I Just Watched Stephen King’s The Mist, and The Most Hated Character Was Actually Right

The Mist is a Stephen King adaptation that is impossible to erase from your mind (even if you really want to). Frank Darabont's mystical drama takes place in a small provincial town whose inhabitants encounter a mysterious natural phenomenon — a mist that hides bloodthirsty alien monsters.

What Happened in The Mist Finale?

As is often the case, not everyone survives the unequal battle with the creepy monsters, but five characters — David, his son Billy, neighbor Dan, and teachers Amanda and Irene — manage to escape. Unfortunately, the survivors' short-lived jubilation is cut short by the grim realization that there is no escape from the aliens — sooner or later, they will become prey.

Then David makes the difficult decision to "ease the suffering" of others, including his own son. The main character remains the only one alive (as he himself thought, not for long), as there were not enough bullets for him. What makes the scene truly shocking, however, is the fact that a minute after the murder, David encounters the military, who rush to help those affected by the mist.

This ending was not in King's original story, the twist belongs entirely to the imagination of Darabont, who certainly knows a lot about human tragedy — years later, "this" scene from The Mist became the hallmark of the movie.

What if Mrs. Carmody Was Right All Along?

However, The Mist not only gave us one of the most shocking endings, it also gave one of the most hated characters in movie history — Mrs. Carmody. A fanatic who uses religious motives to subjugate the terrified inhabitants of the supermarket to her will.

Due to an accident in which one of the monsters failed to kill her while Carmody was reading a prayer, she turned into the Chosen one. Mrs. Carmody herself believes in her special role, but she sees it in a completely different way than is accepted in Christianity — she believes that only sacrifices will appease God and save the survivors from terrible monsters. And she saw the main character's son, Billy, as a victim.

But hear me out. What if this awful woman was right all along? Why did one of the terrifying monsters that broke into the supermarket and killed everyone in its path take pity on Carmody? Maybe, the monster somehow realized that she was not one of the sinners he was sent to punish.

And the ending seems to support this theory as well. Remember the event after which the mist lifted? That's right, it happened after Billy's death, whom Mrs. Carmody was about to sacrifice. Was that a coincidence or a direct consequence?