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.
Direction
Darabont's most vicious film channels his Shawshank humanity into pure dread.
Acting
Marcia Gay Harden's Mrs. Carmody is terrifying without touching a monster.
Practical Effects
Lovecraftian beast designs that CGI still can't top for sheer wrongness.
Director
Frank Darabont
Thomas Jane
David Drayton
Laurie Holden
Amanda Dunfrey
Toby Jones
Ollie Weeks
Marcia Gay Harden
Mrs. Carmody
Andre Braugher
Brent Norton
William Sadler
Jim
Jeffrey DeMunn
Dan Miller
Frances Sternhagen
Irene Reppler
Sam Witwer
Private Jessup
Alexa Davalos
Sally
Nathan Gamble
Billy Drayton
Chris Owen
Norm
David Jensen
Myron
Robert C. Treveiler
Bud Brown
Melissa McBride
Woman With Kids at Home
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was shot in Louisiana supermarkets still recovering from Katrina, adding real post-disaster tension to every scene.
US
