The Mist (2007)

Most people think so. 82% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 66%.

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity. Wikipedia ↗

The Mist is a 2007 American science fiction horror film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on Stephen King's 1980 novella. Thomas Jane stars as David Drayton, a movie poster artist in a small Maine town who is trapped in a supermarket with dozens of other townspeople when a mysterious, impenetrable mist rolls in from the direction of a nearby military base, bringing with it enormous, horrifying creatures that kill anyone who ventures outside. As the siege continues, the real horror emerges not from the monsters but from within the supermarket, as the religious zealot Mrs.

Carmody, played by Marcia Gay Harden, gains a fanatical following among the terrified survivors and demands human sacrifice to appease God's wrath. The Mist's ending — which Frank Darabont changed significantly from King's more ambiguous novella — was one of the most shocking, devastating conclusions in modern horror, a gut-punch that Stephen King himself praised as superior to his original version. Marcia Gay Harden's Mrs.

Carmody was a terrifying portrayal of how fear and religious fundamentalism can transform ordinary people into a mob. The Mist earned $57 million worldwide on a $18 million budget.