Darabont
- Screenplay by
- Frank Darabont
- Based on
- The Mist , by Stephen King
- Produced by
- Frank Darabont Liz Glotzer
- Starring
- Thomas Jane Marcia Gay Harden Laurie Holden Andre Braugher Toby Jones
- Cinematography
- Rohn Schmidt
- Edited by
- Hunter M. Via
- Music by
- Mark Isham
- Production companies
- Dimension Films Darkwoods Productions
- Distributed by
- Dimension Films (United States) (through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ) The Weinstein Company (International)
- Release dates
- October 18, 2007 ( 2007-10-18 ) (ShowEast) November 21, 2007 ( 2007-11-21 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 126 minutes
Key dates
- Published
- 23 November 2007
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Mist
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Frank Darabont
- Screenwriter
- Frank Darabont
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Producer
- Frank Darabont
- Production company
- Dimension Films
Article
The Mist is a 2007 American horror film produced, written, and directed by Frank Darabont. Based on Stephen King's 1980 novella, the film stars an ensemble cast including Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher and Toby Jones.
The plot follows a group of people in the small town of Bridgton, Maine, who become trapped inside a supermarket after a mysterious mist envelops the town, concealing deadly, Lovecraftian creatures. As fear and paranoia spread, tensions rise among the survivors. While the film is primarily a monster movie, it explores how ordinary people react under extreme circumstances. Darabont notably altered the novella's ending, a change that King praised, stating that people who spoil the film's ending should be "hung by the neck until dead".