You are correct. Because the book ends differently than the movie it ends ambiguously. Stephen King sort of has a reputation not knowing how to end his stories.
Stephen king is a hack.. tell me a good ending in a king book? All his books are garbage.. his career is built on Kubrick and de palma making his stories better.
For a Stephen King film, I recommend 1408. Definitely underrated and doesn't get the attention it deserves. Also, check out the 1988 remake of The Blob. It was written by Frank Darabont, and IMO is up there with The Thing and The Fly for 80s horror remakes.
As a former MP who worked at a Super Top Secret facility, I guarantee you that those MP's wouldn't know Jack Shit about anything classified going on. That's not how things work.
If you were to name top five most brutal endings to a movie, this is definitely in that top five. For me it is number one. I don't think I've ever seen this brutal of an ending, along with the score. As a man, It broke my heart and I had tears flowing from my eyeballs. Covid really showed humanity in so many ugly ways. Working in retail, I seen people get into fights screaming at each other using profanity I just could have imagined if they all had guns in their hands what that could have turned out to look like. I had to treat adult human beings like little kids, so I could stock the meat shelves so that everybody could get something to eat. And yes, there were good people that were so thankful and literally started helping stock shelves. So yes, there are definitely two sides to humanity in situations where you would hope, everyone would unite and be in the same team.
Jordan, seeing the soldier getting dragged into the mob "This is the worst death of the movie" Wait for it... Chandra, seeing the wife's body "That would be the absolute worst" Wait for it... As the credits roll, the worst of it is that Tom Jayne's character has to live with what he's done. Survivor's Guilt with all the trimmings.
I watched this back in 2009 and I just sat there after it finished. I was in shock for about a week. The monsters were doing what was natural, the humans were the monsters.
@sspsfivefivefive I saw this in the theater :) The moral of the story is NEVER lose hope! They lost hope, and that's why the movie ended the way that it did.
Bro, I saw this drop on my recommendations and I was straight here! I love watching people react to this movie, and you guys were fantastic. Quickly becoming one of my favourite reaction channels!
Personally I would never put Se7en and this movie ending in the same category. Se7en is possible the best ending to any movie ever. Easy top 3 of all time. This movie isn't in the top 10, probably 20 imo. But I do still really like this movie. Just feeling the admittedly shocking / harsh ending isn't fully established or deserved. But still a great movie.
For a Stephen King adaptation I recommend: Sliver Bullet (1985) based on King’s novella Cycle of The Werewolf. King also wrote the screenplay. I recently rewatched it for the first time in long while and I think it’s one of the more underrated King adaptations
I took my family to see this. I knew ahead of time about the ending as a friend spoiled it to me. My family still has never forgiven me and bring it up every year. 😅
One that isnt exactly a movie, but is a 2 part mini-series in the form of a broken up movie "The Langoliers" its really interesting how it plays out, and even if the effects are cheesy, its still pretty terrifying to think about
This movie is so brutal, but it's another Stephen King adaptation that absolutely rules. There are so many of them out there. OH! Speaking of which, Jordan and Chandra, if you haven't watched John Carpenter's _Christine_ . . . it's _sooo_ good. It's gotta be in my top five or six favourite Carpenter movies, actually.
"I totally called it, but I'm not happy about it." HA HA. Great video guys! For Stephen King, I reccomend the Shining, Misery and especially The Running Man for some good ole 80s movie cheese that has a great premise.
Stephen King movies : Carrie - Cujo - Needful Things - The Shining - Cujo - Christine - Creepshow - Creepshow part 2 - Carrie - The Dead Zone - Children Of The Corn - Pet Sematary - The Running Man 🏃♂️- Misery- Cat's Eye 👁
@phillyphan1225 to me in my opinion ( and just my opinion ) it's best to read book " The Shining " first , then see the movie. There is so many things that are diff. For one , in the book you have to have sympathy for Jack. Not fear him like in the movie.
@phillyphan1225 also in the book " The Shining " the weapon used was a croquette mallet. He broke Wendy's back with it , smashed the cooks teeth out . And when it came time to kill his son , he couldn't do it. So he bashed his own head in with the mallet & the hotel explodes bc of the boiler.
Great recommendations. I would add "Silver Bullet" "The Dark Half" and the miniseries "Salem's Lot" (1979), "The Stand" (1994), "It" (1990) and "Storm of the Century".
Considering Jordan mentioned it at the end, it's worth mentioning that Half-Life did actually take some direct inspiration from the novella. The early dev project name for the game was even Quiver, in reference to the Arrowhead facility that inadvertently released the mist.
1:25 Actually, I think you're kind of both right. That's inspired by another of King's works, The Dark Tower. That is a character known as the Gunslinger, which is himself inspired by Eastwood's character of the Man With No Name Trilogy. Other Stephen King adaptations worth a watch: Children of the Corn(1984), Pet Sematary(1989), The Stand(1994), It(1990), and my favorite(even though Stephen himself HATES it) The Shining(1980) Also if you've not seen them, have to complete the Frank Darabont/Stephen King adaptation trifecta with The Shawshank Redemption(1994) and The Green Mile(1999)
The original story is more of a novella, than a book. There is a black and white version of The Mist which gives it a classic '50s B movie feel. You should watch No One Will Save You, The Girl With All The Gifts, Children of Men and The Quiet Place trilogy. Thomas Jane was in Deep Blue Sea which is goofy fun.
So too was Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption. I enjoyed both this ending and the original novella ending, as both fit their associated mediums.
This is one of the best Stephen King adaptations but I do dislike the ending but it's still an incredible movie! Some other Stephen King films that are amazing... Christine (1983) Misery (1990)
I love some of King's mini series movies. Storm of the Century is another good one. I think he has taken some ideas from Lord of the Flies in the sense of isolation, panic, fear, and no consequences/laws
One of the darkest hardcore endings to a movie ever. Some people don't like it but you have to respect it. It takes massive stones to do what they did.
Yeah, I understand the ending but find it unnecessarily bleak for the sake of it. I found the “driving off into the unknown” ending of the original story better. It’s just personal preference. However, while I like most of the movie, don’t have any desire to ever watch it again, due to the ending.
@@mikethemotormouth Every time anyone watches a movie it's a roll of the dice on what comes from it. All you can do is curate your experience to minimize the times it sucks. It wasn't the first movie I despised leaving the theater and it won't be the last, but the vast majority of my experiences have been at least good, so a bad one now and then can be overlooked
45:05 There is probably a lot LESS in the "book". King was inspired to write the 176 page novella, "The Mist" by a trip to his local supermarket following a thunderstorm, during which he imagined prehistoric animals and giant insects besieging the building. The Mist was nominated for a World Fantasy Award and a Locus Award in 1981, and critics have considered it to be one of King's iconic works and a classic in its genre. Aside from this movie, a television series based on the novella's premise aired on Spike in 2017.
In the novelette it's discovered that the creatures in the mist hunt by smell. If someone is in a closed room or building so there's no access to the open air, basically the creatures don't know you're there and will totally ignore you.
Here’s a little something to bake your noodle: The military convoy came from BEHIND them. They were literally driving AWAY from help when they ran out of gas. When the connection to the alien dimension was cut off, the mist probably dissipated starting at the source and worked its way out. PS: The designers of "Half-Life" based part of their story on King's novella.
The painting he's working on in the beginning is of Roland Deschain and the Dark Tower. King's greatest work. It ties most of his stories into a multiverse
OK... now you need to do John Carpenter's The Fog ! One of my fave all time movies, let alone monster movies is simply called Monsters by Gareth (Rogue One) Edwards. What starts as a kind of giant monster movie is actually a sedate, thoughtful, introspective and beautiful journey of discovery, and what it means to be human. One of the best films out there.
I love your reactions to these movies. ❤ My husband and I watch (and watched) your vids and get a kick out of your comments and reactions. This movie caused a huge debate amongst our friends when we first watched it. Some were saying that David was a coward, that he reacted too quickly. My husband pointed out that it was, in David’s mind; the only solution and that it was better than watching them all die from dehydration. Also, you have a “Wart”! (The beautiful fur baby!) ❤❤ The fur bundle looks just like mine which we named “Watson” but nicknamed “The Wart”. 🤣
01:23: The paintings are by famous poster artist Drew Struzan, who did do the poster for "The Thing" (1982), among many others. The one that our protagonist is working on is a hypothetical poster for a film adaption of "The Dark Tower," a series of Stephen King novels that are apparently quite good, and tie together all his various stories in a kind of multiverse. (The Dark Tower is kind of "the spindle of the multiverse," or something like that. The characters actually go to visit King to get some answers at some point, I understand.) 13:36: Ollie really is a great character. Work in retail long enough, you've met one like him. The one who's career retail, been there so long they know everything, nothing fazes them, they can order around the jumped-up manager if push comes to shove. The grizzled sergeant, the top NCO, the minimum-wage Corporal Hicks. 42:29: The book has a more hopeful ending, the adaptation added this bleaker one. The studio didn't like it, feeling it would kill the film's box office. Stephen King read about the film's ending, and loved it so much he personally intervened to get it to go through. What's the thing everyone remembers about this film? THIS HORRIBLY BLEAK ENDING! I. . . hate that I love this ending. It is so thematically appropriate, it feels so raw and real. In that moment, in David's position, you understand exactly why he does what he does, wish you'd have the strength to do the same. . . and then see it was all for nothing, that hope was all but literally right around the corner, you just needed to hold on for a little bit longer. There's a lot to philosophically unpack about the lines between hope, despair, and delusion.
I like how the ending made it so the absolute worst thing imaginable to come out of the mist that's full of nightmare creatures... is the national guard coming to the rescue. Some sort of giant lobster coming to gobble him up would have been a relief.
Hello Chandra & Jordan!😊 You guys have stumbled upon the unofficial King/Darabont trilogy!🤯 There are three films written by Stephen King & directed by Frank Darabont (The Walking Dead). This one is the darkest of the three, and most like a King project. The other two are highly regarded by fans!🏆🏆 They are "The Green Mile" (1999) and "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994). Both films normally get many views. Stephen King has said he likes Darabont's film ending, better than his own. I'm guessing his book ending is more upbeat.😉 Great reactions to this disturbing horror film, Guys!!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
King's ending was left somewhat open-ended, with the group driving off into the Mist, with subtle hints they may have made the right choice in leaving. So, the readers basically get to decide what their fate is. I'm not sure which ending I prefer. However, I feel the movie really does a good job of portraying how easily people can become unhinged. Just a little nudge from fear and rational decision making gets thrown aside.
I hope these "as we go" helps 1. In context it is similar to what King did with "The Stand", except in this case it's monsters and not a virus. 2. Jeffery DeMunn is known as a favorite of director Frank Darabont, who has cast him in all four of his films: "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), "The Green Mile" (1999), and "The Mist" (2007). All King adaptations. He was also in what King himself says "Storm of the Century" was such a good screenplay that he adapted into a book. 3. William Sadler also was in "Shawshank" and "The Green Mile". 4. Frances Sternhagen was in "Misery" by King. 5. Marcia Gay Harden kills it. 6.King wanted to play the big guy that goes out with the rope around his waist "brass balls" but Darabont shot him down. 7. This is not how the book ends. Darabont wanted this ending. King later said that as horrific that it is he likes it better. What makes this ending more devastating is he has to live with it the rest of his life 8. The picture of the cowboy is an Easter egg from King's "Dark Tower" series. 9. The cool thing about this story is, since the creatures are from a different dimension, they could be anything. 10. Stephen King. You're welcome
The Mist is one of my favorite Stephen King adaptations, the ending is a punch to the gut and I loved that Darabont went there with it. He released a black-and-white version that I prefer when watching, something that harkens back to Romero's Night of the Living Dead (which also has a bleak ending). Stephen King horror novels are hard to adapt successfully, but Frank Darabont knocked this one out of the park. Other great adaptations: Carrie (1976), Kubrick's version of The Shining and its sequel, Mike Flanagan's Doctor Sleep (the longer director's cut is superior to the theatrical, but both are great). David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone is also very good, as are the two recent IT movies (part one and two; I'm not a big fan of the television 1990 miniseries, but it has its moments, too), and 1994's miniseries The Stand. For great non-horror Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me (based on his novella, The Body) are great as well.
Glad to see this worked so well for you. Listening to a podcast recently that was incredibly snooty about it but I think it’s like a great B movie with a knockout ending.
Funny the animation this one brought out in Jordan. I mean, happy to see enthusiasm, that's why I watch reaction channels, but I would not have pegged this as a movie to stir the enthusiastic passions. Fun though. Cheers and happy spooky season.
The book / movie poster he's painting in the very beginning is 99% likely to be a reference to Roland of Gilead, from Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. That series' mythology underpins and intersects with the vast majority of King's writings -- including this one, I think many have argued.
Hi might I suggest a Japanese animation film for the both of you called..YOUR NAME. It is considered a truly beautiful masterpiece of a film as you will see and understand why. Also the theme at the end is famous too. Please watch it in Japanese because its a far better experience for you both okay!!!!👏🙌🙏❤🎉🇯🇵
Fun Fact - Silent Hill 1 was originally supposed to be a video game based on the Mist, they even came to America to meet with Stephen King and got his permission but decided to make it an original.
Big Stephen King fan, both his horror and non-horror works. Some of his other movies I enjoy are: The Shawshank Redemption (one of the best reviewed films in the last several decades) The Green Mile (Darabont really gets how to do Stephen King stories) Stand By Me (top tier young actors in this one) Christine (John Carpenter directing) Pet Semetary (OG over the remake) Misery (Cathy Bates is outstanding, got a well-deserved Oscar for this one) IT (both versions have their merits) The Running Man (very very loose adaptation, but Schwarzenneger going full-tilt crazy) Maximum Overdrive (King directed this one, and cocaine is a hell of a drug) I would avoid: The Tommyknockers The Langoliers The Lawnmower Man The Dark Tower Could probably add another dozen... but I'll leave it there.
There is a black and white version that looks great. Like an 50's sci-fi movie. Great cast of solid character actors. Early days of Toby Jones and Sam Witwer. Love Thomas Jane in this.
One of the most depressing ending ever. Also, one of the few Hing adaptations where he said made the story better. What would have been more f'racked at the was that another truck would have had everyone from the store in it. Only most of the actors had finished filming and left. The other King stories Darabont also directed are The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.
Hey guys, great reaction & commentary! All the artwork in David Drayton's studio had to do w/Stephen King stories. The one he was working on at the beginning of the movie was not Clint Eastwood.😄 It was Roland, the gunslinger from Stephen King's. The Dark Tower series of books. I've read 6 out of the 7 books. I hated THE DARK TOWER movie w/Idris Elba & Matthew McConaughey. I felt like the movie makers tried to cram parts of 2 or 3 books into 1 movie.😠 Ok, back to The Mist, actress Laurie Holden who played "Amanda Dunfrey", the blonde that watched David's son was in The Walking Dead as well as a couple of other people. Jordan, I thought it funny that u mentioned the video game Silent Hill # 1 because Laurie Holden was in the 1st SILENT HILL movie.😊 U guys kept saying how great & take charge the character David Drayton was. Well, the actor Thomas Jane has experience playing a take charge kind of guy in THE PUNISHER (2004), as the Punisher.😊 3 actors in this movie are Stephen King adaptation alum. Jeffrey DeMunn who played "Don Miller", the guy that was part of David's group to make it to the car. The actor was also in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (the trial lawyer) & THE GREEN MILE (1 of the guards) among a couple of other King adaptations. William Sadler, who played Jim, the guy David punched, is also from THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1 of Andy's inmate buddies) & THE GREEN MILE (the father of the little girls that were killed). The 3rd actor is actress Frances Sternhagen, she was the old lady, "Irene Reppler". She played the sheriff's wife in MISERY. The director Frank Darabont told Stephen King that he'd do the movie as long as he could change the ending. King's novella had an open ending. The group driving in the mist just keeps driving as long as they can on that tank of gas heading toward Connecticut. That's how the novella ends. Darabont hated open endings. So, the ending we see in the movie is the director's ending.😊 Well, I guess that's it from me.
This story really lives side-by-side with H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos of ancient gods/beings that live in a parallel dimension. Having seen everything that they had, the group had no real notion that anyone could fix the situation, not to mention no food, no other transportation, etc. It's certainly not the only film with that kind of bleak gut punch of an ending, but him shooting his son really ups the depression factor by a lot. Great reaction to a great, if so bleak, film.
@@LuridContent If you just can't grasp the difference between the two situations then I have no time to get into an argument with you or trifle with whatever inane point you're trying to make.
@@mr_yoru5834 Oh, I do grasp the difference. That was never in question. Mrs. Carmody's a nut. No doubt. Then again Drayton was so assured of his own correctness that his decisions lead to the death of his kid and others. That's the entire point. Both Carmody and Drayton are inherently flawed. We, or in this case you, only recognize the fault in one when both Carmody and Drayton ultimately react poorly.
Ok...jordan and chandra....as a lifelong stephen king reader you asked to recommend some king movies to watch from his books....here are a few for you both. 1...SILVER BULLET 1985 with cory haim and gary busey...based on cycle of the werewolf. 2....DOLORES CLAIBORNE 1995 with kathy bates. 3...MISERY 1990 with kathy bates..she won best actress oscar for it. 4...CHRISTINE 1983 5...1922 with thomas jane again...he played thebdad in the mist. 6....THE SHINING 1980 with jack nicholson and DOCTOR SLEEP 2019 with ewan mcgregor great sequel. 7...SALEM'S LOT 1979 TV MOVIE with david soul. 8...IT 1990 TV MOVIE with tim curry of the remake movies with bill skarsgard both are really good. 8....THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION and THE GREEN MILE 9...1408 with john cusack. 10...CUJO 1983 11....CARRIE 1976....all time classic 12...THE BOOGEYMAN 2023 13...APT PUPIL 1998 14...CELL 2016 15...THE DEAD ZONE 1983 with Christopher walken. And theres also CASTLE ROCK the tv show thats based in the fictional town that some of kings work is based...loads of his characters live there...not a bad tv show...lots of nods to his bokks and movies.
As someone who has read the novella this is based on, I can tell you that this is a very faithful adaptation. Not surprising given its the same guy who gave us Shawshank Redemption. He just seems to really GET Stephen King.
Since you guys like Thomas Jane's voice look for a DC Universe Cartoon short of "Jonah Hex". Thomas Jane and Linda Hamilton (from Terminator) did the voice overs. It's an eerie western tale the way the original Jonah Hex Comics were written. I wish they had done a series of em'. He has the perfect voice for Hex..
If you have never seen The Shining and Doctor Sleep I would recommend those movies. In my opinion they are arguably the best film adaptations of Stephen King Stories. I think you guys would enjoy them.
Hey, Chandra and Jordan! Many Stephen King adaptations have been ruined by Hollywood endings. This is easily one of the best adaptations of his material. A theme of King's stories is that good people suffer before a stern, indifferent God. Very Puritanical, Old Testament stuff. The novella ends with ambiguity. David wonders whether they'll be able to clear the mist with the gas they have left. They're headed in the direction of a weak radio signal. The horrific fate of the heroic characters was a Darabont twist that King heartily approved and fans thought was sheer ballsy brilliance! It is the un-Hollywood ending! The painting Jane is working on before the storm depicts Roland the Gunslinger from Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. The character is based on Clint Eastwood's Man-With-No-Name but set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Accomplished and critically acclaimed actor Andre Braugher, who played the skeptical neighbor, is implied to have died when the biker's lower torso is hauled back to the supermarket since the biker left with Braugher's group. In the novella, the entire group is tethered together and the line whips back and forth and up and down as they're slaughtered. His delivery of "Then, I guess, the joke would be on me, after all." is layered with such fatalistic sadness and wounded pride that it moves me every time. Darabont works with the same stable of actors repeatedly. He was the showrunner for the first season of "The Walking Dead" which is why several actors from that series are in the cast including Carol's Melissa McBride as the mom who survives, Dale's Jeffrey DeMunn as the older gent who escapes with David and spears the spider, and Andrea's Laurie Holden who is the blonde with the gun. Darabont also directed "The Shawshank Redemption" which is another of King's works and several cast members from that film are also in this one like William Sadler as the converted mechanic and Brian Libby as the biker who gets cut in half. William Sadler, who plays the troublemaker Jim, is a veteran character actor from tons of movies and TV shows. Sam Witwer, who plays the sacrificed soldier, is the voice of Darth Maul in "Clone Wars". Alexa Davalos, who plays the stung cashier, was the heroine of "Man in the High Castle". Frances Sternhagen, who played the spunky old lady, is a veteran actress from numerous films who has been in a few King productions most notably "Misery". Toby Jones, the sharp-shooting assistant manager, is a prolific British character actor from too many movies to count. Thomas Jane, who plays David, is a genre mainstay who loves comic books, horror and sci-fi. He starred in a fantastic true crime biopic about an incredibly successful South African bank robber called "Stander". Marcia Gay Harden, who plays Mrs. Carmody, is an Oscar-nominated actress who knocked it out of the park as a delusional hyper-religious zealot and demagogue! The audience I was with cheered and whooped when she got blown away! The shot of that diplodocus-sized Cthulhu kaiju striding across the terrain is straight from the book and is one of the shots that really sells the otherworldliness of "The Mist". The ultimate horror film that will test your mettle and haunt you forever is "MARTYRS"! I highly recommend it!
Some of the best Stephen King movies for me are Salems Lot, Silver Bullet, Pet Sematary, It Chapters 1 and 2 and two of the miniseries they made back in the 1990s The Stand and Storm of The Century. Also one recently that is good The Boogeyman
The comic book he grabs is The Punisher: War Journal” since Jane played the Punisher three years earlier. Would have been just as good if the comic was "Creepshow" ♥️🤟😎♥️
Stephen King is the author of so many books and stories that have been made into great films. Carrie was the first movie based on his work. The Shining is one of the best (the Kubrick version, not the other one. He also worked wit George Romero on the 2 Creepshow movies.
As scary as the creatures are, the real horror of this for me is, as ever, the humans. Or rather the lack of humanity. The mobs' descent is so terrifying because we all realise it's so close to the truth. Only a thin veneer of society holds us together - or rather, apart. It's the reason I find the mob scene in this more disturbing than any monster or demon.
Stephen King has more than 50 movies or TV shows based on his books and he doesn't just write horror. Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile are also movies based on his stories. Pet Cemetery, Firestarter, Christine, The Stand, Dolores Claiborne, Cujo....sooooo many
One movie id love to see redone with todays CGI...a sequel would be awesome too...from the viewpoint of the laboratory that opened the "window"👍im a Gen X gate keeping prick that believes the first is the best but the newer IT is definitely much more terrifying than the first👍🔥
My suggestions would be the TV version of "The Shining" from 1997. Sadly not much talked about, but I think the better watch than the famous one with Jack Nicholson from 1980. Stephen King actually disliked what they have done to his story, ripping out mayor parts, character backgrounds and such that only the bare bones of the story were left. It's a slow burn, but it needs the time to establish what's going on. on an unrelated note, the spanish movie "The Orphanage" from 2007 is awesome too
Of note; practically half the cast followed the director over to The Walking Dead 😯
Thomas Jane was supposed to play Rick Grimes. I think he'd have been good in the role.
When Stephen King says he wished he thought of this ending, you know you did good.
You are correct. Because the book ends differently than the movie it ends ambiguously. Stephen King sort of has a reputation not knowing how to end his stories.
Darabont killed it…
Stephen king is a hack.. tell me a good ending in a king book? All his books are garbage.. his career is built on Kubrick and de palma making his stories better.
@@wham-shirt-trimmerking sucks
The ending sucks.
For a Stephen King film, I recommend 1408. Definitely underrated and doesn't get the attention it deserves.
Also, check out the 1988 remake of The Blob. It was written by Frank Darabont, and IMO is up there with The Thing and The Fly for 80s horror remakes.
Remember this, Frank Darabont directed one of the most inspiring (Shawshank) and one of the most bleak (The Mist) endings to any movie.
Notice they are both about hope. What happens when you hold onto hope (Shawshank) and when you lose hope (The Mist).
Not to mention the Green Mile.
Frank Darabont is the GOAT! Along with John Carpenter for my favorite directors
Darabont is the King Whisperer
As a former MP who worked at a Super Top Secret facility, I guarantee you that those MP's wouldn't know Jack Shit about anything classified going on. That's not how things work.
Just the guys watching the perimeter.
The acting in the mist is so good tomas jane kills it in the ending, acting wise
If I ever needed to go to therapy, I'm pretty sure it all started with the ending of this movie.
If you were to name top five most brutal endings to a movie, this is definitely in that top five.
For me it is number one. I don't think I've ever seen this brutal of an ending, along with the score. As a man, It broke my heart and I had tears flowing from my eyeballs.
Covid really showed humanity in so many ugly ways. Working in retail, I seen people get into fights screaming at each other using profanity
I just could have imagined if they all had guns in their hands what that could have turned out to look like.
I had to treat adult human beings like little kids, so I could stock the meat shelves so that everybody could get something to eat.
And yes, there were good people that were so thankful and literally started helping stock shelves. So yes, there are definitely two sides to humanity in situations where you would hope, everyone would unite and be in the same team.
Jordan, seeing the soldier getting dragged into the mob "This is the worst death of the movie"
Wait for it...
Chandra, seeing the wife's body "That would be the absolute worst"
Wait for it...
As the credits roll, the worst of it is that Tom Jayne's character has to live with what he's done. Survivor's Guilt with all the trimmings.
Joe becoming a human barbecue, the MP, and the guy who got webbed in the mouth went out the worst. Lord knows what happened to John Lee. 😨
"This is actually the worst death in the movie."
Wait for it ...
Exactly what i was thinking.. like "well, apparently in life sometimes.."
I watched this back in 2009 and I just sat there after it finished. I was in shock for about a week. The monsters were doing what was natural, the humans were the monsters.
@sspsfivefivefive I saw this in the theater :) The moral of the story is NEVER lose hope! They lost hope, and that's why the movie ended the way that it did.
Bro, I saw this drop on my recommendations and I was straight here! I love watching people react to this movie, and you guys were fantastic. Quickly becoming one of my favourite reaction channels!
"Oh, no!" 😰 My exact thoughts as soon as I saw this in my recommendations.
This and Se7en are two favorite ending… absolutely crushing but also so effin good.
Yes, agree on both.
Agree 100% who needs a happy ending.
One movie that has a deeply unhappy ending is The Field (1990) by Jim Sheridan, starring Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean.
Personally I would never put Se7en and this movie ending in the same category. Se7en is possible the best ending to any movie ever. Easy top 3 of all time. This movie isn't in the top 10, probably 20 imo. But I do still really like this movie. Just feeling the admittedly shocking / harsh ending isn't fully established or deserved. But still a great movie.
@@KurtFeudaleKing As I said… favorite endings.
For a Stephen King adaptation I recommend: Sliver Bullet (1985) based on King’s novella Cycle of The Werewolf. King also wrote the screenplay. I recently rewatched it for the first time in long while and I think it’s one of the more underrated King adaptations
The bug left Mrs Carmody alone because it did not want to get infected by something bad. ;)
Bug: "Ooh a snack. ( sniff sniff) Ewwww. Not hungry."
Oh jeez, I got spooked by the cat's tail at 24:00 😂😂 I'm just looking at the creatures and all of a sudden the tail pops up next to the video!
I've seen this movie dozens of times and when that tail came in, I shouted "Another tentacle?!"
Thought it was a tentacle 😊
Same here 😅😅😅
I took my family to see this. I knew ahead of time about the ending as a friend spoiled it to me. My family still has never forgiven me and bring it up every year. 😅
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lmfao
lol You traumatized them.
@@leniobarcelos1770 It's the simple things in life that you cherish. 👍
One that isnt exactly a movie, but is a 2 part mini-series in the form of a broken up movie "The Langoliers" its really interesting how it plays out, and even if the effects are cheesy, its still pretty terrifying to think about
This movie is so brutal, but it's another Stephen King adaptation that absolutely rules. There are so many of them out there. OH! Speaking of which, Jordan and Chandra, if you haven't watched John Carpenter's _Christine_ . . . it's _sooo_ good. It's gotta be in my top five or six favourite Carpenter movies, actually.
"I totally called it, but I'm not happy about it." HA HA. Great video guys! For Stephen King, I reccomend the Shining, Misery and especially The Running Man for some good ole 80s movie cheese that has a great premise.
Such a gut-punch of an ending. And yes, the rest of the film is good too. 👍
I've wanted you to watch this for so long! This kid and the dog from the The Thing should have gotten best supporting actors
Stephen King movies : Carrie - Cujo - Needful Things - The Shining - Cujo - Christine - Creepshow - Creepshow part 2 - Carrie - The Dead Zone - Children Of The Corn - Pet Sematary - The Running Man 🏃♂️- Misery- Cat's Eye 👁
He has great premises but seems He just can’t end a movie 😢 I would say the only good end was The Shining.
@phillyphan1225 to me in my opinion ( and just my opinion ) it's best to read book " The Shining " first , then see the movie. There is so many things that are diff. For one , in the book you have to have sympathy for Jack. Not fear him like in the movie.
@phillyphan1225 also in the book " The Shining " the weapon used was a croquette mallet. He broke Wendy's back with it , smashed the cooks teeth out . And when it came time to kill his son , he couldn't do it. So he bashed his own head in with the mallet & the hotel explodes bc of the boiler.
Great recommendations. I would add "Silver Bullet" "The Dark Half" and the miniseries "Salem's Lot" (1979), "The Stand" (1994), "It" (1990) and "Storm of the Century".
Misery
Considering Jordan mentioned it at the end, it's worth mentioning that Half-Life did actually take some direct inspiration from the novella. The early dev project name for the game was even Quiver, in reference to the Arrowhead facility that inadvertently released the mist.
For Canadians: Unwarranted Rudeness, "that's the *real* horror of this movie!"
(For "Kat Hates Horror Movies" fans, you know…)
I knew what you meant the minute I read "REAL horror..." Kat is awesome.
@@ChrisReise Agreed! The recent "Sinister" upload was especially fun.
Fists were flying everywhere!
"No please!!!"
@@billthomas478 Yaaaasssss! LOL
"I'm sure it will be fine…"
@@charleshartley9597 all the while the creepy doll in the corner watches every move. My theory is that she secretly makes offerings to it
1:25 Actually, I think you're kind of both right. That's inspired by another of King's works, The Dark Tower. That is a character known as the Gunslinger, which is himself inspired by Eastwood's character of the Man With No Name Trilogy.
Other Stephen King adaptations worth a watch: Children of the Corn(1984), Pet Sematary(1989), The Stand(1994), It(1990), and my favorite(even though Stephen himself HATES it) The Shining(1980)
Also if you've not seen them, have to complete the Frank Darabont/Stephen King adaptation trifecta with The Shawshank Redemption(1994) and The Green Mile(1999)
The original story is more of a novella, than a book. There is a black and white version of The Mist which gives it a classic '50s B movie feel. You should watch No One Will Save You, The Girl With All The Gifts, Children of Men and The Quiet Place trilogy. Thomas Jane was in Deep Blue Sea which is goofy fun.
So too was Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption. I enjoyed both this ending and the original novella ending, as both fit their associated mediums.
This one hurt. All of the worst people in this, I've known someone just like them. And the ending is just soul-crushing.
This is one of the best Stephen King adaptations but I do dislike the ending but it's still an incredible movie!
Some other Stephen King films that are amazing...
Christine (1983)
Misery (1990)
What about Shawshank? You can skip most of his tv adaptation.
@@wham-shirt-trimmer Green Mile and Stand By Me as well.
I love some of King's mini series movies. Storm of the Century is another good one. I think he has taken some ideas from Lord of the Flies in the sense of isolation, panic, fear, and no consequences/laws
The ending for Deer Hunter stuck with me for along time
One of the darkest hardcore endings to a movie ever. Some people don't like it but you have to respect it. It takes massive stones to do what they did.
Yeah, I understand the ending but find it unnecessarily bleak for the sake of it. I found the “driving off into the unknown” ending of the original story better. It’s just personal preference. However, while I like most of the movie, don’t have any desire to ever watch it again, due to the ending.
If I'd seen this in the theater, I would have stood up and cheered
@@mikethemotormouth I did see it in the theater. I walked out angry, actually angry and will never watch it again.
@@rodgerlang884 I'm sorry. That seems like a terrible experience and reaction to have had.
@@mikethemotormouth Every time anyone watches a movie it's a roll of the dice on what comes from it. All you can do is curate your experience to minimize the times it sucks. It wasn't the first movie I despised leaving the theater and it won't be the last, but the vast majority of my experiences have been at least good, so a bad one now and then can be overlooked
One thing I love about this movie is that the whole thing takes place over just 3 days
45:05 There is probably a lot LESS in the "book". King was inspired to write the 176 page novella, "The Mist" by a trip to his local supermarket following a thunderstorm, during which he imagined prehistoric animals and giant insects besieging the building. The Mist was nominated for a World Fantasy Award and a Locus Award in 1981, and critics have considered it to be one of King's iconic works and a classic in its genre. Aside from this movie, a television series based on the novella's premise aired on Spike in 2017.
In the novelette it's discovered that the creatures in the mist hunt by smell. If someone is in a closed room or building so there's no access to the open air, basically the creatures don't know you're there and will totally ignore you.
Here’s a little something to bake your noodle: The military convoy came from BEHIND them. They were literally driving AWAY from help when they ran out of gas. When the connection to the alien dimension was cut off, the mist probably dissipated starting at the source and worked its way out.
PS: The designers of "Half-Life" based part of their story on King's novella.
The painting he's working on in the beginning is of Roland Deschain and the Dark Tower. King's greatest work. It ties most of his stories into a multiverse
Welcome to the initiated. We are all forever changed by that ending. 💀
When you saw this at the theater you just walked out with your mouth agape. What did I just witness...
I saw this with my parents, and everyone walked out of the theater silent, and remained silent in the car for miles! We just were in shock
I watch reactions to this movie just to see how people deal with the ending. Always satisfying.
OK... now you need to do John Carpenter's The Fog !
One of my fave all time movies, let alone monster movies is simply called Monsters by Gareth (Rogue One) Edwards. What starts as a kind of giant monster movie is actually a sedate, thoughtful, introspective and beautiful journey of discovery, and what it means to be human. One of the best films out there.
Most folks don't realize King didn't just write horror. He also wrote the stories behind The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Stand By Me.
I love your reactions to these movies. ❤ My husband and I watch (and watched) your vids and get a kick out of your comments and reactions. This movie caused a huge debate amongst our friends when we first watched it. Some were saying that David was a coward, that he reacted too quickly. My husband pointed out that it was, in David’s mind; the only solution and that it was better than watching them all die from dehydration.
Also, you have a “Wart”! (The beautiful fur baby!) ❤❤ The fur bundle looks just like mine which we named “Watson” but nicknamed “The Wart”. 🤣
Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤
01:23: The paintings are by famous poster artist Drew Struzan, who did do the poster for "The Thing" (1982), among many others. The one that our protagonist is working on is a hypothetical poster for a film adaption of "The Dark Tower," a series of Stephen King novels that are apparently quite good, and tie together all his various stories in a kind of multiverse. (The Dark Tower is kind of "the spindle of the multiverse," or something like that. The characters actually go to visit King to get some answers at some point, I understand.)
13:36: Ollie really is a great character. Work in retail long enough, you've met one like him. The one who's career retail, been there so long they know everything, nothing fazes them, they can order around the jumped-up manager if push comes to shove. The grizzled sergeant, the top NCO, the minimum-wage Corporal Hicks.
42:29: The book has a more hopeful ending, the adaptation added this bleaker one. The studio didn't like it, feeling it would kill the film's box office. Stephen King read about the film's ending, and loved it so much he personally intervened to get it to go through. What's the thing everyone remembers about this film? THIS HORRIBLY BLEAK ENDING! I. . . hate that I love this ending. It is so thematically appropriate, it feels so raw and real. In that moment, in David's position, you understand exactly why he does what he does, wish you'd have the strength to do the same. . . and then see it was all for nothing, that hope was all but literally right around the corner, you just needed to hold on for a little bit longer. There's a lot to philosophically unpack about the lines between hope, despair, and delusion.
I like how the ending made it so the absolute worst thing imaginable to come out of the mist that's full of nightmare creatures... is the national guard coming to the rescue. Some sort of giant lobster coming to gobble him up would have been a relief.
Hello Chandra & Jordan!😊 You guys have stumbled upon the unofficial King/Darabont trilogy!🤯 There are three films written by Stephen King & directed by Frank Darabont (The Walking Dead). This one is the darkest of the three, and most like a King project. The other two are highly regarded by fans!🏆🏆 They are "The Green Mile" (1999) and "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994). Both films normally get many views. Stephen King has said he likes Darabont's film ending, better than his own. I'm guessing his book ending is more upbeat.😉 Great reactions to this disturbing horror film, Guys!!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
King's ending was left somewhat open-ended, with the group driving off into the Mist, with subtle hints they may have made the right choice in leaving. So, the readers basically get to decide what their fate is. I'm not sure which ending I prefer. However, I feel the movie really does a good job of portraying how easily people can become unhinged. Just a little nudge from fear and rational decision making gets thrown aside.
Amazing reaction, I’m devastated
I hope these "as we go" helps
1. In context it is similar to what King did with "The Stand", except in this case it's monsters and not a virus.
2. Jeffery DeMunn is known as a favorite of director Frank Darabont, who has cast him in all four of his films: "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), "The Green Mile" (1999), and "The Mist" (2007). All King adaptations. He was also in what King himself says "Storm of the Century" was such a good screenplay that he adapted into a book.
3. William Sadler also was in "Shawshank" and "The Green Mile".
4. Frances Sternhagen was in "Misery" by King.
5. Marcia Gay Harden kills it.
6.King wanted to play the big guy that goes out with the rope around his waist "brass balls" but Darabont shot him down.
7. This is not how the book ends. Darabont wanted this ending. King later said that as horrific that it is he likes it better. What makes this ending more devastating is he has to live with it the rest of his life
8. The picture of the cowboy is an Easter egg from King's "Dark Tower" series.
9. The cool thing about this story is, since the creatures are from a different dimension, they could be anything.
10. Stephen King. You're welcome
I really admire the audacity to commit to that gut punch of an ending.
Never has salvation seemed like such a curse
The Mist is one of my favorite Stephen King adaptations, the ending is a punch to the gut and I loved that Darabont went there with it. He released a black-and-white version that I prefer when watching, something that harkens back to Romero's Night of the Living Dead (which also has a bleak ending). Stephen King horror novels are hard to adapt successfully, but Frank Darabont knocked this one out of the park. Other great adaptations: Carrie (1976), Kubrick's version of The Shining and its sequel, Mike Flanagan's Doctor Sleep (the longer director's cut is superior to the theatrical, but both are great). David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone is also very good, as are the two recent IT movies (part one and two; I'm not a big fan of the television 1990 miniseries, but it has its moments, too), and 1994's miniseries The Stand. For great non-horror Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me (based on his novella, The Body) are great as well.
One of the best endings in any movie! Love it!
When it comes to Stephen King movies, it's always best to read the book first. It's a whole different ride ! 😱
Glad to see this worked so well for you. Listening to a podcast recently that was incredibly snooty about it but I think it’s like a great B movie with a knockout ending.
Funny the animation this one brought out in Jordan. I mean, happy to see enthusiasm, that's why I watch reaction channels, but I would not have pegged this as a movie to stir the enthusiastic passions. Fun though.
Cheers and happy spooky season.
The Mist is a great bleak film. Tremors will have you smiling a lot. It's a perfect creature feature.
Just finished the reaction, and I loved it! The wild thing is that the crazy lady was right. The boy died, and the curse ended.
Pet Sematary (1989) has scenes that still gives me chills. and they share a name with a videogame character you're obviously familiar with.
“Everyone is so charming in this movie”
*insert ‘you’ve got a big storm coming’ meme*
The book / movie poster he's painting in the very beginning is 99% likely to be a reference to Roland of Gilead, from Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. That series' mythology underpins and intersects with the vast majority of King's writings -- including this one, I think many have argued.
Siamese cat, just when I thought I couldn't like you guys anymore 😊. FD fought to keep the ending, such a brave move.
Hi might I suggest a Japanese animation film for the both of you called..YOUR NAME. It is considered a truly beautiful masterpiece of a film as you will see and understand why. Also the theme at the end is famous too. Please watch it in Japanese because its a far better experience for you both okay!!!!👏🙌🙏❤🎉🇯🇵
Carol has insane plot armor
Fun Fact - Silent Hill 1 was originally supposed to be a video game based on the Mist, they even came to America to meet with Stephen King and got his permission but decided to make it an original.
I still cry at the end of this film, it's heart wrenching.
Big Stephen King fan, both his horror and non-horror works. Some of his other movies I enjoy are:
The Shawshank Redemption (one of the best reviewed films in the last several decades)
The Green Mile (Darabont really gets how to do Stephen King stories)
Stand By Me (top tier young actors in this one)
Christine (John Carpenter directing)
Pet Semetary (OG over the remake)
Misery (Cathy Bates is outstanding, got a well-deserved Oscar for this one)
IT (both versions have their merits)
The Running Man (very very loose adaptation, but Schwarzenneger going full-tilt crazy)
Maximum Overdrive (King directed this one, and cocaine is a hell of a drug)
I would avoid:
The Tommyknockers
The Langoliers
The Lawnmower Man
The Dark Tower
Could probably add another dozen... but I'll leave it there.
There is a black and white version that looks great. Like an 50's sci-fi movie. Great cast of solid character actors. Early days of Toby Jones and Sam Witwer. Love Thomas Jane in this.
One of the most depressing ending ever. Also, one of the few Hing adaptations where he said made the story better. What would have been more f'racked at the was that another truck would have had everyone from the store in it. Only most of the actors had finished filming and left. The other King stories Darabont also directed are The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.
Hey guys, great reaction & commentary!
All the artwork in David Drayton's studio had to do w/Stephen King stories. The one he was working on at the beginning of the movie was not Clint Eastwood.😄 It was Roland, the gunslinger from Stephen King's. The Dark Tower series of books. I've read 6 out of the 7 books. I hated THE DARK TOWER movie w/Idris Elba & Matthew McConaughey. I felt like the movie makers tried to cram parts of 2 or 3 books into 1 movie.😠
Ok, back to The Mist, actress Laurie Holden who played "Amanda Dunfrey", the blonde that watched David's son was in The Walking Dead as well as a couple of other people. Jordan, I thought it funny that u mentioned the video game Silent Hill # 1 because Laurie Holden was in the 1st SILENT HILL movie.😊
U guys kept saying how great & take charge the character David Drayton was. Well, the actor Thomas Jane has experience playing a take charge kind of guy in THE PUNISHER (2004), as the Punisher.😊 3 actors in this movie are Stephen King adaptation alum. Jeffrey DeMunn who played "Don Miller", the guy that was part of David's group to make it to the car. The actor was also in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (the trial lawyer) & THE GREEN MILE (1 of the guards) among a couple of other King adaptations. William Sadler, who played Jim, the guy David punched, is also from THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1 of Andy's inmate buddies) & THE GREEN MILE (the father of the little girls that were killed). The 3rd actor is actress Frances Sternhagen, she was the old lady, "Irene Reppler". She played the sheriff's wife in MISERY.
The director Frank Darabont told Stephen King that he'd do the movie as long as he could change the ending. King's novella had an open ending. The group driving in the mist just keeps driving as long as they can on that tank of gas heading toward Connecticut. That's how the novella ends. Darabont hated open endings. So, the ending we see in the movie is the director's ending.😊
Well, I guess that's it from me.
Best, BRAVEST ending of a movie, very rare movie creators allow this to happen. Bravo to director Darabont
This story really lives side-by-side with H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos of ancient gods/beings that live in a parallel dimension. Having seen everything that they had, the group had no real notion that anyone could fix the situation, not to mention no food, no other transportation, etc. It's certainly not the only film with that kind of bleak gut punch of an ending, but him shooting his son really ups the depression factor by a lot. Great reaction to a great, if so bleak, film.
Jordan mentions Half-life and Silent Hill; Half-life was specifically inspired by the novella of the Mist, and so was Silent Hill!
The story is well worth a read. It was originally published in an 1980 anthology titled Dark Forces, which itself was a groundbreaking collection.
The book this was based on was a major inspiration for the original Half-Life game.
Also, if you like Thomas Jane, check out The Expanse (series)
Great reaction guys, love this movie and greetings from Perú
I think one of my favorite Stephen King creatures feature movie is Silver Bullet. Love the channel!
The night flyer, worth watching, got the guy from robocop, another good king movie
Yo‼️ Who else got super freaked out for a second when they saw the cat's tail and thought it was a tentacle‼️ ⁉️⁉️⁉️😅😅😅
Religious I can understand, but that woman is crazy. Not just crazy, but Stephen King crazy.
Maybe. She didn't shoot her kid in the head, though.
@@LuridContent Right? She was only demanding the child to use as a sacrifice. That's not crazy at all.
@@mr_yoru5834 So she demanded a kid to sacrifice but ultimately didn't. Right? Compared to the dude who literally shot three other people and his son.
@@LuridContent If you just can't grasp the difference between the two situations then I have no time to get into an argument with you or trifle with whatever inane point you're trying to make.
@@mr_yoru5834 Oh, I do grasp the difference. That was never in question. Mrs. Carmody's a nut. No doubt.
Then again Drayton was so assured of his own correctness that his decisions lead to the death of his kid and others. That's the entire point. Both Carmody and Drayton are inherently flawed. We, or in this case you, only recognize the fault in one when both Carmody and Drayton ultimately react poorly.
Ok...jordan and chandra....as a lifelong stephen king reader you asked to recommend some king movies to watch from his books....here are a few for you both.
1...SILVER BULLET 1985 with cory haim and gary busey...based on cycle of the werewolf.
2....DOLORES CLAIBORNE 1995 with kathy bates.
3...MISERY 1990 with kathy bates..she won best actress oscar for it.
4...CHRISTINE 1983
5...1922 with thomas jane again...he played thebdad in the mist.
6....THE SHINING 1980 with jack nicholson and DOCTOR SLEEP 2019 with ewan mcgregor great sequel.
7...SALEM'S LOT 1979 TV MOVIE with david soul.
8...IT 1990 TV MOVIE with tim curry of the remake movies with bill skarsgard both are really good.
8....THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION and THE GREEN MILE
9...1408 with john cusack.
10...CUJO 1983
11....CARRIE 1976....all time classic
12...THE BOOGEYMAN 2023
13...APT PUPIL 1998
14...CELL 2016
15...THE DEAD ZONE 1983 with Christopher walken.
And theres also CASTLE ROCK the tv show thats based in the fictional town that some of kings work is based...loads of his characters live there...not a bad tv show...lots of nods to his bokks and movies.
As someone who has read the novella this is based on, I can tell you that this is a very faithful adaptation. Not surprising given its the same guy who gave us Shawshank Redemption. He just seems to really GET Stephen King.
One of my favorite movies of all time!
Since you guys like Thomas Jane's voice look for a DC Universe Cartoon short of "Jonah Hex". Thomas Jane and Linda Hamilton (from Terminator) did the voice overs. It's an eerie western tale the way the original Jonah Hex Comics were written. I wish they had done a series of em'. He has the perfect voice for Hex..
If you have never seen The Shining and Doctor Sleep I would recommend those movies. In my opinion they are arguably the best film adaptations of Stephen King Stories. I think you guys would enjoy them.
Hey, Chandra and Jordan! Many Stephen King adaptations have been ruined by Hollywood endings. This is easily one of the best adaptations of his material.
A theme of King's stories is that good people suffer before a stern, indifferent God. Very Puritanical, Old Testament stuff.
The novella ends with ambiguity. David wonders whether they'll be able to clear the mist with the gas they have left. They're headed in the direction of a weak radio signal.
The horrific fate of the heroic characters was a Darabont twist that King heartily approved and fans thought was sheer ballsy brilliance! It is the un-Hollywood ending!
The painting Jane is working on before the storm depicts Roland the Gunslinger from Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. The character is based on Clint Eastwood's Man-With-No-Name but set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Accomplished and critically acclaimed actor Andre Braugher, who played the skeptical neighbor, is implied to have died when the biker's lower torso is hauled back to the supermarket since the biker left with Braugher's group. In the novella, the entire group is tethered together and the line whips back and forth and up and down as they're slaughtered. His delivery of "Then, I guess, the joke would be on me, after all." is layered with such fatalistic sadness and wounded pride that it moves me every time.
Darabont works with the same stable of actors repeatedly. He was the showrunner for the first season of "The Walking Dead" which is why several actors from that series are in the cast including Carol's Melissa McBride as the mom who survives, Dale's Jeffrey DeMunn as the older gent who escapes with David and spears the spider, and Andrea's Laurie Holden who is the blonde with the gun. Darabont also directed "The Shawshank Redemption" which is another of King's works and several cast members from that film are also in this one like William Sadler as the converted mechanic and Brian Libby as the biker who gets cut in half.
William Sadler, who plays the troublemaker Jim, is a veteran character actor from tons of movies and TV shows.
Sam Witwer, who plays the sacrificed soldier, is the voice of Darth Maul in "Clone Wars".
Alexa Davalos, who plays the stung cashier, was the heroine of "Man in the High Castle".
Frances Sternhagen, who played the spunky old lady, is a veteran actress from numerous films who has been in a few King productions most notably "Misery".
Toby Jones, the sharp-shooting assistant manager, is a prolific British character actor from too many movies to count.
Thomas Jane, who plays David, is a genre mainstay who loves comic books, horror and sci-fi. He starred in a fantastic true crime biopic about an incredibly successful South African bank robber called "Stander".
Marcia Gay Harden, who plays Mrs. Carmody, is an Oscar-nominated actress who knocked it out of the park as a delusional hyper-religious zealot and demagogue! The audience I was with cheered and whooped when she got blown away!
The shot of that diplodocus-sized Cthulhu kaiju striding across the terrain is straight from the book and is one of the shots that really sells the otherworldliness of "The Mist".
The ultimate horror film that will test your mettle and haunt you forever is "MARTYRS"! I highly recommend it!
I'll recommend Christine, Misery and The Shawshank Redemption.
never fails, you 3 are all so fun. i enjoy your reactions very much. more please 😌
Some of the best Stephen King movies for me are Salems Lot, Silver Bullet, Pet Sematary, It Chapters 1 and 2 and two of the miniseries they made back in the 1990s The Stand and Storm of The Century. Also one recently that is good The Boogeyman
The comic book he grabs is The Punisher: War Journal” since Jane played the Punisher three years earlier.
Would have been just as good if the comic was "Creepshow" ♥️🤟😎♥️
Stephen King is the author of so many books and stories that have been made into great films. Carrie was the first movie based on his work. The Shining is one of the best (the Kubrick version, not the other one. He also worked wit George Romero on the 2 Creepshow movies.
As scary as the creatures are, the real horror of this for me is, as ever, the humans. Or rather the lack of humanity. The mobs' descent is so terrifying because we all realise it's so close to the truth. Only a thin veneer of society holds us together - or rather, apart. It's the reason I find the mob scene in this more disturbing than any monster or demon.
Stephen King has more than 50 movies or TV shows based on his books and he doesn't just write horror. Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile are also movies based on his stories. Pet Cemetery, Firestarter, Christine, The Stand, Dolores Claiborne, Cujo....sooooo many
Frank Darabont adapted 3 Stephen King stories, this, “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Green Mile”. Check out those other 2 if you haven’t already.
"People are smart. They can handle it."
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
Men In Black
One movie id love to see redone with todays CGI...a sequel would be awesome too...from the viewpoint of the laboratory that opened the "window"👍im a Gen X gate keeping prick that believes the first is the best but the newer IT is definitely much more terrifying than the first👍🔥
React to Silver Bullet by Stephen King.
My suggestions would be the TV version of "The Shining" from 1997. Sadly not much talked about, but I think the better watch than the famous one with Jack Nicholson from 1980. Stephen King actually disliked what they have done to his story, ripping out mayor parts, character backgrounds and such that only the bare bones of the story were left.
It's a slow burn, but it needs the time to establish what's going on.
on an unrelated note, the spanish movie "The Orphanage" from 2007 is awesome too
2:17 As soon as I saw this kid, I remembered a scene later (26:49) in the movie...Man oh man he was SUCH a great actor in this film.
As a single old man id have to volunteer and save the father from shooting his own son..most definitely.
But theres monsters outside