The Mist (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Frank Darabont

Escritores (WGA):

Frank Darabont (screenplay)
Stephen King (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 noviembre 2007 (USA)

Género:

Horror | Ciencia-Ficción | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Stephen King's Legendary Tale of Terror

Plot:

A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Mist | Supermarket | Army | Tentacle | Neighbor

Premios:

1 win & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

There's something unconventionally unique in The Mist

Reparto

Thomas Jane	...	David Drayton
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Mrs. Carmody
Laurie Holden	...	Amanda Dumfries / Dunfrey
Andre Braugher	...	Brent Norton
Toby Jones	...	Ollie Weeks
William Sadler	...	Jim
Jeffrey DeMunn	...	Dan Miller
Frances Sternhagen	...	Irene Reppler
Nathan Gamble	...	Billy Drayton
Alexa Davalos	...	Sally
Chris Owen	...	Norm
Sam Witwer	...	Private Jessup
Robert C. Treveiler	...	Bud Brown (as Robert Treveiler)
David Jensen	...	Myron
Melissa Suzanne McBride	...	Woman With Kids at Home (as Melissa McBride)

También conocida como:

Stephen King's The Mist (USA) (complete title)
La niebla (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
La niebla, de Stephen King (Spain) [es]
Sobre-Natural (Mexico) [es]
Sobrenatural (Venezuela) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, terror and gore, and language.

Duración:

126 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco (alternate DVD version) | Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Clasificación:

USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Germany:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:MA | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/16 | Japan:R-15 | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Sweden:15 | Spain:18 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Peru:14 | Italy:VM14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Compañía:

Darkwoods Productions

Trivialidades:

Director Frank Darabont originally wanted the film shown in black and white. The 2-disc DVD release contains Darabont's black and white version on the second disc.

Errores:

Errores Reales: Early in the movie, the child is sick. Someone suggests aspirin. However, nowadays, aspirin comes with a warning label not to give to children due to Reye's Syndrome. Children's Motrin or Children's Tylenol should have been recommended, instead.

Citas:

[first lines]
Billy Drayton: Whoa!

Conexiones de Película:

References El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Banda de Sonido:

The Host of Seraphim

There's something unconventionally unique in The Mist

Based on Stephen King's short story, The Mist is about a small town which is slowly filled with a thick mist. Some town residents, including David(played by Thomas Jane) and his son, David's lawyer neighbor, and a religious fanatic(played by Marcia Gay Harden) find refuge in a supermarket when they discover that there might be something unnatural and deadly within the mist.

This is a suspenseful, entertaining, and consistently creepy horror movie. The action is thrilling and the characters' interactions are just as intense. The story is dark and disturbing and the performances are surprisingly solid. The movie is an in-depth insight into the way people may radically change in behavior in survival situations. I've found Stephen King's writing style and some of his more recent films to be irritatingly predictable and the films just did not seem like good representations of the stories they were based upon. However, The Mist is the best short story adaptation of King's and one of the best horror films I've seen. Director and screen writer Frank Darabont does a great job with bringing the characters and eerie story to life. Honorable mention goes to Marcia Gay Harden who gives a strong performance as the psychotically religious woman.