The Mist

I've been looking for the past several years for a deeply affecting and really excellent horror film, and this is it. Films like JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING and David Cronenberg's remake of THE FLY are about as great as you can get, because not only are they excellent horror films with taut and terrifying moments, they transcend the genre itself. Where Carpenter's THE THING is at its heart a story of utter paranoia and distrust and Cronenberg's THE FLY is a star-crossed love story set against the backdrop of the over-extension of man's reach, Frank Darabont's THE MIST is about how easily and quickly society can break down to its basest and ugliest forms when confronted with a seemingly apocalyptic threat. Thomas Jane (in what should have been a star-making role) plays David Drayton, a mild-mannered artist in a coastal Maine town who finds himself as the voice of reason when an eerie mist blows into town which may or may not be concealing an army of preternatural forces, trapping a small but substantial section of the townspeople in the local supermarket. He, along with his young son Billy (a nicely-cast Nathan Gamble) a pretty young schoolteacher Amanda (played beautifully by Laurie Holden) and a wonderfully crotchety old lady (played by Frances Sternhagen), along with a few others, are trying to hold their ground and their grip on an already-tenuous situation against local Bible-thumping lunatic Mrs. Carmody (played a little too over-the-top by the usually understated Marcia Gay Harden) who is using some unusual coincidences to prove that this attack is the wrath of God, and using the other townspeople's fear to cause a threat within the store that rivals the threat from without. It's easy to dismiss this film as simple escapism, but it is so much more. Great performances by Jane, Holden, Sternhagen and supporting players Andre Braugher and William Sadler put this film above the recent flurry of classic horror remakes, watered-down Japanese-to-American retcons and the "torture porn" sub-genre that have been masquerading as horror films, and it does so with great writing, great effects, great direction and the single most disturbing ending of a film since David Fincher's SE7EN. The last horror film that I saw that seemed truly original and terrifying and iconic was Victor Salva's JEEPERS CREEPERS. While this film may not be quite as visceral as that, it's still been five years since that film came out and since then, for the most part, Hollywood has been cranking out films like THE RING, THE GRUDGE, remakes of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, HALLOWEEN and THE HILLS HAVE EYES, and the ad nauseam SAW series and its fellow torturers HOSTEL and TURISTAS. Every so often, a terrific little indie horror gem like Lucky Mckee's MAY or John Fawcett's GINGER SNAPS will pop up, but that's all they do. THE MIST is the only horror film to come out of Hollywood in the last 5 years that has had any lasting effect on me, like the great horror films of the 70's like HALLOWEEN, THE EXORCIST, THE OMEN, or some of the greats of the 80's like THE THING, THE FLY or NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. All of these films transcend the genre as THE MIST does, and it really seems like this is a dying breed of horror film when this film does half the business of lesser recent entries like I AM LEGEND, or 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, where, while decent films, are hardly the films that are likely to keep you up nights haunting you. THE MIST will either haunt you or anger you, but it will provoke debate, especially with an ending that may be on the level of nihilism that rivals that of Romero's original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. For my money, this was one of the very best films of last year, and I can only hope that in the future, this is a film that will be revisited and rediscovered as many of the now-classic horror films have been.

great set, nice to have the movie in 4K. Really effective b&w version included. This is a weirdly underrated movie by Frank Darabont. Kind of funny to watch this after his Walking Dead and see quite a few familiar faces....including Thomas Jane, the original choice to play Rick, but was unavailable. Best version(s) of this movie out there, highly entertaining. Good stuff.

The Mist (2007) aka: Mist Mist Bang Bang Bang Bang So I finally watched The Mist—and y’all, I am not okay. That ending isn’t just a twist—it’s a full-on emotional mugging. I went in expecting monsters and survival horror, and instead I got a slow, creeping descent into despair that ended with my soul being roundhouse-kicked off a cliff. Neat. First off, I loved the fictionalized Drew Struzan of it all. That little nod to my favorite movie poster artist gave the opening a weirdly cozy, nostalgic vibe before everything went straight to hell. It’s almost rude how quickly it turns on you. Let’s talk about the dread. It builds so well. You feel it enveloping you just like that mist outside the store. You’re not ahead of the characters—you’re right there with them, knowing just enough to realize how bad things are about to get. And as soon as Mrs. Carmody starts preaching, you just know: yep, she’s going to be as dangerous as the mist itself. Nothing like a religious zealot mid-apocalypse to really spice things up. The cast is fantastic across the board. You believe these people. You root for some, loathe others, and still find yourself wondering how you’d act in their place. Would you be brave? Would you snap? Would you start talking about blood sacrifices in aisle four? Who’s to say. Now, my one gripe—and it’s not a small one—the CGI has aged about as well as that milk in the cooler would’ve after a week. I wish we’d gotten more practical effects, because the creatures are cool, but their impact is undercut by the digital wonkiness. But I’ve got to say, this film rocks. And that ending... hoo boy. Apparently even Stephen King himself was all-in on it. He called it “terrific,” and honestly? He’s not wrong. It’s a bold, brutal choice that recontextualizes the whole movie and leaves you sitting there in stunned silence, asking yourself what you would’ve done. And then regretting even asking. The Mist isn’t just a monster movie—it’s a bleak little morality play about fear, faith, and just how thin that veneer of civilization really is when things go sideways. And yeah, I’ll be recovering for a while.

I usually donj't watch this sort of thing, but decided to look in on the genre with a dozen or two dozen films. So, I am not writing for the devotee. My main criticism was in the length. First, the key location is a supermarket in which numerous people were trapped by the monsters coming in with "The Mist" which blanketed their small town and its environs. Here the usual representative types try to understand what is going on, arrive at solutions, act on solutions, and manifest their fears in various ways. We have a good assortment of types necessary to play out the various responses that, with some variation in each case, are the staples of thrillers of this particular type. Without doubt the filmmakers had a number of points they wanted to make, I just found the talk too prolonged, although the main antagonist to whatever the creators thought was rational (The Voice of God Lady) made a substantial contribution to the drama, it could have been less insistent and much briefer. I'm afraid that I wanted less talk and more action. With that qualification, I thought the film a decent rendering of the ancient plot, with the monsters being satisfactory, if not particularly awesome most of the time. Needless to say, there had to be a few types of attackers who were a bit disgusting to the average person. No particular ending was forced by the logic of the plot which preceded it. The choice was a random one (if you take the attitude that a film is a film and a book is a book, faithfulness to which is not the mandate of a filmmaker). I saw no reason, save personal taste, to dictate the ending chosen. I didn't much like it, so, given the absence of a logical necessity for it, I put in my own ending (in my mind, of course) as a substitute. You are perfectly free to do the same if you prefer All in all, for someone who customarily does not view such films, this falls into the decent category, suitable for recommending to the average viewer, but not with the urgency of "don't miss it". If you miss it, many other movies could substitute adequately from an entertainment viewpoint. I knew none of the actors so cannot comment on their performances here compared to elsewhere. Seems to me they did a good job playing the roles as assigned.

On the two disc edition of The Mist, on disc 2 there is a glorious Black and White version of the film, with an introduction by the director Frank Darabont. Darabont says he originally wanted The Mist to be in B&W and be a throwback to the 50's and 60's horror movies such as Night of the Living Dead , which I felt it had a lot in common with. Darabont says this can be considered his director's cut. I knew he directed two other King favorites The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition) and The Green Mile , but I didn't realize his other contributions to the horror genre, until I checked out IMDB. Starting in 1980 as a production assistant on Hell Night and going on to write the screenplays for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors , The Blob , The Fly II (Collector's Edition) , and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein . The Mist is an entertaining, at times infuriating, tragic horror film filled with fun scares in the form of 50s and 60s era monsters lurking in the mist outside and the uglier monsters inside that apply to our present day, a true creature double feature. Darabont reminded me of Romero and his use of horror and social commentary. Here he makes an atmospheric horror movie, our main character, David Drayton, played by, Thomas Jane, ( Deep Blue Sea ) designs posters for horror movies, followed by a big storm, and ultimately has David and his son (mom at home) trapped in a supermarket with the towns people. Similar to the mall in Dawn of the Dead [Blu-ray ] evil lurks outside the market, not in the form of zombies that can be seen, but old school monsters that lurk out in the mist. That's the surface of the film, but as we go through the layers we find much more, such as the monsters that lurk inside the supermarket. Human nature, when afraid and backed into a corner and the role the military plays once the smoke clears are some of the movie's other factors. The Black and White Version is the way to go, to get that old school feel the director intended, even the way the title on the dvd is written is like an old monster movie. Highly Recommended, one of King's best film adaptations. 2 DISC DVD FEATURES (FROM BACK OF DVD) DISC I Features Commentary by Writer/Director Frank Darabont - Deleted Scenes with optional commentary - Drew Struzan: An appreciation of an artist - Behind the scenes webisodes - Trailer Gallery Dolby Dig 5.1 DISC II - Frank Darabont introduces The Mist in Black & White - The Director's Vision: The Complete Feature Film in Black & White - When Darkness came : The Making of the mist - Taming the beast - The making of scene 35 - Monsters among us: A look at the creature FX - The Horror of it all: The visual FX of the mist. Dolby Dig 5.1

I've held off on a true review of this movie ever since I originally saw it in theaters, my reason being that I didn't know what to think. I guess some people would say I was dazed, I was between saying the movie sucked and saying it was great, now I can say this movie is fantastic because: 1. Character development in the movie is briantlly done, in most movies character development is put to the side and is most of the time is just the main character saying what happened to them and que emotional music. Here the movie's main character David Drayton(Thomas Jane) is a family man/artist, who in a bad stream of luck has a couple of trees crush part of his property and goes into town with his not so nice lawyer neighbor Brent Norton(Andre Braugher) and couple of minutes later "the mist" rolls into the supermarket and thus a downward spiral of horrific events both by the hands of the people themselves and the tooth and nail of the creatures in the film. 2. This film is by far in my truest opinion the most realistic human diasaster/apocolypse film ever. People will fight each other when they need each other the most, a person like mrs. carmody is inevitable to appear in a situation, whether they be christian, jewish, or muslim. However I think they point to her being jewish because in the film she says "there is only one god and that is the god of the israelites." I don't know or it could mean she is just a old testament nutbag. 3. As I pointed to the realism, its proven throughout history in these situations people can be easily influenced by outside forces, whether they are good or bad, and anyone who still has their head attatched and dosen't agree will most ikely be killed. Or maybe their leader will select a person and say they are responsible just to make his/her followers feel better. 4. Also proven throughout history is that when people believe the end is coming they'll committ suicide, apoctoliptic cults drinking the "kool-aid". Know I must comment on some complaints I read about this film because some are not that well thought out. 1. Special effects in the film are good for the most part, however some of the sequences with the creatures looked as if they weren't finished. Especially the scene with those bird like creatures attacking the isects and killing some of the people in the store. However to counter this the animations of the spiders look insane, easily the best giant sized spider design in any movie. SPOILER: IF YOU WISH TO SEE THIS MOVIE DO NOT READ ANY MORE!!!!! 2. The ending has been met with confrontation by people who saw the film and those who read the book. I say the ending in the book is good however it has no clear ending to it, they just drive off into the mist and your suppose to hope for the best. Now in the movie its clear what happens, David Drayton his son and company to save them from a horrifying death and he would let the creatures kill him but to what I call the worst bad luck any guy can get and the sound he and his company believed was the creatures turns out to be a military convoy plowing through picking up any survivors they can, now this is what made me confused. I now say that this is better than the book because it has a clear and somewhat hopeful because you know that in the end humanity wins, but unfortunately Mr. Drayton loses.

The Mist is director Frank Darabont's shot at doing an actual horror film that's similar to those made during the 1950s. Just think of Them, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, It Came From Beneath the Sea, and you'll have of what he was trying to do with Stephen King's most famous novella. It should also be noted that the movie is in both color and black and white on the Two-Disc Collector's Edition. Simply take your pick of which version you want to watch. Let it be known up front that if you decide to watch this movie hoping to see a Frank Darabont film (The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption), you're likely to be disappointed with the product. While The Mist is an entertaining, well-made movie for its genre, it's not going to be nominated for any Academy Awards. For those of you who haven't read the novella or seen the movie, the story deals with a large group of people who find themselves trapped inside a local grocery store when a heavy mist drifts in from the surrounding woodlands, enveloping the entire Maine town and bringing with it an array of dangerous and hungry creatures in search of some subsistence. It's not important how the mist came to be, though the film points to a military experiment gone wrong with the creatures entering our world from another dimension. What's really unusual about this story isn't so much the danger that awaiting patiently outside the grocery store, but rather the danger that's inside the place. As the tale progresses and the fear for their lives intensifies, the trapped people quickly split into two distinct camps with one being led by a religious zealot and the other by a sensible everyday man who simply wants to get himself and his young son back to safety. The underlying current here is how swiftly the thin veneer of civilization can slip away when human beings are trapped and filled with an increasing fear for their lives with nowhere to turn. The rest of the story deals with what happens inside the store, especially when some the jaw-smacking creatures breach the defenses that have been placed to keep them out. The good citizens of the store prove to be infinitely more frightening than the strange things outside in the mist. I have to be honest and say that I was disappointed in the film when I first saw it in the theater. I certainly didn't like the ending and the lack of hope it represented to me. When the DVD set came out, I purchased it for my film library and decided to watch the movie a second time. This proved to be a good thing because I found myself enjoying the film a lot more the second time around and could see how well made it actually was. I still had problems with the finale because it was like everyone you cared about gave up at the end, not wanting to be food for the creatures hidden within the mist. The ending to Stephen King's novella was completely different, but he's publicly stated that if he'd come up with Darabont's ending when originally writing the story, he'd gone with it. Certainly the ending has provoked a great deal of controversy with the fans. I think it's also strange that I liked the more realistic ending of the Director's Cut of 1408, but didn't enjoy it here. Still, the movie's very entertaining with a number of scenes that will have you jumping in your seat. It's fast pace with extremely good acting by Thomas Jane, Academy Award Winner Marcia Gay Harden, Toby Jones (who played Truman Capote the year before), Laurie Holden, the always fabulous Jeffrey DeMunn (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, and Hollywoodland), and Andre Braugher (who was in the remake of Salem's Lot for television). As I wrote earlier, the Two-Disc Collector's Edition has the movie in both color and black and white formats. There's a commentary by Frank Darabont, which is always fun to listen to, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie and the creation of many of its special effects. This is definitely a movie that all horror buffs should have in their film library. I'm certainly glad that I bought the DVD set and gave the movie another chance.

Frank Darabont, the man who brought The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile to the big screen, adapts Stephen King once again with The Mist; which ranks as one of the very best adaptations of the horror author's works. Thomas Jane (The Punisher, Deep Blue Sea) stars as David Drayton, a movie poster artist living in Maine who, along with his young son (Nathan Gamble) is trapped with other survivors in a supermarket when a mysterious, deadly mist rolls into town; with something even deadlier lurking inside the fog. Making matters even worse are the biblical ramblings of Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden), who believes this is a sign from God, and soon demands that sacrifices be made. Combining old school horror, social commentary, monster-flavored shocks, and more commentary elements of religious fanatiscism; Frank Darabont has managed to craft a modern day horror classic that does not disappoint. Jane gives one of the best performances of his career, and though Marcia Gay Harden's character doesn't get much sympathy, she is very effective in her role regardless. With wonderful CGI creature, monster, and makeup effects from the good folks at KNB, a great cast that also includes Silent Hill's Laurie Holden, Toby Jones, Andre Braugher, William Sadler, Alexa Davalos, and Jeffrey DeMunn, and one of the most unforgettable and unsettling endings in a mainstream movie in recent memory; The Mist isn't only one of the best King adaptations ever filmed, but one of the best horror movies released in quite some time. All in all, whether you are a King fan or just a horror fan in general, you should definitely see The Mist. You will not regret it.

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Llega con un bonito slipcover de excelente calidad y textura, bien empaquetado y sin ningún daño. La imagen es muy buena y es una mejora modesta desde el blu-ray convencional. La ganancia en nitidez, brillo y fuerza en la paleta de colores es notoria desde las imágenes iniciales, así como la profundidad en los negros es muy buena. Viene con audio en inglés Dolby Atmos el cual es muy bueno, siendo esto una mejora sustancial desde el sonido Dolby TrueHD 5.1 del viejo blu-ray, así como subtítulos en español latino. No trae doblaje en español. El código digital es válido solo para VUDÚ, exclusivo de USA, sin poder acceder desde México.

Schon vor einigen Jahren konnte John Carpenter mit einer Horrormär von graulichen Gestalten aus dem Nebel eine breite Masse von Zuschauern begeistern und verschrecken. Aufgrund des großen Erfolges gab es hierzu im neuen Jahrtausend ein allerdings nur mäßiges Remake. Stephen King hat dieses Thema auch in seinem Kurzroman „Der Nebel“ aufgegriffen, als ihm eines Tages beim Einkaufen in den Sinn kam, wie es wohl wäre, wenn schreckliche Ungeheuer durch die Gänge huschen würden. Meine Meinung: Der geneigte Horror Film Fan wird zwangsweise beim Betrachten von „Der Nebel“ unweigerlich an John Carpenters „The Fog – Nebel des Grauens“ erinnert, da führt keine Diskussion drum herum! Doch hier ist der Hintergrund ein ganz anderer. Während damals noch Geister und verfluchte Seelen ein armes Fischerdörfchen bedroht haben, sind es hier Gen mutierte Wesen… nicht nur, denn wie schnell manch einer in Panik überreagiert musste die Menschheit leider schon oft genug miterleben. Dabei gelingt es Marcia Gay Harden hervorragend die durch geknallte religiöse Fanatikerin zu mimen, die dem Zuschauer binnen kürzester Zeit salopp gesagt auf die Nerven geht und dabei ihre Rolle wirklich sehr überzeugend verkörpert. Dem gegenüber steht der vermeintliche Held Thomas Jane den man bisher hauptsächlich entweder als coolen Rächer aus „The Punisher“ oder Elitesoldat aus „Mutant Chronicles“ kannte, aber auch hier als fürsorgenden Familienvater eine gute Leistung abliefert. Regisseur Frank Darabont führte hier übrigens nach „Die Verurteilten“ und „The Green Mile“ zum dritten Regie für einen Stephen King Geschichte und zeichnet sich auch erneut für das Drehbuch verantwortlich. Allerdings kann man bei aller Faszination zur Story von „Der Nebel“, diese dennoch mit der herausragenden Qualität von „Die Verurteilten“ und „The Green Mile“ vergleichen. Wäre auch unpassend, denn man würde hier Äpfel (Drama) mit Birnen (Horror) vergleichen. Die filmische Umsetzung ist allerdings dennoch gelungen, da der Film stets spannend gehalten wird und die Atmosphäre im Laufe des Films immer dichter und bedrohlicher wird. Über die Sinnhaftigkeit des Themas bzw. der Geschichte kann man müßig diskutieren, würde aber letztendlich ein Konsens hervorbringen, da eine Story wie „Der Nebel“ einfach fantastisch bleibt und sich jeglicher Realität entbehrt. So was mag man oder hasst man… eine Grauzone kann man hier nur schwer finden. Das Bild: HD-Widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) Codec: VC-1 Bezüglich der technischen Seite dieser Blu-ray Disc gibt es gute und schlechte Nachrichten. Zuerst die schlechte: Das Bild! Das Bild, in VC-1 codiert und im Bildformat 1,85:1 vorliegend, ist an sich nicht schlecht und auch relativ scharf ausgefallen, aber das Bildrauschen ist in vielen Szenen wirklich penetrant bemerkbar. Keine Ahnung ob das an der Beleuchtung, an den Kameras oder was weiß ich was liegt, aber bei einem Film diesen Alters kann man doch mittlerweile ein wenig mehr erwarten. Auch der Schwarzwert wurde nicht optimal ausgelotet und es hat auch den Anschein, dass in manchen, aber Szenen leichte Farbfilter eingesetzt wurden. Aber abgesehen davon ist der Kontrast ganz ordentlich ausgefallen und auch in Punkto Farbsättigung kann man noch überzeugen. Allerdings hätte hier wirklich mehr drin sein können. Der Ton: Deutsch DTS-HD MA 5.1, Englisch DTS-HD MA 5.1 Wie man es besser machen kann beweist eindeutig der herausragende Ton, der hier sowohl im englischen Originalton als auch bei der deutschen Synchronisation in DTS-HD MA 5.1 mit draufgepackt wurde, was leider noch längst nicht zum Standard in Deutschland gehört. Hier wurde nicht gekleckert sondern geklotzt, denn der Sound klingt überzeugend und druckvoll, aber dennoch klar. Dialoge gehen auch bei heftigeren Szenen nicht im Geräuschebrei unter, sondern können sich im Center voll durchsetzen. Auch die Surroundkanäle wurden entsprechend gefordert und bieten ein starkes räumliches Feeling, bei dem auch feine Nuancen oder leise Hintergrundgeräusche sehr gut zur Geltung kommen. Special Features: - Audiokommentar des Regisseurs Frank Darabont - Der Nebel Director's Choice: Die von Frank Darabont favorisierte Schwarzweiß-Fassung des - Films mit Einleitung des Regisseurs - Entfallene Szenen (optional mit Audiokommentar) - Making-of DER NEBEL (ca. 35 Min.) - Die Analyse einer Szene - Die Monster unter uns: Ein Blick auf die Creature Effects - Der Horror im Ganzen: Die visuellen Effekte - Drew Struzan: Der Künstler - 3 Webepisoden An Extras wurde sichtlich nicht gegeizt. Neben einem obligatorischen Audiokommentar, gibt es zusätzlich die von Regisseur Frank Darabont favorisierte Schwarz-Weiß Fassung des Films, die allerdings von den Produzenten für eine Kinoaufführung abgelehnt wurde, hier nun aber als Bonus mit enthalten ist. Darüber hinaus werden einige entfallene Szenen als auch ein übersichtliches und informatives Making of geboten. Stark hervorheben möchte ich die Specials „Die Analyse einer Szene“, „Das Monster unter uns: Ein Blick auf die Creature Effects“ sowie „Der Horror im Ganzen: Die visuellen Effekte“, bei dem man tiefe Einblicke in die Dreharbeiten bekommt und einige Hintergrundinformationen erhält. Ergänzt durch die weiteren Features „Drew Struzan: Der Künstler“ und drei Webepisoden wird hier ausreichend Bonusmaterial geboten, die jeden zufrieden stellen. Resumee: Leicht getrübt durch das nicht ganz optimale Bild, kann „Der Nebel“ dennoch überzeugen. Die Story gehört zwar nicht zu den herausragenden Stephen King Verfilmungen, bietet aber dennoch gute Unterhaltung an manchem Heimkinoabend, zumal die Schauspielleistung noch mal Boden wettmacht. Wo das Bild schwächelt, holt hingegen der Ton deutlich auf. Die Extras sind genügend vorhanden und bieten keinen Grund zur Klage.

One of the better Stephen King short stories brought to film.

La película llegó a tiempo y en buen estado. Está película es una de mis favoritas, la tengo en DVD, y por eso tenía que tenerla en Blu-ray, la historia es fantástica, siempre con una tensión y miedo a lo desconocido, una de las mejores adaptaciones de algún libro de Steven King. Viene con subtítulos al español.