THE MIST (2007) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Making Of, Monsters & Film Analysis

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The scene when they are trying to leave and the religious lady is holding the knife but puts her hands on her head. She’s exposing her vital organs showing she has complete control over the situation and has zero fear of David’s group. Of course she didn’t think Ollie was going to step up. Ollie was the hero of this story. He was done dirty in the end. Epic ending!

LOVED trhis movie, on many occasions. It's so underrated. And I just love the ending (really bad ending, but filmed well) where he just cracks, and cant stop screaming at what just happened.

I remember watching this movie with friends when it came out. We were absolutely floored about the ending, we couldnt believe it, some were crying in disbelief 😂, we were like 15 year old kids, Core memory right there

The ending left me broken. Hell, even King himself love the changed ending.

I saw this in the theater and that ending had everyone shook.

In the book it’s sorta hinted that David has a sort of “Shine” to him cos he keeps predicting events that come to fruition.. wish he’d written more books in this world — or turned it into a series.

I've read The Gunslinger/Dark Tower series twice. It dealt in part with the thinning of barriers between realities. The characters talk about how there are monsters between worlds which could break through (Lovecraftian, as mentioned in the video). Likewise, Pennywise was a Lovecraftian creature. Both of these posters are shown in David's studio. Artists are shown to have insight into the future and other realities ("the Shine" from other works), which is part of why the MC is shown to have portrayed these other realities. Ofc, it's also a reference to King's other works. King considered The Dark Tower to be central to his world building, the Tower itself being something that connected all worlds, and the creatures between worlds

Yeah, this approach is just about my favorite thing about this channel. You guys know and master your lane so well that you are not afraid to tackle older movies that have impacted you. In the same way, you fearlessly do different videos that consider different ideas about some of these same movies. Thank you for that. That is just so beyond cool!

Also this movie along with Slient Hill are why I absolutely hate fog... I'll walk outside and see it, followed by an immediate "OH HELL NAH"

Andre Braugher is in this too. RIP Captain Holt

I loved that they expanded/changed the ending. Read the book/story years before the movie was made. And I love that picture of Roland Deschain (5:20). It's a shame Darabont didn't make a Dark Tower Trilogy or a series.

The Irony of the end of The Mist, made it memorable. I heard even though the book ended differently. Steven King himself said he enjoyed the movie ending very much. I suppose it turned it more into ‘a horror movie’ Both Shawshank and The Green became dramatic favorites. John Coffey’s death was so heartbreaking it unified millions or perhaps billions

Such a great movie that trys to show you how society can unravel very quickly in a unknown disaster. And one of the craziest WTF endings in a movie.

I love this movie and the ending, but I hate them together.

There are parts of the Bible that offer so much insight, even in a secular context. “Love thine enemy” is one of my favorites. Imagine if we could still show empathy to those that disagree with us on a fundamental level. It’s really hard work to get to that place mentally, but it would be worth trying. I think that concept really encapsulates what this movie is about: working together, even if that means working with your enemy.

I love that Stephen King freely admits the movie ending was better than his written version and that he wishes he came up with that first

Big King fan. I usually hate when they change his stories from the books. But Kings endings aren’t his strong suit. But this change, this ending, was absolutely amazing. Chef’s kiss.

I was always under the impression that the dimension that the military opened was the Wastelands from the third Dark Tower novel.

I don't think there's any film I've seen that broke my heart at the end as much as this one. It's been years, and it still turns my stomach. Since seeing it, I've started a family of my own and wow... it's earth shattering.