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He was in a supermarket with his son Joe and wondered what would happen if a supernatural story happened in that space.

King tells two different stories about his inspiration for “The Mist”: Stephen King himself says he was going for something akin to an episode of The Twilight Zone. “The Mist” is often compared to Lord of the Flies. As these things go, it took another 27 years for the film release. Film director Darabont read it first in this anthology around this time, and immediately thought it would make a great film. A version of “The Mist” first appeared in a 1980 anthology of horror stories. Stephen King was near the beginning of his career, and publishers weren’t keen to publish absolutely everything he came out with, so he had to let this one sit awhile. Though this is a 1980s story, “The Mist” was first written in 1976.

There will inevitably be some conflation of those two slightly different stories below, so I’m going to talk about both without worrying about mixing them up.

I’ve seen the 2007 film numerous times but only just read the novella. Or maybe you’ve never encountered Stephen King’s Mist story before in your entire life, and you don’t scream to family members, “SOMETHING IN THE MIST TOOK JOHN LEE!” whenever fog descends. This popular science fiction horror contains plenty for discussion and analysis.

Anyone can invent a terrifying bogeyman - King's work rises to the top because of the people he creates, real and flawed and relatable, sometimes jerks, sometimes heroes, always human.You may have even studied “The Mist” in literature class - the tertiary level equivalent of Lord of the Flies. It's a fine reminder of the author's extraordinary skill - he can create a terrifying menace out of dogs ("Cujo"), cars ("Christine"), clowns ("It") and yes, even weather (supernatural weather, but still). It focuses on a random group of Maine grocery shoppers trapped together when a murderous mist rolls over their town. King's original "Mist" novella is, for me, one of his finest works. Just like the characters in the series, I'd been caught unaware by a quick and unexpected weather change, and just for a minute, the show's events still fresh in my memory, I was as unbalanced as they were. A sudden Seattle storm had blown through, drenching the yard without warning, and the skies were a menacing mosaic of gray and white, dotted with fist-like clouds. After watching the first episode of Stephen King's " The Mist," I stepped outside, and felt unmoored.