The Ending Of The Mist Finally Gets Explained
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Stephen King has given us some truly horrifying endings over the years, from Carrie to Christine, but the most horrifying ending of a Stephen King film wasn’t actually written by Stephen King himself. When director Frank Darabont adapted King’s novella The Mist, he opted to rewrite the ending into the bleakest one imaginable, which King himself quite approved of.
What inspired the director of The Shawshank Redemption to take a dark Stephen King story and make it even darker? From the real-life inspiration to the importance of hope, let’s take a look at the explanation of the ending of The Mist.
#TheMist #Movie #Film
There's something in the mist... | 0:00
Won't somebody here see a lady home? | 0:54
From bad to worse | 1:38
From worse to desperate | 2:27
Hope, The Mist, and The Shawshank Redemption | 3:49
The movie vs. the book | 5:16
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Inter dimensional monsters? zombies? No apocalypse can stop Melissa McBride.
She's the true hero!
Because his Carol!!
lugiasean19 Carol always saves the day!!!
@@destronia123 True but look at the pretty flowers
Unless it's the TWD comic, Carol was useless in that while Andrea was awesome.
Poor Carol. She went through all that just to have her daughter bitten by a walker and kept hidden in a barn a few years later.
Hahahahaha
😂
How dare you bro 😭
True this is a canon event for her that leads into the Walking Dead 😂
And poor Dale got killed twice
The end of this was the ultimate fu of the modern movie era. They didn't drag it out, they didn't embellish it, they let you feel his pain for just a few seconds, then they rolled in with the military and smacked you in the face with it. This was the perfect epic ending that leaves people talking about it for decades. The end in the book was different, but this was better. Even Stephen King liked it.
Like the fly remake
In the book there was no ending father and son just drove off into..........?
This ending still gets me.
First saw this movie when I was 13. The ending messed me up! But it was good!
The book's ending was better. It leaves the audience to use their imagination. This movie ending is just such a hollywood crap. To me, it wasnt all that surprising. More of a let down.
Most devastating part about the ending is the direction he was driving, the caravans pulled up from behind the car
Damn they could’ve driven the other way and drove right past the tanks
@@CornholioPuppetMaster He wanted to see his wife first,why would he turn around
I thought about this but then I thought what if the same thing would have been driving in the direction of the convoy and still mercy killed them before knowing how close they were?
That's because in order to drive out of the mist... you have to drive out of the mist.....
The fact that he willingly got the gun is full on clown moment
The ending destroyed my heart😢😢😢
I think a more tenable and less traumatic approach would have been to have him kill all but his son. I think I could have lived with that.
@@dr.skulhamr3220 that would be much better. Literally
But it's fucking unique
@@dr.skulhamr3220 no you still living shut up
@@dr.skulhamr3220 let go and let God at that point you should believe in something anything he would have died in my arms certainly
People have really poor comprehension skills if this ending needed explanation.
I'm only watching the video the rejoice the thrilling ending
Seeing this movie makes me don’t want to live in Maine
Yeah, the ending is kind of self explanatory.
@@Bomma45 I live in Maine. No monsters in the mist. I think.
Yeah, u ain't lyin, I was a little kid and I still understood the ending.
A lot of people hated the ending of The Mist but it's actually a brilliant anti-suicide message.
Yes
Didnt even think of it like tht
Don't be a quitter exactly
I found it funny to be honest. The dude An Hero'd everyone for no reason. Cue It's Always Sunny Theme.
Huge animals are impossible. The elephant is the largest possible.
There's this thing called gravity ...
Half of Walk Dead Original Cast in the MIST
i love it lol
That's because Frank D. and Co. did most of the first season.
I was saying that last year when I watching the movie how sweet
I only noticed Carol, who are the others
@@EzMystery the old guy who plays Dale & the lady who play Andrea
Man, this ending was so heartbreaking and disturbing. It turns an okay monster horror movie into one of the most terrifying in my opinion
A key part of the plot you didn’t mention was that Billy made David promise him that he wouldn’t let the monsters get him, no matter what.
.......wow
Monsters passed them by and nothing happened. He could have wait for the moment before doing it. Lack of fate is what this movie try to depict. He put their fate in his hand and its a wrong decision.
The novella: Amazing.
The movie: Fantastic.
The show: Horrible.
Yeah, the show was a shower of shit. Where were the monsters?
Roland Deschain true.
The show was good
The end of the show is where it started getting interesting
@@dauchande I agree.
Not even the Mist can kill Carol 💪
I think the movie also teaches us about patience and think twice before you do something. The ending taught us that.
SLAYR you don’t think that he thought twice about killing his family?
Caked well yeah, i mean have you seen the ending ? Why don’t he just wait in the car as long as it’s safe ? Or you know use the gun as a last resort.
@@hihowrya370 my boi he lost hope like the video explained.
Ezcanor and that’s the point. You can’t loose hope you have to remain grounded and patient. Period. If he had just waited a little while, everyone would have been alive. But our human emotions and thinking we’ve got the solution lost him his son
Clarity of thought before Rashness of action.
The night is dark and full of terrors
It's morning bro.
Oof
Ezcanor morning
While viewer kind of forgot about meaning of ‘The Mist’ ending, it certainly didn’t forget about him
nice 😊 that quote is so badass! i never appreciated it when i 1st heard it. but over time it came to be one of my favs. same with, "what is died may never die."
The most shocking ending of any movie I’ve seen.. it’s truly heartbreaking ☹️☹️☹️
I remember watching this with my dad when i was in kindergarten, i remember bits of it but what i remember most is when the father went outside to accidentally went in the spider nest and then my dad told me this is what fathers have to go through for you kids (in a calm manner) and then i hugged him and say that i love him. That part of my childhood always sticks to me until now in college.
You watched it that young? Bruh
@@mooganify I watched a lot of movies when I was that young, I think it was first elementary idk it was near kindergarden years, I was born in 2001
@@mooganifyyeah “bruh”. We grew up not being bubble wrapped. Yall soft as baby shit now a days and wonder why.
The ending chills my bones till this day
yohohohoho
Looper: How Dark Phoenix will blow you away
Also Looper: How Dark Phoenix Failed horribly
Now: How a movie thats ending needed no explanation gets an explanation...
@@jb9243 seems legit
HAHAHAHA, I dead forgot about that movie, makes sense it failed if i haven't heard of it over a year later lol. Def going to watch now.
Melissa McBride
At grocery store: a crying mom
At the middle of the mist: a bad*ss mom
Just look at the flowers.
A walking dead fan i see! why hello!...
I don't think a more messed up ending in cinematic history exists.
Million dolar baby
@@tacuazinful i mean that was messed up but not even close to the mist
Requiem for a dream
@@hellothere2589 well those characters had it coming. Still they're all messed up endings and left me thinking for a while :(
Brazil?
The ending is simple to understand. The military steps in to save the day and overtime the world most likely returns to normal and recovers from the failure of the “Arrowhead Project.” Though I’d love to see a movie after the Mist that shows how the mist affected the world and changed it.
I recon it would be kinda like the leftovers
stranger things but on a worldwide scale maybe lol
they made a show but it got cancelled for being rly bad
One of the spiders laid a bunch of babies inside of the MP guy, I imagine there were a few spiders that survived and probably laid eggs inside other people in a few towns over. By the way the tentacle thing dissolved in the loading dock, i’m guessing the creatures can’t survive too long outside the mist
humanity wins at the end, but one man loses everything
Until today I get goosebumps with this final scene.
Not to mention that The Host of Seraphim (from Dead can Dance, the song playing) puts the emotional depth and mixed feelings from the scene into a frame hard to describe.
This movie is a true and hidden not appreciated gem.
I didn't think this would supply anything new, but I loved The Mist so I clicked on the link. Turns out, I only understood half of the ending. I didn't catch the part with Melissa McBride. That drives the ending home even more. Good job!
I would love to see a prequel where you see a soldier with a group of other soldiers in the mist fighting to stay alive and there mission is to shut down the portal and after a lot of deaths they make it afterwards they call in for backup and are apart of the team sent to kill all the creatures and as they walk through the abandoned streets they see a car with a man next to it screaming
In the right hands that would be good but someone would butcher the sequel bad
Sounds a lot like stranger things
That would be brilliant!🤓💯
That prequel is Half life a game made by Valve. Its about to be rereleased updated I read
@@geiiger yeah no not at all, half life is completely different
First actors of Walking Dead
Carl is the little kid
Basically
This needs explaining about as much as The Matrix did.
As in, not at all.
It's plainly obvious.
Yes and no, average moviegoers missed the true thematic meanings, the rest of us were up to speed
Not really!....the mist is just smoke! And the monster's in the mist was war and lies that can kill your child!😉
I was wondering too....why this video needed to be made.
Apparently not if your american.. However us far intellectual and superior Europeans figured the shit out of this celluloid offering, as always.. Dumb yanks......
@@robertschaffer596 because many of us didnt get it like me i havent seen this movie since i was a kid and back then i didnt understand any of this at all and i never watched it again because it was horryfying but now i understand
I thought it was really cool how the writers of this movie made it so that the sight of survival and hope is what brings the protagonist into even more agony.
What's the all-time best Stephen King movie adaptation?
Christine
This movie is literally perfect. It’s one of my favorite horror films. Love the characters and the way the camera makes you feel like you are right there with them!
wait til u see the Netflix adaptation
@@princ3rom3drumm3r07is the Netflix adaption good
"Lord of the Flies style".
That's a brilliant novel, but we've discovered it isn't anything near truth.
Three times young people have been discovered, living, for some reason, wrecked on abandoned islands. They've done just fine.
That was a great movie. Too bad there was no sequel. So much potential.
BtW: Half-Life, anyone?
Yeah, it reminded me a lot of Half-Life.
There will be Hollywood out of ideas
The most remake coming to a theater near you. Plus sequals will ruin good movies
Doesn't need a sequel. The military closed the gateway and the message of the film was made. Don't give up on hope. Nothing more to show.
So, u are the kind of bastard who never stop untill Destroy movies and books with eternal sequels,uh?
One of the craziest endings I’ve ever seen in a movie. Still one of my favorite movies. Instead of the sweet little storybook ending most movies like this have this was a real, emotional, and shocking ending. Freaking great movie.
Finally a CZcamsr that finally gets it. The ending is based off the rest of the movie: the message has always been about hope and keeping the faith, because you never know what tomorrow will bring!!
I thought the ending was pretty definitive. What explanation is needed?
Terrence Morrison Looper needs that cash.
I think people just want to know more about the story and what happened.
this movie traumatized me... i have neva looked at mist the same :'(
Don't watch the Fog (John Carpenter version of course)
2020 traumatized me so far
Honestly I would love to see a spin-off of McBride journey through the mist.
Lol, I always thought it ended because the kid was finally sacrificed!!!
Underrated comment
Something was missing character what are they coming to do with David at the end when they did not saty at it supermarket for rescued Norton hate him in film the mist i watched tv show characters could have lived i hated his neighbor Norton why do he have to be so mean to him
That's what I think but most people I talked to thought the ending was hilarious.
Like wtf
lmao
yes David this is the only way that the ending isn't total garbage, but giving the director this benefit of the doubt, he still failed to even subtly make this connection. As in the crazy lady should have said things will get better if "x" is sacrificed... not just randomly murdering people and calling out for people to be sacrificed.
but for the most part people who think the ending was good without realizing this are just degenerate mouth breathing hipsters.
Who else is watching it during this corona crisis????
Just finished the book
me✌
He killed his son
I jist watched this for the first time yesterday.
ME DEFINITELY
How the Mist could’ve stopped Thanos’ Army in Avengers: Endgame
Marvel you better fire your script writers and your directors and hire this man
I smell more of a cloverfield vibe.
Imagine thanos vs the biggest thing in the mist, your mom.
One of the most heartbreaking ending.
If you can't figure out the ending to the book or movie, I doubt you're smart enough to find your way onto youtube
@Drake9Draconiangar I mean, you're not wrong. lol
Tori Forte I never watched the movie. So I’m just watching this instead.
Ms.Tori you ROCK !!! Best comment on this subject ever !!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Ouch! Such a mean spirited thing to say. Are you ok? Sounds like you may be dealing with some issues. I hope things get better you. I really do.
@@EddieLeal for real
I’m happy to know I grew up in a decade where this film exists. Thank god for Darabont.
We all need to have hope during this COVID-19 pandemic!!
First horror movie. I was 9. And now im obsessed with S.K
So you 21 son?
Damn how many times carol keeps losing kids 😂
Epic ending. I mean, epic. Challenging to the core. We need more of this quality and willingness to slap us I the face.
It's fair enough to say that this movie's ending is good-for the right audience-but still, I agree with the people who say that it was stupid because it felt out of character for David to give up so easily. It's a really effective ending, but I still think I would have preferred something a little less cruel.
I hate to see people suffer, even in fictional content. Nevertheless, this movie's ending is actually ultimately positive because it shows that humanity is going to win. The original ending is ultimately more depressing when you think about it-especially when it shows the whole earth covered in a white blanket of mist-leaving the audience fully aware that humanity is likely doomed to hide in holes in the world that once was ours...
I guess it's not that David killed everyone else for nothing that really gets under my skin-it's that we don't have any answers. That's something I hate about the horror genre, how it often leaves too much unexplained.
I still wonder what happened to him. I imagine that the two soldiers who stopped to watch him scream looked in the car, then hoisted him up and tried to calm him down as they got him on his feet to go with the other survivors. But after that, who knows? Maybe he tried to get the soldiers to kill him, maybe he just passed out and later woke up to a wrecked world that he would have to learn to live in like Joel from The Last of Us, or maybe he simply went insane.
loved the mist .. love these type of survivor films all held up somewhere and protecting what they got .
I hated this movie. Well, let me re-phrase, I loved the whole movie for everything you stated but I couldn't stand the end. I couldn't stand someone who just gives up like that.
*+Jay Hoyt* You don't have to like the ending or agree with the father's choice, but ask yourself from the mindset of a parent: "What would I do in that position, if it were my child?"
Morals aside, really consider the context: You've driven for God knows how long, trying to escape the mist only for it to seemingly stretch on forever. You've seen some of the creatures.
You've seen the agony that befalls their victims. You love your child more than ANYTHING and swore to spare him the monsters' wrath no matter what. Obviously, you don't want him to die.
But you also don't want him to suffer. You've seen what became of the rest of your town while driving and have yet to see ANY evidence whatsoever of survivors outside the supermarket.
Now, you're stranded in the open with only a few bullets and a group needing food/water/shelter. You've tried your best but largely exhausted your options. Now, do you:
*A)* Hide in the car, hoping the horrors outside don't get in, and wait until you presumably starve. *B)* Risk going outside with your little ammo and hope you all aren't attacked + eaten.
*C)* End it quickly and spare your child pain. What is the right thing to do here for everyone involved? THIS is one reason why the finale is so powerful, because there is NO clear answer.
@CZcams streetsweeper no, I understand the end, and the choice, I just don’t like it. It’s like a kick in the gut.
I would've loved if Frank Darabont was still the showrunner of The Walking Dead, season 1&2 are my favorite.
He ran into issues with them and sued them i believe... unfortunate
Abe Hassan-Froman Frank got screwed around so much, he should be glad to be gone.
And then, Carol crossover on TWD...
Andrea as well.
Yes I get that people are tired of the happy ending. There were many plot holes. Like he never tried to get fuel. No father could kill his kid as a painless death. They will try their best untill the last moment to save them. I felt the end was made like that just to make audience shock.
Every time I watch this I can feel my heart just sink a bit in my body, it’s such a heavy and sad ending. This and The Boy In Striped Pajamas are the two saddest endings to any movie I’ve seen, period. Green Mile is also up there but I haven’t seen that movie yet.
Melissa just yelled LOOK AT THE FLOWERS up at the monster and they ran away
3:38
David: Me, accidentally killing my dog in Minecraft
The 2 soldiers: that wandering trader waiting for me to trade with him
The most shocking ending of any movie I’ve seen.. it’s truly heartbreaking
Can we not ignore that the mist disappeared rather quickly at the end of the movie
It disappears just as quickly as it came in, like cloud moving through the sky in a windy day, except the cloud is on ground level.
I want to see the story of how Melissa rescued her children.
This movie had an epic and shocking ending. Which made it a great movie.
i just wanted to know how they stopped the mist lmao
the best ending acting I've ever seen. incredible
Ok but what are 20 things we missed in the endgame post credit scene?
Hope is necessary and a rifle with a case of ammo helps too.
They should've followed Carol, I would. The Mist is still a great film.
obviously you would say that because you know the ending
This movie taught us all the importance of patience
Can't say what i feel about the ending 😢😢
13 yrs ♥️♥️♥️ still in my pendrive
One of my FAVORITE endings of all time. Elevated the movie from good to epic.
EPIC YEEAH WOWIE
Before the Mist...
I'd love to see a prequel, the story of the place in the mountain and the experiments that went bad. Ending with a direct follow on to the original film.
A prequel would have lots of story building, monsters, other dimensions, along with trying to escape the dimension and base after all goes bad.
Just play half life
@@jakeman025 I tried to play it when it was first released, I was getting 3 frames per second, it took me a few years to get a P.C. powerful enough to run it. By then, new games got my interest, I never went back to it.
But I see what you mean, base overrun by monsters, etc...
With the cgi now it would be better. The mist would be incredible now with today's cgi
@@marleyjanim5033 The original The Mist films story goes to tell of the military doing experiments on parallel universes, a huge dimensional gate opening up letting out all the horrors of the other dimension, as well as the mist. Massacring the military and scientists at the base, 2 army survivors in town telling of it, in the film The Mist.
Backup would have been sent in, it taking a while to kill the denizens of the other dimension, to eventually get to, and shut down the experiment.
I wouldn't mind seeing the other dimension, Avatar style. With some weird creatures, and exploring of the dimension. Along with some teams sent to check it out.
We'd see the military taking back the base, and the town. After the group in the car leave, in the original film. So tying up the depressing end to the story, as the military is just one step behind the group in the car.
Crossing over, like The Thing film, and its prequel, also called The Thing... about the original Nord expedition that dug it up.
If you read Kings dark tower books the heroes travel across the dark Wasteland that the mist and its denizens originate.
I didn't notice that the lady who ran away from the market was safe at the end when I watched the movie in theathers.
The end of the movie version was filled with hope. Four people were the last victims of the apocalypse, but the entirety of humanity survived as the US Army's Arrowhead Project that opened the portal was successfully closed and soldiers were then able to kill off the remaining monsters. Humanity survived. That's hope.
A horror movie with a dark, sad ending that makes you left guilty and wondering what happened afterwards forever. Truly tragic. Don't think there is any other movie right now that can top this.
The most stressful ending ive ever seen
Man what would we do without Looper? I never would have understood the painfully obvious ending to the Mist had it not been for this video! Thank you Looper! Also, when are we getting more Avengers Endgame explanations? You haven't done those in forever!
Yes, this film is the most searing allegory of human behavior. Nuff said. A timeless look into the madness that is mankinds own inevitable destruction. Scathing and brutal, and a must see for psychology students. Our weakness IS our fatal conclusion. Frank Darabont tweeked King's novella, and made it into a masterpiece
Love this films ending, it wasnt afraid to do it and ill always remember it and tell others to watch it. Wish more films did this.
Air Force nuke the lab and closed the portal... easy
Open it more maybe needs a sequel
@@coreyjackson1123
No, we'll just get another thing like the show.
Wow thank god they “finally” explained the ending. I couldn’t figure it out for 12 years . Every day I kept thinking about it and rewatching but I never understood the ending. Thanks looper!
Now can you explain the rest of the movie?
I like how the 2 soldier look at him then look at the vehicle and i could tell they knew why he was howling in pain, sorrow and regret
This movie had guts and didn't take the safe and easy ending choice and i admired that. Notice how we never hear anything about the rather average TV show version that was on Netflix a year or so back.
I remember watching this on cinema while waiting for my ex-gf finish her class. Im so pissed off when i get out of the movie house.
Amazing video
Thanks looper for thinking for me
Still traumatized.. i watched this film when i was in elementary school... -_-.. and that's shock me.. even my parents ... Brruuhhh it still heartbreaking,till this day...
This was not as shocking as seening the crying game.... with your grandma.
@@platoniczombie lol really? hahaha
@@gamesandfun781 oh yea! She wanted to see the movie because she thought it was going to be like Lake Placid and she loved that movie. I didn't know anything about it so I was down. But yeeeeeaa.... Really awkward moment. But I got a story out of it too, so... hahaha!
The Mist reminded me a lot of Brunner's novel To Conquer Chaos. It's premise is a scientific accident which opens a portal between two worlds and makes the Earth revert back to a medieval state due to the monsters etc. that occurs. A brave team realizes there is a portal and discovers its location. It's quite thrilling.
I didn't like the movie's The Mist ending since it went against the ending of the original story. In some ways it is better in a nihilistic way (as given in the video) but after nine years in Emergency Management seeing people at their worst after various disasters I can say that except in rare cases (e.g. Katrina Louisiana) people band together in strife and work through differences etc. to help everyone get through the disaster. That's my experience.
Awesome explanation
I wasn’t aware this needed an explanation...it’s pretty damn to the point lol.
I was impressed with this ending. .Hollywood doesn't often do things like this.. I then wrote a story based on this ending. hope to film it soon but people are afraid of endings like this.. it's a tuff sell.
David had hope too, he tried so much to save his son. But they died because that grocery store turned into a freaking cult which wants to sacrifice his son….. I guess he doesn’t have enough hope, poor guy just snapped at the end. The devastation and pain is off the charts, love this ending. And that crazy lady’s acting is also on point, Even though it is not a likable character.
This is definitely one universe I would love to see expanded!
I just watched this again today.. never gets old.. Great cast too.. a few of them are in walking dead..
I remembered that the night I watched it, I could barely sleep...
Don't totally agree.
Another team also exits the mall and try their luck. They never make it that far. Only someone's lower body remains.
It is all about timing and luck.
And don't assume things until you confirm it.
There is also a full cast audio adaption made back in the 80s. It follows the books ending and is very well done. Totally worth the nearly 90 minute runtime.
Finally an explanation for an ending that needs no explanation! Finally...
Lol, agreed!
"This mom walked into the fog to rescue her kids even though everyone else was scared and tried to stop her. She never let go of hope and as a result she saved her children."
Maybe that had something to do with the biker guy and 3 other people getting ripped apart in front of everyone when they wandered out into the mist before she did.
Amazing ending to the film - so brave and it worked.
Watch the movie again, she was the first to leave almost immediately after the mist rolls in. The biker guy didn't get it until later when he, the neighbor, and a few others journey out.
Be like the mom and go out into the mist? You're neglecting to consider the people who did go out into the mist and were brutally killed.
Yeah, they got out of that store hoping they will be saved but they still died... Does it mean hope can't save you, too?
I'm saying! they did the same thing and died! her surviving is bullshit
Because she's not thinking about herself anymore she cared more to her child, the people that was brutally killed was they'd just thinsking about themselves
@@fzyunho5951 Why can't people love themselves too? is that bad thing?
TWICEEE 1 what about the guy that went out to get the shotgun and had rope to let them know if 300m is safe travel distance
Underrated movie-loved how the building mob in the grocery store shows that "a person is smart, people are dumb" adage but the ending really got me because I know how he felt I would want my kids to go "quick" if faced with it and leave myself to face a terrible death, but dang I felt his screams when the army drove by a minute later. Good movie but you know they would've waited until a monster showed up before pulling the trigger. Still gut-wrenching
this is nuts, i was just watching a bunch of the mist clips yesterday
Watched this for the first time over the weekend, it's always been on my radar but for some reason thought it would probably be an average horror with virtually no A list actors? How wrong I was always been a Frank Darabont fan, it bombed at the box office, god knows why, it's a masterpiece, am guessing the long running time put people off, it does take an awful lot of time to get going, but then this is a Frank Darabont movie, 3 hours is the norm
Hey Looper, could you guys also explain the opening of Die Hard? It's so transcendental and I need explanation.
0:45 the most important thing to learn in the mist adaptation..absolutely useful
That ending was crazy it blew me away then and still today !
Even dead meat knows how to explain this movie