I watched the film ‘The Mist’ this morning thanks to YouTube. It has been a while since I last saw the film and I’m not sure if it as had a run-out on terrestrial TV to date even although it was released in 2007.
Before you read on you have been warned there will be a massive spoiler at the end of this blog post, it’s in the post-heading folks. For those interested there is a link to the full film on YouTube, free to watch at the end of this post.
I thought the film is great plenty of suspense, which I like, with unknown horror, which I also like. A freak storm batters a small American backwoods town, which we find out later, is something to do with the army. It unleashes a thick mist and within are bloodthirsty creatures. A small band of citizens holed up in a supermarket were they fight for their lives from the creatures and from within the group
The twist at the end was a real tearjerker. After a small group manage to breakout of the supermarket, they drive off into the mist. They finally lose all hope of salvation as their car runs out of petrol, while the otherworldly beasties can be heard all around them in the distance. Reaching for his gun, the adults in the small group no what is going to happen next.
He sadly dispatches his fellow survivors, including his young son before turning the gun on himself. However, there is no bullet left for him. Bereft with a mixture of guilt and pain he steps outside the car to offer himself to the creatures. Has he screams hoping to attract a quick death we see the mist clearing and lights in the distance, then a tank and soldiers follow by truckloads of survivors. If only he had waited for a few more minutes.
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