In the 2007 film The Mist, the titular mist is clearly shown to reduce visibility below 1 kilometre, to be a dense blanket of humidity, and is slow to clear, meaning it is not a mist but a fog.
While there IS a movie called "The Fog", The Mist is based on a Stephen King story by the same name. He probably didn't go with fog because of another book being published relatively recently (at the time in 1980) called "The Fog"
Originally it was published in 1980 as part of an anthology, but it was included in his Skeleton Crew collection in '85.
I do like the book more for the most part, but I 100% agree with King that the movie ending is better. Stephen King has never been as good at endings as he is with the rest of the story.
Because the producers of the film couldn't afford rendering more that a couple meters away from the camera, they added the fog effect as a workaround. It worked so well that they re wrote the film around that.
11 Comments
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 5d
I think the fog was a different film and that’s why.
The ending was really good though.
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 5d
While there IS a movie called "The Fog", The Mist is based on a Stephen King story by the same name. He probably didn't go with fog because of another book being published relatively recently (at the time in 1980) called "The Fog"
miked@piefed.social · 2 pts · 5d
The Mist is a short story from King's book Skeleton Crew. While I have seen the movie I preferred the written version better.
I have a poster from this movie in my apartment.
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 5d
Originally it was published in 1980 as part of an anthology, but it was included in his Skeleton Crew collection in '85.
I do like the book more for the most part, but I 100% agree with King that the movie ending is better. Stephen King has never been as good at endings as he is with the rest of the story.
miked@piefed.social · 1 pts · 5d
Thank you!!
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 6 pts · 5d
Because the producers of the film couldn't afford rendering more that a couple meters away from the camera, they added the fog effect as a workaround. It worked so well that they re wrote the film around that.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 5d
They used the same trick for the first few silent hill games.
espentan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 5d
From the moment the fog starts rolling in you just lose all faith in the movie and its' producers.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 5d
But they could not call it "The Fog" as there already is a film named like that.
Thorry@feddit.org · 2 pts · 5d
Ugh, don't give away the twist in the movie like that!
Trex202@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 5d
Fogs move too slow, but this is a Mist Hurry