![]() It’s in the shadow of Darabont’s decade-old masterpiece that Spike TV’s small-screen series The Mist premieres (this Thursday, 10 ET). Only a truly evil person would spoil what follows, although suffice it to say, Darabont’s conclusion-not found in King’s original, but blessed with the author’s approval-is so cruelly judgmental and despairingly bleak, it more than earns the description “unforgettable.” ![]() Carmody (played by Marcia Gay Harden), a religious fanatic who believes these events are a sign of the Apocalypse, and seizes control of the situation in murderous fashion. The real monsters in both King’s short and Darabont’s movie, however, are human, and reside inside the grocery store, led by Mrs. Darabont’s movie is a faithful take on King’s thriller, which is largely set in a Bridgeton, Maine, supermarket where numerous citizens hole up while a strange mist envelops the area, bringing with it horrifying H.P. ![]() ![]() The new millennium has gifted us with many great horror films, but few pack the sheer traumatizing punch of The Mist, director Frank Darabont’s 2007 adaptation of a Stephen King novella that was first made widely available in 1985’s Skeleton Crew. ![]()
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