The ending was Darabont's idea, not King's. King loved it, though.

When Olie shot that crazy lady everybody cheered in the theatre and the ending everyone just sat there

“He better live through this movie” Sips tea and waits for the ending.

39:36 You: "I don't wanna watch you get eaten, but it would be worse if you got saved, almost." Me: Ohhh, she's gonna be _heated_ in a few seconds!

The ending is so devastating as he thought he was saving his child from a fate worse than death. Nothing in the movie gave him any reason to think he was about to get saved by the Military. He sacrificed himself for love and the Universe said 'nope'. 10/10 ending would cry again. Stay safe and cosy ya'll, love from Scotland.

My dad and I went to see this in theaters in a full auditorium. Usually there's always those few people that are immediately out of their seats once the credits start but there was a good 15-20 second still silence in the room. Like, you could feel people processing it. Lines leaving was similar to a funeral procession, wasn't much chatting from people, just everyone leaving quietly. Didn't expect such a powerful ending going to a movie about a town swarmed by monsters.

“‘My college education didn’t teach me how to fight a squid!” Absolutely dead 😂

Alanda (as half a corpse is being dragged offscreen by an unknown creature): "Oh, something's taking it. Reduce, reuse, recycle." I cackled.

“i forgive you for founding Hydra!” DEAD, never fail to make me laugh

This movie perfectly blends tangible and psychological horror. Sure, monsters are scary, but the *monsters inside of all of us* make it extra spooky. The depths of human compassion/depravity during a crisis is frightening to watch, because it's *realistic...* 😱😨

“Oh, you’re flying him like a kite!” 😂

The whole time I was like, "Oh... you are not gonna like the ending!" A lot of people hated the ending, but I appreciated it for not being that typical "Hollywood" happy ending. Darabont had to fight the studio for that ending too.

And another thing, Landie, I think it's clear to everyone who stumbles upon this channel that you're the greatest of all time when it comes to the reaction game. Thanks again for being the funniest, smartest, and loveliest part of any given day you decide to upload.

I feel your pain at that ending, believe me! LOL! It's a real gut punch. This is such an underrated film. It's nice to see more people discovering it. Interesting tidbit: Darabont credits Jeffrey DeMunn for the reappearance of Melissa McBride's character at the end (along with her two children), showing she'd made it back to them and they'd all survived. Originally, she was supposed to disappear into the mist, with her fate left unknown. But McBride's performance in the grocery store scene so impressed the cast and crew that they gave her a standing ovation. Darabont said DeMunn later came to him and said he couldn't stop thinking about her performance and wondering what happened to her character, so he suggested bringing her back at the end. Also, when they were casting the role of Carol in TWD, they called and offered it to her without requiring an audition, due to her performance in The Mist.

"I Forgive you for Founding Hydra" LMAO!!!!. That was a good one

The whole time you were going on about “Frank, you better not kill that little boy!” I’m trying to stifle laughter. I was all, “oh Alanda, you are definitely going to need one of those margarita drinks your friend made for you after this one!”

The painting in the beginning is of the gunslinger from Stephen King’s Dark Tower books.

I think this ending showed how important it is to never lose hope. Everything you’ve been hoping for could be just a minute away if you don’t lose hope or give up too soon.

The ending of this movie is one of the most shocking and bold in cinema history. I saw it when it first came out opening weekend and the audience reaction (as well as my own) was nothing I've ever experienced. Crying, gasping, and yelling. Nobody left the theater unchanged.

How do you manage to crack me up during one of the grimmest, darkest films ever made??? Every death scene here is devastating, but I think Pvt. Jessup's was the one that really effed me sideways. It wasn't the most graphic or heartbreaking, but the realisation that the main cast was no safer inside the store than out...the purest nightmare fuel. Stephen King is known for his secondary antagonists, but with Mrs. Carmody, he REALLY outdid himself.

In King's novella, they drive out into the mist in search of a safe haven that may or may not exist. The director changed it, and Stephen King himself, a vocal fan of Darabont's revised ending, described it as "the most shocking ending ever," and said, "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."

King didn’t come up with this ending. In fact, he was jealous of Darabont coming up with THIS ending rather than kings ambiguous one in the novella

Thomas Jane was originally supposed to be Rick Grimes he was even attached to the character as well. He did not get to play Rick though because HBO was offered the walking dead first and they turned it down. By the time the show got a green light Jane was no longer available. I'm sorry to say but I think he would have been incredible! This film truly shows how truly great he can be he brings a lot of emotion to the screen.

So glad you got to watch it. The Mist was actually shot where I live in Shreveport, LA. My husband was an extra in it and we got to go to wrap party. We got to meet Thomas Jane (a complete sweetheart), Laurie Holden, Toby Jones and William Sadler.

I remember seeing that ending in theaters. It was SILENT 😂

This movie has one of the most disheartening, soul-crushing and devastating endings I've seen, I felt empty the first time I watched it.

Her: "is that the last we're gonna hear of Melissa Mcbride?" Me: "oh you wait."

The Shawshank Redemption is about holding onto hope. The Mist is about losing it.

"The way it's acting...it's like staying at the barrier...it's like Passover!" Hahaha, brilliant! Another great reaction to a scary film! Thank you!

The way you engage your audience and keep up with the film is impressive.

The director wants sure about having the ending but in the film screening, Stephen King was sitting next to him, saw the ending and leaned over to express how powerful it was and that he loves it and it needed to stay in the movie.

literally one of the most devastating endings ever! I was in shock when I first watched it, its pretty shattering. I also think that this movie highlights how humans are as monstrous as any creatures that lurk in the mist. Marcia Gay Harden to me was exceptional, and I'd rank her right at the top of any movie villian list

I remember people in the theater crying. When we walked outside there were a couple people crying by the door. It was definitely a gut punch.

🗣 Ollie was a real one. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

This movie was crazy. Alanda you did another great job

If we ever get to end of times, I want Alanda Parker in my corner

A true horror ending. Horror unlike anything you were expecting. And here you thought The Thing had a grim ending!

this movie is definitely about despair. Despair leading to people clinging onto any shred of hope, even at the cost of other peoples' lives, and then that despair is taken to its logical conclusion with the suicide pact. I saw this on premier night in cinema and the whole crowd, myself included, just sat back in our seats in silence at the end. And yeah, we all basically agreed if we were that dad we would attack the soldiers until they killed us...there's just no way to live past that.

The movie was very good - and the ending was simply brilliant and in a way unprecedented. As another commenter said, King was jealous, but loved it. I may watch occasional reaction videos to this, but I will never again watch the full movie - the ending is too gut wrenching, particularly since I'm the father of a son.

Before I watch this I'd just like to say thank you for uploading. I've been having a bad night of chronic pain where I can't even get out of bed and this video came at the perfect time to try and take my mind off things but generally I also always enjoy your uploads. To you it is just watching a film but we never know what others are going through and how we touch others lives even in a small way so thought I'd let u know. Ty

The way you whisper and jump and cover your face. I feel like I'm watching a movie with a friend. Lol. Your reactions are everything!

"Reduce, reuse, recycle." 🤣☠️

Good job not crying. That ending hits me hard every single time. Thomas Jane crushed it.

Honestly...I first watched this movie when I was 10. Parents wouldn't let me watch the ending but I heard gun shots and Thomas Jane screaming in pain and agony...that made me shutter. I watched it again and found this movie one of the hardest and saddest Stephen King movies to watch.

Would love you too watch “The Long kiss Goodnight “ when you have the time, think you would enjoy it.

I love how the movie proves it's point about humans by how the audience reacts. Everyone cheers when Carmody dies but it's still murder. Humans have it in them.

"I forgive you for founding HYDRA!" I could not stop laughing for 30 seconds and now my ribs are in pain from soreness, so thank you from the bottom of my heart for that, Alanda, you are too hilarious!

Alanda, as a hardcore Frank Darabont fan you NEED to watch the remake of The Blob from 1988! It's written by Frank and directed by Chuck Russell, the director of Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Trust me, you absolutely must watch it!!

"She needed it. And so did we." 😄

This is one of my favorite films, it’s just so well shot, written, acted and Miss Marcia gets me so riled up EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

"Ollie, I forgive you for founding HYDRA, just don't die" Love it.

This movie never fails to make me tear eyed 😭😭😭😭

Great reaction as always. The ending is so hard to process but as a book reader, I do like this one better. I died at "Ew, it's staying at the barrier.....it's like....Passover.' ,lol. Also, fashion compliment for this vid: that snake ring is FIRE!

I know that many consider Kubrick’s, The Shining as the best King adaptation. But for me, The Mist is my second favorite…after Misery. It’s a vastly under appreciated film but gaining in popularity over time. The theme of human nature in crisis is devastatingly honest…and terrifying. And Darabont’s adaptation actually improved on King’s original novella.

“It doesn’t seem that terrifying. I’m not to worried.” Oh sweet summer child

The ending to this movie just destroyed me. I was so sad and depressed I was like "Give me some cute Disney movies to heal my soul!"

Honestly the only thing that makes that ending just a tiny bit okay for me is the thought that theyre probably better off dead after everything they saw/experienced especially the child - talk about childhood trauma 😳 but yeah we're all about ready to fight someone for that ending too

Yes the take away is have Faith and keep going like the lady leaving and not staying with the masses with false beliefs or even the faithless like the suicide pack. When I first showed this to my friend Annie at her friend Alessandra house the two of them asked me to pick a movie so I asked them have they seen The Mist cause it was the recommendation on her streaming service, they were amazed and alessandra said wow very good choice Johnny. We had the lights off and nice size flat screen with rain outside perfect conditions to watch. During the big monster scene Annie was lost in gaze at the movie and the first thing she said when seeing the colossal creature was emphatically "someone needs to close that dimension window" so yeah watching it with someone's first time viewing is great

“Oh! You’re flying him like a kite!” 🤣🤣🤣

I absolutely love this movie. The acting, pacing and dialogue are excellent and the ending is an incredible gut punch that will rank among the darkest ever.👍

The way I was waiting for you to get devastated by the ending, when you say "this little boy better live." I was like you bout to be real world hurt.

OMG Alanda! I just finished watching the video and all I gotta say is I knew you'd give GLORIOUS React Tea when you saw the end! And boy you did not disappoint. Laughed so hard, but also got little chills remembering when I saw this for the first time. Just sat in the theater for minutes afterwards emotionally wrecked, hoping for a post credit scene with Iron Man snapping all the victims back to life. 😂

Endings like this are few and far between. The ending is SOUL CRUSHING and will be something you will always remember. ALWAYS.

I told you this movie made me want to slap somebody. But your reaction was great. This wasn't Stephen King's original ending, but he said he likes this ending better.

Your reactions are the highlight of my week 😂

You never fail to put a smile on my face and make me laugh- thanks for being you! Also this is one of the darkest endings ever.

That ending has fucked me up for years ! Your reaction was my exact reaction 😂😂😂

Its interesting. I'm a Czech guy living in Prague in Czech Republic. A half world away from New York. Yet we bot know the same references about Walking Dead cast, Stephen King, Marvel etc. We are both millennilas I presume and I find it fascinating to see the similarities. Our time 2021 is very tumultuous, but its also wonderful. To see other people enjoying the same things we do and also get their honest opinion is a gift. As a filmmaker I appreciate it very much. Thank you for this reaction Alanda, because you made me think

Zzavid recommended this channel and this was the first thing I clicked and I was subscribed in the first 5 mins 🤣🤣 You are hilarious!

I read the Stephen King novella back in the 80s and i always thought it would make a great movie. As an adaptation the film stays really faithful, up until the ending. The novella ends on an unresolved note with a tiny glimmer of hope. Frank Darabont, however, wants to teach us never to lose hope in the most brutal way possible. I very much enjoy unconventional and downer endings, so you can imagine my sick shit-eating grin when i first saw the ending to this film. 😄

I know you’re a fan of Laurie Holden. She also plays a big role in the 2006 horror movie Silent Hill. Highly recommended watching and reacting to that movie. It’s based off a super famous video game series and has been named the best video game adaption movie up to that time 2006. Edit: I read a few articles after I posted this comment. Turns out Silent Hill had been considered the best video game adaption movie until 2019 when Detective Pikachu/Sonic came out (even then it’s close). So that’s pretty neat to find out, as I love Silent Hill. I really hope you get to react to it and give us ALL the commentary that we live for!!!!

Alanda: "Y'all need to throw that body outside. You don't know what is incubating in that swell." Me: Checks run time.

I love this movie, but the ending always gets me! So SAD!! When I seen that you were watching this, I was like.. she’s about to call some characters by their Walking Dead names! GREAT REACTION!

This movie broke me, but the best thing is watching it break other people watching it for the first time. The ending is never not shocking or devastating

I hadn't seen this since it came out, I didn't realize both Andrea and Carol were in this too! And frankly, "too realistic" yeah I agree, stories about raw, unprocessed human nature are nothing new, King added this spin on it back in 1980, and it's unsettling to continue recognizing all of this behavior so clearly. A different fun fact: King admitted that Darabont scared him with his own story, he got the creeps a few times and that hand on the window made him jump in his seat 😄 I LOVED Marcia Gay Harden in this, I thought she devoured that part and left no crumbs, and for me, Mrs. Carmody is hands down the scariest monster. I've known people just like her, they'll take every advantage to convince people to believe their twisted perspective. One of my favorite roles of hers was in _A Gaudi Afternoon,_ she's still devious but WAY more fun.

I’m only 13 mins in so far but I feel like you don’t waste a single word with your reaction like every thing you say is impactful and I love your voice I never know which tone you’re gonna use or what sound effect you’re going to make 😂

I love your reactions, as always, girl! I remember seeing this movie when I was younger, and I loved it, but was also scared.

One of my favorite modern horror movies. The ending is brutal and gut wrenching. Loved it.

Everybody and I DO MEAN EVERYBODY! reacted the same way to that ending

"I forgive you for founding Hydra." You're too soft-hearted, Alanda. Expiation!. Best. Leo.

Almost everything in this movie is the same as the book...except the ending. The book ends with them still driving from town to town, scavenging supplies, and coming to the realization that this is just the world they have to survive in now. Very hopeless. They created this new Tragic ending for the movie and Stephen King loved it. He was basically like, why didn't I think of that? lol. Great reaction.

No, that kid's blood was literally on him.

I just love you! You say everything I’m thinking haha your commentary is so good! I’m really hoping you continue to watch all the Scream movies, those are my favs 😁 I promise they aren’t as heartbreaking as this was!

Good tragedies are so hard to find, and well I get they are not everyone's cup of tea this movie is such a great example of how to do them well.

We got our very own Dale, Andrea, Carol and morales in one movie. Love this movie

Alanda you remain the best reactor on KZfaq by FAR, bestie! 💛

For those who loved the ending, I could have been way worst. Darabont wanted to have a second military transport pass and show some of the supermarket's survivors aboard. Darabont didn't shoot the scene because of scheduling.

When I first saw this in theaters I enjoyed it until that Ending! I remember walking out of that theater wanting to punch a wall I was so mad! Then I went to go watch Disney's Enchanted afterwards and I felt better lol!

So GLAD you did this reaction. Will you please do "Quarantine" (2008)? These 2 movies are tied in my mind for most f*cked up ending

The Painting at the beginning is of Roland Deschain of the Gunslinger novels Steven King also wrote. All of his books take place in same shared universe and connect together in one way or another.

Watching all things Andre Braugher That one hit hard ....he's been one of my favorite actors and human beings since seeing him in homicide life on the street. Rip Andre Braugher

I'm extremely split on the ending, but one thing I liked was that it focused on some people who did NOT get a happy ending. It was like a deconstruction of typical Roland Emmerich disaster movies.

The Mist is one of my favs. I didn't like the ending at 1st, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. I also preferred it more over the original novels ending that Stephen King had written. Nonetheless, the movie had a very H.P. Lovecraft feel to it, which also makes sense considering that he's King's favorite author & had his influence on other novels by King such as IT & The Dark Tower series. Speaking of IT, that would be another great film combo to see if you haven't yet? It's a lot better than the original mini series on ABC, lol.

Halfway through and Alanda already got her hitlist ready 😂😂😂

I loved how unexpected the ending was but it had me like.....damn. my mom and I saw it in theaters and the car ride home was Hella silent lol

I always kind of felt that this would be a fitting end for The Walking Dead. I feel like Frank would’ve done something like that

"Yay, it's the military, we're saved... Oh" You always depose the zealot immediately, it's enough to deal with deadly danger outside without someone riling up scared people making them dangerous to each other.

Let me preface this by saying I'm a middle-aged gay man with no sexual interest in women. But this lady is so beautiful and intelligent!! Love watching her reactions.

At this point your videos are getting a like before they even start 👍 we love you girl That ending really got me the first time aswell . Had a blast with this one It's great to see you back with some spooky goodness . KEEP UP the amazing work 👏

Absolutely loved your reaction. The ending in the short story was so different, but it did hint at a murder suicide, if worse came to worse. What I didn't understand in the movie version, was why no one siphoned gas from the abandoned vehicles.