The Mist - re:View

Mike and Jay discuss Frank Darabont's monster movie throwback The Mist, based on the Stephen King novella. The film features such horrific things as spider monsters, crab monsters, and that kid that played The Sherminator in those American Pie movies.

[@barbatoskun1663]

For those that don't care about spoilers, at the end Samuel L Jackson shows up and asks the Mist to join the Avengers.

[@toweypat]

Aw I knew I should've stayed until the end.

[@user-qo6dh2ot4h]

Asks the Punisher to join the Avengers

[@zimriel]

the mist's name was Rosebud.

[@Jaspertine]

But he was actually an impostor who used self-hypnosis to trick himself into thinking he was the real guy, and it was all just a ruse to keep Cipher distracted.

[@RAN480L64]

thanks

[@Whiteknuckletrucking]

Just 2 more years till the blob re:view still anxious and eager

[@armondo4446]

But there is no Avatar 6 so its 100% guaranteed

[@HDDVD-ROM]

I've already pre-ordered my tickets.

[@steveharmon3293]

Right there with you, just about 15 months left...

[@freakazoid9889]

1 more

[@toryslapper69]

A year away doc!

[@Anemonicus]

From Frank Darabont's Wikipedia article: "Darabont was a script doctor for the Steven Spielberg films Saving Private Ryan and Minority Report. In 2002, he penned an early draft of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; while Spielberg reportedly loved it, George Lucas rejected it." Oh, George.

[@Zlarel]

"Release the Darabont Cut!"

[@fuckamericanidiot]

No shit!! 😲 Darabont is fantastic at telling a story 🥰

[@hugh-jasole]

@@fuckamericanidiot who didn't know that? The Majestic is arguably the most underrated film ever

[@drownthepoor]

@@hugh-jasole Wow I didn't know he did that film too.

[@hugh-jasole]

@@drownthepoor Oh yeah I remind people every chance I get Lol. I'd also argue it's Jim Carrey's best unknown performance. I mean it was a HUGE flop when it came out. And Carrey really hadn't had any bombs up until that point so everyone immediately forgot about The Majestic. Great great movie

[@chrismurphy9932]

I saw this in theatre and the audience literally cheered when Mrs. Carmody died.

[@bookeblade]

Lol. Including me, she was really annoying.

[@worm9862]

I absolutely loved this movie when I first saw it as a younger boy. I was traumatized by the decision made in the end, but ultimately it's a horror movie that stuck with me because I wasn't TRYING to forget it, I was stewing on the feelings I had towards the different characters, but not intentionally. This movie is just one of those movies that isn't pretentious but the way it's made and the subject matter just makes you think by the time you finished it. Glad it got a good review by RLM and it's gonna be enjoyed more hopefully. Fuck Mrs. Carmody btw.

[@disenfranchisedrealist4433]

She was the most annoying thing in the whole movie. All I could think the whole time was that they should kill the b!tch before she escalated things.

[@harrisonb9911]

I CLAPPED, I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW THING I LIKE

[@devinmorse9112]

Ollie got sick of her shit and made the right/necessary decision. It's funny how Toby Jones of all people plays the badass character.

[@blenderguru]

"That's coming in 2021... it'll be competing with Avatar 6" Well someone was optimistic.

[@samhibbit1477]

Was just about to comment that avatar 2 hasn’t even come out yet aha

[@diogocichocki4947]

We still have 10 months.

[@zajaka4164]

They didn't see Corona coming in 2017, they're not Rothschilds.

[@eden12340]

I’m confident five films will be released before the end of the year.

[@aweffs]

You helped me learn blender my dude - thanks .. I need to go like your recent videos to show my appreciation

[@Halofreaks9524]

The fact that they actually waited until 2021 to review the blob is fucking amazing

[@ethzero]

That's the RLM commitment to excellence.

[@zetetick395]

It's like poetry

[@Divergent-ym3py]

@@ethzero The only thing they forgot is how fucking long a James Cameron movie takes to come out. Avatar 6 was too generous.

[@CosmicHarmony58]

It's like Rockstar announcing gta 6 lol

[@playedout148]

Easily amazed obv but these guys don't crack out a ton of "content".

[@PoeInTheDitch]

The feint sound of “Cats in the Cradle” during the montage of Thomas Jane passing off his kid to anyone that’ll take him. Perfection.

[@ianm1462]

The behemoth in the distance is a top 5 movie moment. All the emotional buildup just to drop the floor out from them with this Lovecraftian nightmare… glorious

[@aruss1]

Stephen King actually prefers the films ending to the one in his short story, saying "Frank wrote a new ending that I loved. It is the most shocking ending ever and there should be a law passed stating that anybody who reveals the last 5 minutes of this film should be hung from their neck until dead."

[@thelittlebosniaexperience8181]

He should feel proud to have his praises sung by a dude that writes child gangbangs in his books.

[@chrism.5961]

It's not exactly a feat to improve upon some of Stephen King's endings in his books. The endings of the few books I've read are so poor compared to the wild rides presented thoughout the story it leaves me in a bad mood for a week.

[@antipsychotic451]

The ending to The Dark Tower series was his best ending, all the other endings are kinda bad.

[@peregrinusoblivione4967]

@@thelittlebosniaexperience8181 You try writing muktiple best selling novels within a haze of amphetamine psychosis and benzodiazpines. Just see what you come up with while your brain is that fucked on drugs.

[@bellboy64]

No no, Peregrinus. He's made his point(?). xGIxJOKERx has been sufficiently told. His work's done. Now he needs to tell everyone on the next video that praises Stephen King and then vanish. He's like Batman. He's the hero we need.

[@Citizen_J]

Best pharmacy scene Frank: "I got my magnum condoms, got a wad of hundreds. I'm ready to plow!"

[@554466551]

Wait a minute. Since we're mentioning The Blob aren't we forgetting the pharmacy sequence from that? Where the kid goes into the pharmacy to buy condoms under the disapproving glare of the pharmacist and then turns up to his date's house and her father, the pharmacist, answers the door?

[@TheTrailerCREAT0R]

ProjectAwesome1 *"oops I dropped my magnum condom for my magnum dooooooong"*

[@user-qo6dh2ot4h]

Dr. Mantis Tobogan

[@DeRockMedia]

XD

[@frididjurhuus]

"I dropped my monster condom that I use for my magnum dong." come on man

[@EthalaRide]

23:35 apparently, the handprint on the window was Sam Witwer's idea. Originally he was just going to be pulled away into the mist and then a beat later blood and gore spray onto the glass. He thought it would be more dramatic and impactful to have it be a human handprint. Which to me is way more in-keeping with the message that the monster is humans killing each other when society falls apart. _That bloody handprint,_ the blood being from a wound THEY gave him, is a visual reminder to all of them that he was a human being, just like them.

[@CymruJedi]

Also in the scene where they crossed the street to get to the building on the other side, he holds his knife backwards as an homage to Starkiller in the Force Unleashed

[@ryanfoster2869]

Anytime Mike yells "Oh my God!" It will always get a laugh out of me

[@JesseVenturaHat]

Really i have to keep adjusting my fucking volume. It's annoying

[@codyxvasco592]

​@@JesseVenturaHatthe duality of man.

[@Dr_Dimly_Litroom]

Back to the BAHAA with you​@@JesseVenturaHat

[@superfurryfox1]

I don't believe it! That's what she said! Eat my shorts! Giggidy!

[@michaelkennedy4571]

I actually find the scene of the solider getting stabbed more horrific than the ending. The way it was executed was so well done and every time I see it, it makes me feel weird.

[@Eidlones]

StarfighterX1 I agree.

[@dyafox7921]

Starkiller nooooo

[@The_October_Man]

StarfighterX1 Glad I’m not alone. For me, a stabbing seems like such a brutal and slow way to die.

[@vanmichael6517]

That scene is one of the most disturbing I’ve seen

[@tsnophaljakarax9963]

I wouldn't say more horrific, but it was definitely disturbing in how it was shot and executed. There's even a brief shot showing Mrs Carmody in shock at what happened. But I think what really got me with that scene is when they're all just dragging him away, and his screaming in pain and his fingers are contorting from the shock, and the camera angles just twist and distort. It's pretty horrific for such a short moment.

[@CatLives9]

That ending is pure horror, no jump scare required.

[@Stratmanable]

A jump scare is NEVER required.

[@georgeclinton4524]

The military experiment opening the dimensional portal that lets the mist and the creatures through means that every problem in the film was man-made.

[@sigoy]

I saw this moment as a subtext on military, war and bringing terrorism upon ourselves. American military fucking around bring an unseen horror/terror on a place of everyday setting. I think you can view the whole Mist as a terrorist attack essentially. Brought upon by the country’s military.

[@ArtfulMaverick]

I thought the origin of the mist should’ve been left as ambiguous tbh but that’s just my opinion on it. To be fair, I can see what they were aiming for though.

[@georgeclinton4524]

@@dattebenforcer No U =P

[@MastaSquidGT5]

George Clinton I want the funk! MOST OF ALL we need the fuNk

[@Crrrow]

The fact that it's a government experiment gone wrong is also just a 1950s B movie plot point in on itself, I mean fuck I could probably name like FIVE movies from the 50s where the explanation for the monster was the byproduct of the US Government fucking around with radiation in some shape or form.

[@bethbearmacethatguy]

"Are you guys being willfully dense?" is a thought I have a lot these days about most people I see and meet.

[@magemega5293]

Here's the secret: they are. We've entered into this weird culture where intellectualism is seen as elitism. It's the result of 40 years of right wing propagation and anti-intellectualism becoming a staple in our cultural diet. Over half the voting population actually elected a reality star fucking conman fraud to the highest position in the land because of conspiracy based echo chambers of absolute fucking morons running amok. The faster this empire crumbles into dust the better.

[@GenericProtagonist7]

@@magemega5293 It's hilarious that your immediate take on the reality of people being willfully obtuse for the sake of their own misplaced beliefs to spout your own political beliefs, it'd be funnier if it wasn't so fucking sad.

[@maleitch]

@@magemega5293 Aren't you the self described "intellectuals" who can't pay off your student loans and believe men can get pregnant? The childish inability of self awareness in this post is off the scales that my eyes just added 40 degrees to a full rotation.

[@VeryImportantPepe]

@@magemega5293 orange man bad

[@Shiftdougler]

No Country for Old Men has a great pharmacy scene.

[@Scrotus_MaximusIII]

Shiftdougler still trying to figure out that ending TLJ monologue...

[@Rotinaj37]

I just scrolled down to write this, glad someone else agrees

[@sillydude17]

Natural born killers had a decent one too.

[@jush7426]

But does it compare to Zaat?

[@twoidiots9844]

alienz did it m8 Zaat is the superior scene

[@CaptConfuzionMANGO]

The comment of the ending being TOO uncomfortable is true as hell. I remember being really pissed off when I left the theater. It was THAT effective.

[@tonyjackson4078]

This is honestly one of the best King adaptations. It's atmospheric, not really just terrifying just REALLY GODDAMN UNSETTLING as everyone sadly acts like they would with this situation.

[@epicrace11thplace69]

The key to a good King adaptation movie is stay faithful but then change the ending

[@defaultname7685]

2017 me: Man what a movie, but people would never succumb to hysteria in real life 2022 me: people would absolutely succumb like that in real life

[@DissentingDogLevi]

I have never been more afraid of my neighbors

[@codyxvasco592]

​@@DissentingDogLevithere there. I personally wouldn't sacrifice you in a flash-mob style grocerie store apocalypse cult. 😊

[@LaughingTombstone]

thanx bro@@codyxvasco592

[@tonyjackson4078]

Yeah I watched the Dawn of the Dead remake and was like "humanity wouldn't just go to hell like that, we'd work together and figure it out" 2024 me "I'm barricading the house or grabbing my bug-out bag and screw you other humans."

[@Galeus708]

Mike needs to do that Saw Gerrera impression more, holy shit.

[@user-qo6dh2ot4h]

Rogue Pun: A Star Wars Orgy

[@2099Oz]

It looks really painful to do though.

[@MollyWinter]

I keep going back to this video just to rewatch that segment.

[@jammyjames6646]

Who?

[@ItBurnsSomehow]

I clapped when I heard Saw Gerrera

[@DogmaBeoulve]

Something I really loved about the Mist WAS the explanation about what the military was doing and how they accidentally caused it - it gave me Half-Life vibe I couldn't shake.

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

Not sure if I'm just missing a joke but The Mist (the novella) was the explicit inspiration for the original Half-Life. Folks at Valve were trying to think of a unique idea for a shooter game and they decided on essentially writing legally distinct fan fiction about what happened at the off-screen military laboratory in The Mist. In fact, Half-Life's production code name was "Quiver" as a nod to "Project Arrowhead" from The Mist.

[@SanguineYoru]

@@QuintessentialWalrus what gives you the impression OP was joking? Are we all supposed to know the obscure backstory for the inspiration of HL1?

[@dyveira]

@@SanguineYoru It's not very obscure. The Valve guys have credited The Mist numerous times over the years.

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

It would have been better without it but it's ok, doesn't take much away

[@balawulf6165]

@@QuintessentialWalrus Damn that's some good trivia if I ever read any. Makes me appreciate both The Mist and Half-Life more!

[@bowietwombly5951]

I caught this movie by chance late one night as a teenager in suburbia, bored and flipping through channels. I was transfixed by the story, and when it ended, I was so utterly devastated that I had to immediately call my girlfriend and recount the plot of the entire movie so I could tell her the end just so SOMEONE would be going through the experience with me. I have never before or since had even a similar reaction to a film. It is a singular and incredible movie.

[@Pat4ever.]

sounds like you spoiled/ruined the movie for her

[@Gir101Evil]

we're one year closer to the blob re:view, comrades

[@SuperHuscarl]

I literally cannot wait. I'm so excited to see if they'll have remembered to do it in 2021.

[@alexgame3357]

And a bunch of Avatar movies apparently?

[@Comrade_Jason]

I'll put the vodka on ice!

[@TheeGrumpy]

Shocking, cruel twist: we have to live through 2020 to see it. 😱

[@Mekboy_ComputerMonster]

The Clock IS _Ticking..._

[@c.l.7680]

The Critics score for The Mist is 75% on Rotten tomatoes, while the Audience score is 65%. I was always under the impression this movie was fairly popular. I guess it's more niche than I realized.

[@DeRockMedia]

some people just want cheap jump scares

[@LeeboProductions]

It's time you realised that stupid shallow people outnumber us by a significant number.

[@dantheface2986]

Red Letter Media should just remake Zaat

[@MichaelDovellos]

Rich Evans has to wear the Zaat suit though

[@kj9935]

Michael Dovellos Zaat should just take off the Rich Evans suit

[@SeigiChoujin]

Is Zaat replacing Zaat?

[@MrFetalposition]

@@MichaelDovellos and the sneakers

[@mattd687]

Frank Darabont is such an amazing director/writer. I can't believe that he hasn't directed a feature since this.

[@tastycookiechip]

@Ablin Reko nah he just keeps getting screwed over by executives

[@haroldbalzac6336]

@Ablin Reko ok

[@samsschool3639]

"They're eating him.... and then they're gonna eat me.... 00:41"

[@tastycookiechip]

OH MY GOOOOOOOOD

[@manulito2]

Hacks, frauds, AIIIIIIIDS, Star Trek, Star Wars, Is this replacing...?-meme... So, now that I got all that out of the way, I just wanna say that re:View is starting to become one of my favorite shows on RLM. Keep up the good work guys!

[@bigcas78]

runner up for pharmacy scene: No Country for Old Men

[@chocopuffs9161]

bigcas78 To be fair it was more than a pharmacy

[@rossepperson3095]

Watched The Mist for the first time because of this video. Not every movie can literally keep you on the edge of your seat like this one does.

[@bricky_official1]

Where’s the blob re:view Edit: There it is!

[@doublep1980]

The guy who plays the soldier and does the voice acting for Emperor Palpatine,was also the motion capturing actor for the Starkiller character in "Star Wars:The Force Unleashed" and played Doomsday in "Smallville".

[@Den.Vos.Reynaerde]

Sam Witwer. He's quite talented.

[@PaddyCollector]

he played a soldier zombie in the tank with rick in the first couple episodes of the walking dead. frank darabont originally planned on him having a spin off mini series of that character showing how he died and how he ended up in the tank.

[@johno1544]

The Mist is as close as we will get to a Half-Life movie.

[@arsemonkey2968]

I actually like to think of it as an unofficial Half-life movie. It weirdly gives me a Ravenholme feel, mainly because I played Half-life 2 before I read the book or saw the movie.

[@Zexion0]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed this. It's a safe bet to say that whatever happpened at that military base in the movie was very much like the Black Mesa incident in Half-Life

[@travissavacool6425]

Half Life was partly inspired by the short story, so you're not too far off there.

[@HamguyBacon]

half-life's story was inspired by the mist.

[@travissavacool6425]

I thought it was inspired by the fog?

[@Spintechfilms]

"Id like to leave before people start drinking the Kool Aid" Is one of my favorite lines ever

[@tash4270]

It had some seriously amazing one liners and scenes

[@JasonNumber]

I stopped this review about half way through to watch The Mist. Acting and story was great. And the ending was horrifying. Really glad you guys picked this one!

[@opsimathics]

SAVE THE PUNS SAVE THE DREAM

[@Orosian5]

I mist them.

[@SomeGuy-sj8yh]

opsimathics I

[@nicholasjruff]

The main message of this film was mist. Ah.

[@alwindsor7299]

Please Re:view Galaxy Quest and then I can finally spread my wife's ashes along the Serengeti

[@alwindsor7299]

Flint McFreely woops i meant ass, not ashes! So embarrassing

[@GeorgeHale1984]

Woops, the commenter above me meant stale, not fucked up. So embarrassing.

[@jblue1622]

Al Windsor watch Movies with Mikey for Galaxy Quest re:view

[@alicep2656]

I'm surprised they haven't. Mike is so obsessed with Star Trek and it's the best Star Trek film ever made!

[@SimonClark]

Please yes! Particularly with Mike being such a trekker

[@darrellgardner4561]

The Mist is one of those movies I randomly watched on DVD at a friends house, years later the ending has still stuck with me. It was such a WTF ending that I just didn't expect.

[@LegionOfEclaires]

The ending is perfect. Not every story should be a happy ending, ESPECIALLY in the horror genre for crying out loud!!! Here, it's executed very well. The emotions it stirs, the thoughts it provokes, it just works so well.

[@BananaMana69]

Except it makes no sense... a couple tanks can't destroy a 200 foot tall monster...

[@B0risTheBlade]

@@BananaMana69 they showed a couple, but it was just meant to symbolize the army arriving and cleaning up. Maybe they shut the gate to that dimension, or they got a million more tanks off screen.

[@BananaMana69]

@@B0risTheBlade Should have put that in the movie then. They put in the 200 foot tall monster so they should include the thing that destroys it and makes earth habitable again

[@B0risTheBlade]

@@BananaMana69 I'm guessing budget. This thing was made on a very shoestring budget as again, the studio had no confidence in the movie. Cgi can do a giant monster in the fog, but doing cgi for humans and tanks would not have been as easy back In the time it came out.

[@bloodaxis]

@@BananaMana69 Why couldn't they, you don't know how "armored" these things are, and tanks have explosive shells.

[@bz4701]

The best kind of horror movie shouldn't end on a happy note, it should haunt you in your dreams

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

Like Oculus?

[@ulipeterson6112]

the ending was the best part of the movie. until then, it is below average in my opinion.

[@Thesavagesouls]

Not really

[@southofheck]

I think bittersweet endings are better. Sure, tragic endings are great and haunting, but think about the mist. Sure, the main character survives, the monsters are being handled by the army, and assumably the day is saved. But at the cost of his family, many other familys and lives in general, not to mention the trauma and the idea that these creatures exist and could just show up again. Thats haunting, not seeing everyone die tragically, but having a glimmer of hope, so that you may question hope in general.

[@FrancoisDressler]

@@southofheck 100%

[@discotex8867]

Classic. I showed these movies to my younger brother and he just directed his first horror film. It comes out on my birthday. Pretty cool. This was one of the films we both love the most.

[@davidhan635]

Name of the movie???

[@clarkkent4734]

I was legitimately depressed for a couple of days after watching this movie when it came out. My manager asked me what was wrong one day at work when I was staring into space with all of the joy drained from my body. The film packs a punch!

[@SentryDog22]

Mike yelled "OH MY GOOOOD" AND I CLAAAAAPED

[@dougmcquaid147]

The "No, nothing comes to mind." As it slow zooms in on Mikes face has my sides venturing into dimension X

[@MatthewJamesMJ]

The end scene with the music and him screaming in agonizing grief when he realized the mistake he made it was pretty moving..

[@Welther47]

".... the mistake he made it was pretty moving". What kind of sentence is that! Look for this sign "," on your keyboard!

[@neal2399]

Christian Alan Wilson “A person is smart. People are stupid.” -Tommy Lee, Man in Black

[@neal2399]

Bailey Wattron Thanks for sharing, Cinemasins. You can go now

[@gran-roan]

2019: We are actually getting a VR Half Life movie-game now. The Mist was a huge influence on the 2nd part.

[@mikewilliams-no9cm]

My wife and I rented this movie when it came out and had a couple of friends over to watch it. The ending shocked us. I was really impressed and was having a good laugh. One of our friends who enjoyed the entire movie right up to the ending actually got red in the face angry, said "that was a stupid ending, I hate this fucking movie" got up off the couch and told her boyfriend "ok time to go" and walked right out and went home lol I never saw a reaction like that to a tv show or movie ever before or since, not even close. I'll never forget it it makes the movie that much better for me.

[@moffant4916]

Seen the final episode of MASH? It got a similar reaction.

[@khrashingphantom9632]

I would also say the ending of Game of Thrones had a similar reaction for a lot of people.

[@LosBerkos]

They just wanted a Baghuul-scare and then got horribly betrayed by this damn movie that had only pretended to be their friend :-(

[@redchili6927]

So I guess he wanted a boring cliched happy ending?

[@hamster2u396]

That’s awesome

[@adoredpariah]

Agreed, also if you notice Carol from the walking dead asks anyone to help her, then curses them to hell, which pretty much comes true and she watched Thomas Janes suffering at the end, when they all technically would have lived if they had gone with her. It's a brutal film that inverts a lot of tropes (with the girl/boy love interests dying horribly, suicidal elderly watchful figures) even down to using ollie as the gunman when there is a strong protagonist and military figures etc. It is a very good and interesting film.

[@sirspoonay]

i love that they play cats in the cradle when he is leaving his child very subtle.

[@Gryffilion]

Oh my gosh, yes. It was amazing.

[@siukong]

About as subtle as a sack of bricks.

[@killian9314]

@@siukong not to someone who doesn't know the song

[@toozigooti]

I’ve never seen The Blob, but that clip was gruesome in the most awesome of ways. Wow. Sound design, practical effects, creepy music. Guess I’ll have to watch it at some point.

[@ALIRStudio87]

The mist is a classic. The ending is insane and twisted.

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

Even the Stephen King was shocked by the end, he wrote it on a more optimistic note. The movie really went there, damn

[@matrix255]

@@aleksandarradovanovic8496 I read the original story years ago but I don't remember it ending in a optimistic note... The whole phenomenon never stops in the book and it's spreading outside of the town, the whole thing ends in a very apocalyptic tone which in my opinion is better than the movie ending.

[@ravenkarlin]

@@aleksandarradovanovic8496 it wasn’t optimistic. Ambiguous, yes. Optimistic, hardly. They end up driving down a misty highway from a gas station because they hear a faint radio broadcast saying there are survivors. They have no idea what lies ahead but they’re willing to risk it for a faint maybe. Then it just ends. No idea that the mist will end or disappear or if the broadcast is a trap, it just stops.

[@jovanbergh33]

I cried at the end of the movie. To make such a sacrifice and realize moments later that it could've been all avoided, and the guilt that would follow for the rest of your life afterwords, it was a great ending and one that stuck with me all these years later.

[@Peusterokos1]

I especially love the giant tentacled strider monster scene. While brief, It really captures what this movie is so hated for: homelessness. I mean, considering just how much horrible shit they went through, they still had an ounce of hope while escaping the crazy zealots, the acid-spitting spiders and more, but then...they come across it: a fucking 300 feet ish tall creature that possesses impossible shapes and angles, just striding through the mist as if its a afternoon stroll, while in every direction our world and its people is being consumed. its kind of the reverse of the final T-rex scene in the original jurassic park where the T-Rex roars triumphantly; instead of a roaring crowd effect, you feel an awful feeling of smallness, that these people in the car are fucking insects compared to the horrors that lies within the mist. Its important to note that this particular scene is followed right up by the infamous ending and right after (in the extended edition at least) they discover what happens to the kid's mother. Its truly phenomenal editing, and it just captures so well true horror without any bounds, just kind of like what the greatests of the genre did back in the years: meaningless humanity, unknowing horror and hopelessness. Lovecraft would of been proud.

[@nedimgery-buyukyuksel513]

seriously, what you said is spot on. barring maybe two other examples (thing 1982 and in the mouth of madness) I can think of no other movie that has properly conveyed the feeling of lovecraftian horror, and cosmic horror at that. lovecraft would truly have been proud.

[@mabusestestament]

The animated G.I. Joe movie ;)

[@SukhberS]

Yeah man. It was real fucked up.

[@snarkanoid]

Peusterokos1 - I was waiting for a "homeless" joke, but then I realized you meant "hopelessness" and was like, yes I agree. But damned if I wouldn't have been impressed if you pulled it off.

[@thelittlebosniaexperience8181]

ok but shooting your fucking kid? Really? I liked it all but that part. As a parent that just made me want to kill Thomas Jane myself.

[@orpheus9037]

Actually, I think you guys missed something huge - yes, literally, huge. The extraordinary bit in the final act sequence in which the sky scraping critter walks through the scene while the band of survivors looks on from their car, awestruck yet unable to comprehend this new world they were in. That moment throws the whole film into a different existential register - in effect, the door to all they've known about the world has now forever closed. This is a strange and freakishly uncanny moment for the film, something very few films achieve. It is a brilliant moment and I still do not think I understand all that that moment signifies. There is a huge psychological undertow to to that scene.

[@southofheck]

Its very lovecraftian in that sense, short of making the characters lose their sanity immediatly. But the existential dread that comes from knowing that, not only are there other dimensions beyond our knowing, but their entire being is incomprehensible to us. It makes you question humanity in the big picture of existance.

[@jameshutchinson3385]

Well said.

[@neal2399]

The most horrific part is that the creature doesn’t even notice them. It’s just chuggin’ along at its own pace without a single fuck to give about the insignificant lifeforms around it. The world they knew is truly dead in that moment

[@bubbahunez3383]

I know I was waiting for them to talk about that! That scene moved me in a way almost no film has ever been able to

[@crhkrebs]

Orpheus90 yes, and the force of the creatures footsteps shakes the earth such that the car and it’s inhabitants are visibly jostled. This further removes them physically from the reality they once knew.

[@PotatoClub]

6:58 damn, I knew I had seen Captain Raymond Holt somewhere before

[@lycanthropica]

Jay clarifying the Mist is not the Fog, so much love

[@ryanisnerdy5186]

I actually think the soldiers' arc was necessary for the story. The military at the end showing up made it full-circle with the arc of the backdrop.

[@thebadbandito]

I remember that movie actually being good tho. Frank Durabont knows how to make movies.

[@robertfitzgerald3118]

Absolutely

[@miguelbranquinho7235]

He did 3 King adaptations and they're all amazing: Green Mile, this one and Shawshank.

[@Lopyswine]

Green Mile is a deeply flawed movie.

[@magemega5293]

@@Lopyswine says the starwars fan.

[@aerystargaryenii8294]

When I watched this with my sister and my grandma they both were like “eh” on the film. It was until the end and when the credits started, my grandma said “oh my god, turn this off Alex”. I was laughing so hard on both of their reactions.

[@luiginastro8831]

Thank you for this humorous story, Mad King

[@__Andrew]

I work at a pharmacy. We once had a lady shit on our floor. THAT would make an excellent pharmacy scene in a movie.

[@MrMoonman3000]

I'm Mr. Bullpups! Take a shit on the floor!

[@breakhammer87]

Ok and why did she shat there?

[@sethman75]

I work all day. So i get shit on daily

[@NealX]

I guess that lady is a champ at playing "Don't Shit Your Pants" ... oh wait.

[@__Andrew]

The best part was afterwards watching two women who worked there argue over who was going to pick it up. They both thought it was a dog however till i checked the security camera and saw it was an elderly lady that dropped it off. Needless to say, one of them was pretty pissed at the revelation.

[@martyedwards9503]

I believe Mike used to work in a pharmacy. There is evidence everywhere throughout the storied history of RLM.

[@ButcherSevenActual]

When that Dead Can Dance kicks in I get wood.

[@SabeFett]

Whoa just decided to watch this re:view randomly and realized that they are keeping their word and discussing the blob this year in 2021 😂

[@TheBlenderblob]

I'll never forget that humongous elephant strider thing walking past with the car bouncing, really puts their situation into perspective.

[@jhonnyjhonnson9211]

Criminally underrated movie, great that RLM sheds some light on it!

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Agreed. this is in my top 20 favorite movies of all time and definitely my favorite horror film.

[@jhonnyjhonnson9211]

It is definitely in my Top 20 too but my all time favorite horror film is and will always (?) be The Thing.

[@DeRockMedia]

i figured Jay was going to like it but was thinking "aww I dont know if i want to hear Mike rip it apart". pretty glad they both liked it as well.

[@user-qo6dh2ot4h]

I certainly wasn't expecting this re:view and was thrilled when it popped up in recommended. I guess it makes sense because the movie is 10 years old, there's a new series coming out and the idea of a group of people backstabbing each other and falling apart is depressingly topical.

[@gankhef5564]

I'm so glad RLM appreciated this film. I was afraid they'd tear it apart (they don't seem too fond of King). Great short story, great film.

[@gankhef5564]

Also, soldier guy acted his ass off. Good on him.

[@TheSangson]

Can't shake the feeling that they actually like his stuff but hide it really well. There's hints on that, for example how they seem to know everything about him/his work.

[@stuv1996]

Jay seems to reference multiple of his books in videos so apparently he reads his work.

[@gankhef5564]

@@TheSangson Good point. I don't really feel any venom in their critiques.

[@gankhef5564]

@@stuv1996 Also a good point. He even made it through the never-ending story, more commonly known as "IT", twice.

[@Capn_Obed_Marsh]

I still listen to the song from the films ending scene(The Host of Seraphim by Dead Can Dance) from time to time. It's beautiful.

[@williammarshall6217]

thanks guys for so many awesome shows!!! as a film buff without any film-buff friends, watching your shows is like having a couple of pals to sit around and chat about film with. it really makes me happy. keep it up!!!

[@burgzaza]

I loved the Mist ! Really creepy ambience, and crazy finale.

[@diavolokelevra4795]

The finale is was ruined it for me tho. It was so comical that it's hilarious

[@vong_sak]

Oddly enough, I sort of enjoyed the ending. It was really bold for a movie like this and it left me conflicted on what to think, sort of gives you the feeling that life isn't all rainbow and sunshine.

[@DeathPenguin1000]

Me, personally, I liked The Mist ending.

[@krigsful]

Didn't work for me either but neither did the rest of the movie. Like Diavolo said it was just comical and the silliness of the rest of the movie didn't allow for a serious moment to land for me. I love dark endings but I guess I just didn't care about any of the characters so it had no impact whatsoever.

[@IwillResist12]

Oh snap, I didn't realize this movie had three Walking Dead actors in it. Also, I'm watching this during the the COVID-19 quarantine, and Jay just said, "How quickly society can fall apart, and the grocery store is a microcosm." Bro, I felt that haha.

[@davidkymdell452]

At least they had toilet paper

[@spineless_]

It has 4 TWD characters in it.

[@FManAngryAmerican]

Thomas Jane was supposed to play Rick.

[@polsdofer]

@@spineless_ 5 if you include Sam Witwer. He was in the first episode as the tank zombie. He was supposed to have a backstory until Frank got booted.

[@drownthepoor]

Nightmare on Elm Street 3 was my mothers favorite of the series. I remember watching The Mist with her, and we both absolutely loved it too. She also loved the Green Mile, but I don't think she ever saw Shawshank. Man Darabont's had a pretty impressive career. A sci-fi/horror film I recommend to anyone is Phantoms based on a book of the same name by Dean Koontz. Underrated author IMO. Interestingly Mr. Koontz also wrote The Eyes of Darkness in 1981 where a bio-weapon virus breaks out and destroys mankind. The name of the virus? Wuhan 400 after the Chinese city that is also the location of the bio-weapons lab... Yes, life is often stranger than fishin'.

[@crakhaed]

Holy shit. Wonder what he must have felt and thought about covid if he was still around. Thanks for sharing this. My mom loves this guy's books.

[@MetalSlugzMaster]

Mike's secondary chin is quickly eclipsing his primary chin, a process witnessed in George Lucas 25 years ago (insert rhyming poetry trope here).

[@dickonmanwoody7599]

MetalSlugzMaster Mike becomes George Lucas.

[@rickyhyppa7960]

Next time you freaking reply to someone, MAYBE TRY THIS!do it the same, just faster......and more intense.

[@killian9314]

Time travel

[@dwightk.schrute6743]

It's ok. No chin's ever really gone.

[@Ishmaille]

My roommate had us watch this in college, not because he thought it was good, but because he got it confused with some awful movie from M. Night Shyamalan (maybe "The Happening"?). It was one of the first horror movies I ever watched. We were all expecting to laugh at a bad horror movie and instead got treated to a great one... with an ending that is legitimately traumatizing. I mean... holy shit. The ending is perfect in its own way, but it just feels like the movie is slowly building up to tearing your heart out, and then when it finally does, it pisses on it as well, as your vision fades to black.

[@juliosaucedo9755]

LOL "the movie tears your heart out and pisses on it as your vision fades to black" that's appropriate description... My brother and I cannot get over the ending of this movie, even after a decade...

[@smasher.338]

You didn't see a horror movie until you were in college?

[@brandon17760]

Donna Brooks it's why people watch horror films, or comedy films, they like to feel that emotion

[@crhkrebs]

Donna Brooks sorry, but then you don’t understand why people are drawn to horror in the first place.

[@crhkrebs]

Bailey Wattron so you’d be happier having the audience watch the protagonist sit in his car for an hour before the army shows up? Time compression is a common technique used to heighten drama.

[@sloth6559]

I love when jay says that Mrs Carmandy "is a little broad".

[@logansaxby7224]

Here after the Blob Re:View 2021. Thank you for actually doing that. Been going through the whole library for the first time. Thank you for keeping me company 🖖

[@alicep2656]

This movie has an ending that will NEVER leave you. This movie and The Vanishing

[@hairyson94]

It's kind of cheap but it does pack a bit of a punch. Sporloos/The Vanishing's ending is definitely a good one though

[@alicep2656]

Gatorade nah I'm talking about love conquering all when Nancy Travis finds Kiefer Sutherland before it's too late!!!! Edgy as F

[@weirdo3116]

+Monstylicious I mean sure they improved. but not because of the sacrifice. also didn't it exactly improve for the zealots?

[@alicep2656]

I need to give Kes another chance. I tried watching it about 10 years ago when I had much less of an attention span. There are so many great films I love today that I would have found boring as a teenager. It's embarrassing but true.

[@alicep2656]

hairyson 94 Years ago I took a film class and the professor had a lot of respect for me so he let me choose a horror film for Halloween. I picked The Vanishing because I think it's such an interesting non-traditional horror movie and wanted to see how others responded to it. The entire class berated me afterwards because of how boring they thought most of it was and how messed up they found the ending.

[@DKZK21]

I was in my sophomore year of Highschool when this film came out. I distinctly remember watching it in the theaters and everyone just walking out of that theater DEPRESSED out of their minds.

[@JoePescisAngryCousin]

I love the pharmacy scene in Crank where Chester from Lincoln Park tells Jason Statham how he can get high off nasal spray

[@jessen956]

I saw this movie once like 10 years ago and I swear I’ve never felt more upset and horrified in my life than I did immediately after the end of this movie and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget that horrible feeling either. It’s one of my top 3 movies.

[@tash4270]

I just finished it and came looking for a review because analysing it might make me feel better. I'm pretty sad at the moment, holy f***

[@RobertSlover]

and the music!

[@Tooboolar]

Now I want a "In the mouth of madness" re-view!

[@jorklind]

The Mist is getting thicker...and Leon's getting larger.

[@poppinfresh236]

Love that years later this is the only film that re:View wouldn't spoil. That ending stayed with me for a loooong time.

[@JohnJackson-mn4ts]

The ending really is a kick in the gut. That realisation that, if he’d only waited or hesitated for a few more minutes….

[@oddball_hb]

The mist has got to be my favorite Steven King movie.

[@retrogore420]

Definitely a nice little underratd B-movie throwback. Slither was another good one that came out around this time.

[@theskoolmustard00]

Gnarl Sagan I fucking LOVE Slither

[@sethman75]

Have to check that out. Never seen Slither

[@ourlordandsaviorbrendanfra4428]

Yeah Slither was a James Gunn project. It was a great little gross out b-Movie. Nathan Fillion really sells it though. His comedy is freaking on point.

[@niallreid7664]

Our Lord And Savior Brendan Fraser "Now that is some fucked up shit."

[@sethman75]

Our Lord And Savior Brendan Fraser watched it. was a good laugh. Somethings wrong with me was the best quote of the movie haha

[@Abbandoneer]

The cult aspect never struck me as unrealistic, maybe it happened a bit too quick but like, America has a weird history of bizarre people (often sex perverts) becoming cult leaders and staging acts that people would call unrealistic in a film, Jonestown, Manson etc.

[@fookinkoont]

it is not unrealistic especially since she just used the good ol' Christian book to spew non-sensical explanations for what was happening. It was built up perfectly in the movie imo

[@globetrekker86]

@DatBruh: Exactly, especially considering that the sex perverts tended to be closeted , self-hating LGBT (Marshall Applewhite, for example). That freak was forbidden from consummating with whichever man he fancied, so he made sure nobody else ever had sex

[@DissentingDogLevi]

It was realistic to me because I grew up surrounded by extremist Christian psycho women.

[@weirdo3116]

A fellow Mental Omega fan I see.

[@crowneproductions9908]

I don’t think an odd cult being totally weird and bizarre once a decade in a country the size of the United States is evidence of “a weird history”. You’re clearly projecting your hatred of religious people (not Muslims of course. Just Christians) with your shallow analysis.

[@RobertSlover]

my family and I saw this in the theater when it came out and blew our minds. personally the music was wonderful with the droning organ and those vocals were incredible to experience on big loud speakers.

[@PirateZ1]

I have to thank you for exposing me to a movie that is now among my favourites. Especially in B&W!! Amazing film

[@SumDumGy]

Wow. After all these days of watching your videos, I have for the very first time watched a review that I actually agree with! I never thought I'd see the day!!

[@user-qn6bw8dk4o]

This and The Jaunt were my favorite King short stories back in the day. And currently.

[@CsykKrit]

"Long looooooong time!"

[@deadaccount7520]

When Stephen king himself likes something you add to his story. It's a accomplishment.

[@dislike_button33]

The Shining movie is better than the book.

[@superwonderballs]

@@dislike_button33 dear God no

[@ianbeach23]

I’ve never read a Stephen King book, but I know this. Basically every change I’ve ever heard from the original source material in his adaptations, sounds like it was for the better. The Shining is a masterpiece and knowing that it made King angry tells me that I probably wouldn’t like the book. I can tell you outright that I think the idea of the hotel exploding at the end is flat out stupid, among other things I’ve heard about the Shining book. The axe being swapped out for a sledgehammer makes for a much more gruesome sounding scene in Misery when I picture it. Thank fucking god the It movies don’t have child sex orgies and giant space sea turtles. Honestly, maybe I’m wrong. But King just strikes me as one of those guys with really great ideas, but he’s so fucking insane that they only work as well as they do because of other people that condense them into something tangible. But like I said, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’ll try and read one of his books at some point. But for now this is my stance on it

[@nightmonk4919]

@@ianbeach23 Honestly, I like both the movie and book. The book is really engaging and hard to put down, to the point where you can easily accept how strange some of the story beats are because it feels like they make sense. The movie, on the other hand, is really good at portraying the horror and themes of the book by making changes that would only contrast with the feeling of dissasociation it's​ trying to evoke. If anything, it's almost like the book ending was what the world saw, while the movie ending was what happened to Jack; the reader got an account of what happened, while the viewer followed Jack until the end. Both are great because the mediums they're portrayed in are used well and almost seem to give a different side of the same story. Granted, I read the Shining as a kid and later in life I reread it out of boredom, so I'm probably still riding that initial feeling of horror from back then. Also, yeah, Stephen King is the kind of author that seems to have great ideas, but other times he just pulls them straight out of his ass. Or he'll have a good idea and write some kind of placeholder for another concept he can't describe yet, then forget or get lazy and just leave it in.. If you ever get the chance to read Night Shift, you'll get a kick out of that. There's some really good short stories in there, but holy shit are there some really stupid one's too.

[@DogOfHades]

Ah, one of my favorite movies of all time. Now I also read the book. The book is basically the same as the movie as it is usually with Frank's adaptations of his buddy Stephen King books. *Except the ending*. Since you boys did not spoil the movie ending, I won't either, but the book's ending was basically the group driving and driving and driving in the mist. They were saying that they are almost out of gas and they hoped to reach something soon. That was the end of the book. I remember I was so disappointed that the book ended there and when I heard about the movie made years later I hoped that I would see a real resolution. It did not disappoint. A great, very antihollywood ending.

[@solidsnake11087]

I thought the book ended exactly as it should have. The point of the story is hopelessness and a lack of closure. Humanity was ending inside that store, and when the characters go out to try and find the rest of it, they and the readers only get to know that it seems to be gone. It gives this idea that the only real place humankind still existed was in that grocery store, going tits up.

[@defferwa]

please do John Carpenters The Thing!

[@maperns]

Anthony Egger they did it!

[@killian9314]

@@maperns nice

[@jeremydaly8293]

Also, tbh.... what else can anyone say at this point? The Thing is a fucking masterpiece. the end XD

[@MrRichardBoner]

When I was watching it for the first time I felt that it was largely adequate movie. And then the ending happened and I fell absolutely in love with it. It's just the most gut-wrenching. However, I think there is still a positive moral to it.

[@rosebudbaxter4671]

I freaking love "The Mist." Thanks for this!

[@CoreyAEdwards]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for talking me into giving this film another chance. I'd tried (and failed) to get through the color version years ago but this review convinced me to give the B&W version a chance. I loved it! Easily one of my fave modern monster movies, now. What an ending!

[@SWifTpEss09]

Still to this day really love that film. A true classic

[@dvkprod]

The last 10-15 minutes of the movie were horrifying to the maximum. Not through jumpscares of scary monsters, but because of the atmosphere, the soundtrack, the bleak events that take plase and leave you with your hand on your moth and eyes peeled.

[@evocativepizza2752]

This is a great film and a great KZbin Channel. Godspeed.