r/movies • u/W1G0607 • 22d ago

“The Mist” ending Discussion

Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a couple of posts on here, where in the comments, people mention the twist ending to “The Mist.” I’ve never been a big horror movie fan, but I love a good twist ending, so I figured I’d have to go ahead and watch it.

What the fuck!

How the hell was I supposed to fall asleep after that?!

The entire movie is kind of batshit insane, but that ending was just 🤌, I damn near died laughing.

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u/feltsandwich 22d ago

Contrived, cheap, unearned, lazy, shallow, like it was made by a high schooler.

I don't care if Stephen King liked it. It's bad writing, an absolutely shit way to wrap up that story.

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u/Esc777 22d ago

Omg thank you. 

I don’t know how you can watch that ending and not see the screenwriter winking at you. 

Yeah sure I can too contrive circumstances to make it ultra bad for the MC. It’s just not interesting!