The Mist (2007) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?

A new episode of our video series WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? has just been released, and in this one we’re looking back at the 2007 Stephen King adaptation The Mist (watch it HERE). A film with one of the biggest bummer endings of all time. To learn what went into the making of this movie and the decision to end it that way (King’s story has a very different ending), check out the video embedded above!

The Mist was written and directed by Frank Darabont, who had previously made the King prison story adaptations The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. The Mist has the following synopsis:

After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within, where a zealot calls for a sacrifice.

The film stars Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen, Sam Witwer, Alexa Davalos, and Nathan Gamble.

This is what the WTF Happened to This Horror Movie series is all about:

Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster, but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To This Horror Movie?

This episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movie was Written by Emilie Black, Edited by Jaime Vasquez, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Some of the previous episodes of the show can be seen below. To see more, head over to our JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!