The Mist
- Director: Frank Darabont
- Writer: Frank Darabont
- Release: November 21, 2007
Yet again, a movie based on a Stephen King novel. The man knows how to write a good story, clearly. The screenplay for The Mist was written by Frank Darabont, who also directed the movie too. He knew a thing or two about horror movies before taking on this project. While the movie involves a world that ends up being attacked by a mysterious mist that contains monsters, the ending is what we all remember. Darabont actually added this to the film version, as it was not in King’s novel. In fact, his decision took this from one of the scariest movies ever to a psychological shot to the face.
The end involves a family that we’ve seen mostly throughout. While they escape the mist, for the most part, an issue occurs that results in them now being surrounded by it. Assuming they are about to die, the parents believe they need to end the life of their family to spare them the horror of the monsters doing it for them. The Dad kills the two children and his wife, but before he ends his own life, the mist disappears and an army is there to help. After all that, it’s over and the mist (without doing anything) took everything from the man. King loved the idea, so gave his blessing for it to be in the movie version.