The Mist Stephen King

The mist stephen king the mist is a horror novel by the american author stephen king in which the small town of bridgton maine is suddenly enveloped in an unnatural mist that conceals otherworldly monsters.

The mist stephen king. In the story the small town of bridgton maine is shrouded in a dense mist that conceals otherworldly creatures. First published by viking press in 1980 as part of the dark forces anthology an edited version was subsequently included in king s 1985 collection skeleton crew. It was first published in an anthology named dark forces in 1980. I remember thinking it s the perfect length for a movie without leaving out any details since movies based on king stories are rarely as good as the books.

While stephen king is truly a first class american writer it seems to me that his endings can be somewhat weak and predictable some will view this comment as blasphemy. A brief dramatic thunderstorm is followed by a freak mist that descends on a small new england town. The story is set in a town called bridgton maine. A new series based on stephen king s novella.

The film features an ensemble cast including thomas jane marcia gay harden nathan gamble andre braugher. The mist 2017 tv ma 1 season tv shows based on books trapped by a mysterious fog residents of a maine village discover that it hides nightmarish creatures. The mist is a novella written by stephen king. The morning after a violent thunderstorm a thick unnatural mist quickly spreads across the small town of bridgton maine reducing visibility to near zero and concealing numerous species of bizarre creatures which viciously attack anyone and anything that dares venture into the open.

The mist grabbed and held my attention for the first 90 of the story. The mist is my favorite short story by stephen king. It was later published in book skeleton crew in 1985. After a thunderstorm a very thick supernatural fog covers the small town.

King s horror work has been the most difficult material to adapt but this film is comparable to other genre stand outs such as the shining and 1408. I first read it as part of skeleton crew 1985. The protagonist and narrator david drayton who has taken refuge with his young son in a supermarket tries to survive against not only the creatur.