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The Mist is the titular main antagonist in the 1980 Stephen King novella The Mist, as well as the 1985 interactive fiction computer game, in its 2017 television adaptation and the 2007 supernatural horror film adaptation of the same name.
It is a thick unnatural mist inhabited by various species of otherworldly creatures and deadly predators, believed to be from another dimension. While it is not an actual character, it is certainly the main source of all the horror that occurs within the film.
Theories and evidence throughout the novella and the film suggest that the mist is an alternate dimension that poured into our own when something called the Arrowhead Project went awry. This theory is supported by the fact that the mist originated in Shaymore (which is where the Arrowhead Project took place) and there was a large amount of police and military forces heading towards Shaymore at the time when the mist appeared.
In an early draft of the script for the 2007 film, it was revealed that the Arrowhead Project did indeed cause the mist. During the storm, the personnel at the base were able to successfully open a portal to another dimension. However, just then, lightning from the storm struck the base, causing the machinery to overload and the mist and the creatures inhabiting it to pour through the portal from the other dimension.
On the night after a freak thunderstorm, the mist manifested, spreading first across Bridgton, Maine, and then an unknown amount of the country or possibly even the planet Earth.
Novella[]
In the novella, the mist lasted for 3 days and presumably even longer. It is unknown whether the mist was limited to the portion of New England where the story takes place or if it spread across the entire planet, but the story suggests that the mist's southern limit may be somewhere near Connecticut.
Film[]
In the film, about three days into the mist disaster, the creatures were exterminated by the military, and the mist dissipated for unknown reasons.
Nature/Effects[]
Novella[]
In the novella, the mist is white, has an acrid smell, and warps acoustics, causing close things to sound far away and vice versa. It also darkens to grey at night.
Film[]
In the film, the mist is chrome and apparently does not warp acoustics. It also turns a dark blue at night, and it is unknown whether or not it has the acrid smell it does in the novella.
Inhabitants[]
The mist is inhabited by a large number of species, all of which hunt on the basis of scent (as the mist makes sight almost useless to them), but some of which can also be attracted to light. Most, but not all of the creatures are only active at night. They include:
Arachni-Lobsters
Behemoth
Four Horsemen (TV series only)
Giant Spider Creatures
Gray Widowers
Green Flies (novella only)
Killer Kites (novella only)
Leeches (TV series only)
Owl (TV series only)
Pterobuzzards
Scorpion-Flies
Shadow Creatures (TV series only)
Terrorpedes (behind the scenes only)
Tentacles (also called "Tentacles from Planet X")
Gallery[]
Images[]
The Mist
Killer Kite
The Mist
Tentacles from Planet X
The Behemoth
Grey Widowers
Anachni-Lobsters
Pterobuzzards
Scorpion-Flies
Giant Spider Creatures (the creatures that are being incinerated by the Military army).
The Mist
Shadow Creatures
Four Horsemen
The Leeches
The Owl
Terrorpede
Videos[]
The Mist (1-9) Movie CLIP - The Mist Arrives (2007) HD
The Mist (2-9) Movie CLIP - Tentacle Attack (2007) HD
The Mist (4-9) Movie CLIP - The Birds and the Bugs (2007) HD
The Mist (5-9) Movie CLIP - Spiders (2007) HD
The Mist (6-9) Movie CLIP - Human Sacrifice (2007) HD
The Mist (8-9) Movie CLIP - Making the Escape (2007) HD
The Mist (9-9) Movie CLIP - The Colossal Beast (2007) HD
THE MIST Official Trailer - Out There (HD) Stephen King Spike Horror TV Series
Trivia[]
As it is very similar in both inhabitants and appearance, some Stephen King fans believe that the mist is the "Todash Darkness" from Stephen King's Dark Tower series - a monster-filled void that exists between universes.
In the original script for the film, a prologue scene showed the military personnel at the Arrowhead Project base opening an interdimensional portal that allowed the mist and the creatures in it through into our dimension. However, this scene was scrapped to leave the origins of the mist more ambiguous. The military connection is still implied by the presence of some army personnel in the nearby pharmacy.
Very similar creatures to the ones inhabiting the mist appear in another Stephen King novel From A Buick 8. They die and turn to sizzling, black liquid outside of their world, just like the Tentacles from "Planet X" in the film, and are also believed to come from another dimension; possibly the same one.
The "Tentacles from Planet X" is the most well-known creature in The Mist movie.
They have even made cameos in other media such as Stephen King's From a Buick 8 and DC's Shazam.
It is unknown if the Stephen King universe (or the Dark Tower/The Mist universe) is connected to the DC Comics universe in some way.
