![]() ![]() The gut punch came when not long after Drayton killed them all, help arrived. In the movie, Drayton (Jane) shoots his son and three of the other survivors to spare them the horrors of being brutally killed by terrifying monsters. King's novella ends with the main character of the story, David Drayton, catching a possible word through radio static he then whispers two words in his son's ear. King writes, "One of them is Hartford. ![]() And we all said, 'No, we'll take less money.' I don't know if you could get away with a 'Mist' today, it might be tough, but we snuck that one in and we're proud of it." "I know Frank Darabont was offered more money, like double the budget, if he'd have just changed the ending. During a past interview with the Daily Dead, he said: The question is… if that movie was made today, would that ending have made it into the movie? The film’s star Thomas Jane isn't sure if they would've gotten away with it. Up until that point, I had never felt anything like that while watching a movie before. It hurt so bad, but at the same time, I admired that Darabont took such a big swing like that. ![]() I was a big fan of King’s story and I also enjoyed that 3D sound audio play that was released, and when the movie finished with that new ending, it felt like I was punched in the gut. The first time I saw Frank Darabont’s feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist, it was at a test audience screening. ![]()
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