The Mist

Whoa!

All the food's gonna go bad

Yeah, I drew up a list

I'll hit the store before it gets all bought out

Fuck

- Can you save it? - No. No way

No, I gotta start over from scratch

I'll call the studio when the phones get back up,

see if they can extend my deadline

What choice do they have?

You kiddin'?

They could whip up some bad Photoshop poster in an afternoon

They do it all the time Two big heads

I should have brought it downstairs with me last night

Just stupid, I guess

Well, sweetie, you couldn't exactly know

that a tree was gonna come flying through the window

Yeah, I'll hit the hardware store too,

get some plastic sheeting and duct tape

and seal this up before it gets dark, you know

Order in some new glass

Oh, you know what? That was your...

that was your grandfather's tree, the one he planted

- Ohh - Used to play in that tree

It's just stuff, though

You know, we're safe That's all that counts

Yeah

Mom, Dad, you gotta come see!

Hey, Billy, take it easy, all right?

I really don’t want you running all over the place

But you gotta come look

The boathouse is all bashed! Holy crap!

Billy

Sorry, Mom, but you just gotta come! Come on!

Whoa!

Whoa

- Whoa - Come on

Having spoken, the Doomsayer departs

Come on!

How do you two always manage to make me laugh?

- You have incredibly low standards - Mm-hmm

Let's go, uh, see the damage

No

- Norton's tree - Yeah

You mean the dead one I've been asking him

to take down for three years before it finally blew over?

That tree?

- Really got smooshed - You ain't kiddin'

Look at that

What is it, Daddy?

Mist

- On the lake? - We've had mist on the lake before

Coming off the mountain like that?

Two fronts meeting,

left over from the storm, something like that

You sure?

Honey, I'm not the weatherman

Why don't you take Billy, get him dressed

I'll take him to town with me

Okay Where you going?

I'm gonna go have a little chat with our neighbour about his tree

Hon

Don’t worry, I'm not gonna punch him in the nose

You know what he's gonna say

He's gonna say, "Sue me," which, I don't know, maybe we should

Honey, one property dispute with this guy

is enough to last me a lifetime

I'm gonna ask for his insurance information

Okay

- That's all - Yeah

Ohh! Mother fucker!

Aw, shit!

Ohh, you mother fucker!

Cock sucker!

"Turn on

"Full choke

Pull five choke"

I guess you’ve seen the...

boathouse

Yeah, and...?

Nothin'

Just think we should trade insurance info, you know?

That's all

Oh, my insurance guy's gonna love me

Oh

Shit The I was gonna bring the station wagon, but

I don't know, the weather was so beautiful coming out of New York,

I just... You know, top down

I'm sorry, man I mean it

Sincerely

- That's nice of you to say - No, that car was cherry

I hate to see it like that

Okay, I'll tell you what,

I'll find my insurance guy's number, I'll bring it by later

- That okay? - No problem

So, uh, David...

you’re not heading into town today by any chance, are you?

Well, CMP's out in force

Maybe we'll get our power back

I know Some storm, huh?

One for the books, yeah

For a moment there last night,

I thought we were gonna take off and head for Oz

WZON is off the air,

but Portland's still broadcasting

Daddy, look

Ah

guys from the base

- From up the mountain? - Uh-huh

The Arrowhead Project?

Well, you’re a local

Any idea what they do up there?

Missile defence research

You know, I'm sure you’ve heard the stories

Oh, sure

The woman at the Laundromat say that, uh,

they have a crashed flying saucer up there with frozen alien bodies

Right Miss Edna Yeah

Miss Tabloid

"I Had Bigfoot's Baby"

"Satan's Face Appears in Oil Well Fire"

You know, real reliable stuff

Well, they're in a hurry

Maybe their power's out too

Huh Still no signal

Why don't you go ahead? I'm gonna try Steph on a pay phone

Can I go with Mr Norton, Daddy?

Sure, if you promise to hold his hand, I guess

Yeah - Yeah

Here's a list

- Sure - Okay?

Meet you guys in there

Hold hands

I'm sorry I didn't know it was your sister

That looks so freaky!

Hmm

- Sally, hey - Hey, Mr Drayton on

You guys look jammed up

Yeah, well, half the staff didn't show, plus the power's out

Oh, no What, no backup generator?

Only to keep the food cold

Everything else, welcome to the Dark Ages,

and bring your check book

Hey, Thursday night, Steph and I want a date night

- Baby-sit? - Heck, yeah I'm there

Oh, my God

The storm

Every body's stockin' up Been like this since we opened

Crappy day, huh?

Eh, every one's a little pissed off this morning

'Morning, Mrs Carmody

With lines like these, I don't know how good it is,

but I guess we'll have to make do

- Keep your head down, pal - I know it

Hey, champ

Your wife should be a doctor

She could make a fortune in Manhattan with this handwriting

Yeah, it takes some getting used to

Why don't you get your stuff? I'll meet you at the checkout

Okay, done

Hey, David, thanks for helping me out today

Are you and Mr Norton gonna be friends now, Daddy?

Oh, I don't know

"Friends" might be stretching it a little

I guess you’re not mad at each other any more

I guess not

And that's a start, huh?

I'm sorry, ma'am, the registers are down

The power outage got us too

Hopefully we'll have power up pretty soon

- The bus leaves in 30 minutes - We'll make it, okay?

You guys get the goodies I'll wait in line

I need some change on register five

Good morning, Ms Reppler

Hello, Ms Reppler

Well, hello to you, Billy Drayton on

How'd you hold up in the storm?

We had a tree come through the picture window last night,

right in my studio

And the boathouse got all smooshed Mr Norton's tree fell on it

Ouch

- Yeah Sorry to hear that

How'd you guys make out?

Oh, we're fine It's the listings I'm worried about

At the very least, I'll bet every one of our "For Sale" signs fell over

We had damage at the school, wouldn't you know?

That's what we get for not fixing that roof when we should've,

but with funds being cut every year

You'd think educating children

would be more of a priority in this country,

but you’d be wrong

Government's got better things to spend our money on,

like corporate handouts and building bombs

Daddy, is there a fire? Is Mommy all right?

I'm sure she's fine Don’t worry, okay?

Mind what you’re doing, Sally

Oh, come on, we got 10 days' leave

Check our papers

Look, I told you, all leaves are cancelled

I don't know why

I gotta go check the pharmacy out

Three men meet me back at the Jeep in five minutes

That's an order

Shit, man! Another half an hour, and we'd have been gone

Oh, my God!

Something in the mist!

Something in the mist

took John Lee!

Dan, catch your breath

Something in the mist took John Lee

I could hear him screaming

Shut the doors! Shut the doors! My God!

Daddy, I'm scared Can we go home?

Don't go out there

There's something in the mist It took John Lee

Screw that! I'm gettin' in my car

Mister, no!

Please hold me

It's okay, it's okay

It's a pollution cloud The mills down in Rumford

Some kind of chemical explosion Has to be

What is it?

What's going on?

It's death

Aah!

Stay down!

Daddy!

You okay?

That was an earthquake

I tell you, the goddamn mills blew up!

Is every one okay? Is any one hurt?

Every body just stay put, okay? Just stay inside the store

I can't I can't stay here I gotta get home to my kids

No No, don't go out there

It's death out there It's the end of days

Stop it, okay? Stop it

Please, every body, every body just relax, okay?

He's right Let's just stay cool

Let's just try to figure out what happened

I'm sorry, I... I can’t just stay here I have to get home to my kids

Ma'am, no, you can't go out there

Could be a poisonous gas cloud

Didn't you hear that man screaming?

I agree Let's stay here until we figure it out

You're not listening!

I can't stay here

Wanda's looking after little Victor She's only Sometimes she forgets she's supposed to be watching him

I told them I'd only be gone a few minutes

She's only For their sakes,

don't

Well, isn't anybody gonna help me?

Shh It's okay, pal

Won't somebody here see a lady home?

You?

You?

It's okay, buddy - You?

Ma'am, please, I got my own boy to worry about

I hope you all rot in hell

Ma'am, please, wait until...

Okay, let's start cleaning up, okay?

Get the spilled bottles, broken glass, stuff like that

Aisle three has medical supplies

It's okay It's okay

All right, easy, champ Come on

Come on

Come on All right, hey, hey, hey

Can't keep crying like this, pal

Come on!

Come on, you’re gonna hurt yourself

- Come on, are you all right? - I want Mommy!

All right, I know you want Mommy

All right, just try to breathe

Just try to breathe, okay?

Just try to breathe, pal That's okay

It's all right

I haven't seen him suck his thumb like this since he was 2 years old

He's in shock

I think we all are

You haven't met

Amanda Dunfrey

She's new in town as of this semester

Teaches third grade

and the specialed kids, now that Mosher's retired

She's wonderful The kids love her

And David's an artist

He does movie posters and such

And me

Lord, I'm babbling away like some old biddy at a tea party!

My nerves are jangled, I guess

Boy settle down?

How is he?

Still hot

Why don't I get him some aspirin

- Aisle three - Okay

Thanks

How's Dan?

His nose stopped bleedin'

He's calmer now Somebody gave him a Valium

Can't believe the way he ran in here

Never seen him like that

I need something to cover my boy up Got any blankets?

Furniture pads Loadin' dock

Gonna keep checkin' on people If you need anything, just holler

You bet Sally, you mind?

Oh, I'd love to. I really should help him clean up

- I'll take him - Okay

Daddy, don't go

No, I'll be gone two seconds, Big Bill Come on, I'm gonna get your blanket

Mrs Reppler's here,

and so is Mrs Turman

I'll be close by, okay?

- Okay - Don’t worry, I'm not far Okay?

Let me look at you

Hmm?

Wanna lie down?

Yeah

There you go

Soon as it blows away, we can walk out of here safe andfree,

but we have to be smart about it

First thing we need to do is keep our wits about us

and find out what’s happened

Well, how we gonna do that, my man?

We've got no phone signal, got no radio

I'm sure they're working on those problems as we speak

It stands to reason that restoring communications

would be their top priority

Jeez!

Oh, shit.

Ow!

Shit!

God damn it!

Ow! Ow!

Bitch!

It's obvious that we’re...

we're in some kind of natural disaster here

Ain't nothin' obvious about this sombitch from where I sit

There ain't nothin' natural about it either

That's right

It's Judgment Day, and it's come round at last

There is nothing more obvious or natural than that

Ohh, fuck, now

You've done that to yourself,

by a life of sin and dissolution

Hey, whoa! David!

Hey, you guys hear that?

The generator? We're just gonna check it out

No, no, I turned the generator off

It... it was backing up

- N-nobody else heard that sound? - What sound?

I don't know, like a weird noise,

back there in the dark

Like something was, like, pressing against the door

Did you hear it before the lights went out, or after?

No, only after

After, but, look, I heard it, okay?

- Nobody's calling you a liar - That's what it sounds like

No, no, no, no Now, don't be that away, Mr Drayton on

You had a scare, no doubt

What say we all go check it out?

Here

Oooopf!

Man.

It's pretty rank in here

- Myron, go check it out - All right

Go on, fire it up

All right!

Shut it off!

Holy crow, don't that stink!

Something's got the exhaust vent

plugged up from the outside

You get it running long enough to raise that door a little,

I'll go out and clear whatever's blockin' it

No, no, you can't do that

Why not? It's an electric door, right?

Well, yeah, but it may not be wise to send him out there

Okay, I'll do it

No, look, it's not about who goes out there

What, don't you think I can do it?

Hey! I want to go! It was my idea

Well, wait, just stop, okay?

- J-Jim, right? Mm-hmm

Myron? You guys are...

you, well, you don't seem to understand,

or you’re try in' real hard not to

This is no ordinary mist, okay?

You open that door, and something gets in here

Like what?

Well, like whatever made that noise I heard

Are you guys being will fully dense?

Mr Drayton on, you’ll pardon me,

but I'm not convinced that you heard anything

I mean, we're not hearing anything now, right?

Anybody?

See?

Now, I know, I know... you’re a big shot artist

with connections in New York and Hollywood and all like that,

but that don't make you better than anybody else, not in my book

Hey, I didn't say that

Nor do I like being talked down to or called stupid

by a guy who went to college, just 'cause he's got the jitters

Fellas, it doesn't even matter about the generator

The food'll keep without it

Kid, I'm gonna start the motor, you raise the door,

and you yell out when you got enough room

Yeah Okay, good

Wait

This is...

You guys gonna let this kid risk his life

over a generator that doesn't even matter?

Would you just shut the fuck up already?

Norm!

Listen, Mr Drayton on, I tell you what

The next time you got somethin' to say,

you count your teeth,

because I'm sick to death of your bullshit

All right?

Come on, Myron

This is crazy! Leave 'em be

What am I, impugning their manhood or something?

Listen, they've lost their sense of proportion

What's going on here?

Out there in the market, they were scared and confused

In here, there's a problem they can solve,

so they're goddamn gonna solve it

Ready, kid? - Let's rock

Norm, come on

Don't, man

It's a mistake

Pussy

Go up!

So

any boogeymen?

Pretty scary, ain't it, Norm?

Yeah, right

Norm

Norm!

What the fuck!

Ahh! Get it off! Get it off!

Get this friggin' thing off me!

Get it off! Help me!

Help me! Help me!

Aah! Aaahhh!

Jesus!

There's more! There's more!

Somebody help me

Somebody help me

What the fuck are you waitin' for?

Aaahhhh!

Hang on!

Aaahhhh!

Hold him still! Hold him still!

Aaahhhh!

Oh, Jesus!

Aah!

Aah!

Shit! Oh, shit!

Oh, shit!

David, it's no good!

Aah!

Start the generator

Aah! Aaaggghhh!

Gaaahhhh!

Hey, I'm sorry

I mean, how the...

how the hell was I supposed to know what you meant?

You said you heard something

How was I supposed to know what you meant?

You should've said what you meant better

I don't know, I thought maybe it was a big bird or something

You got that kid killed!

Did you get a good look at it? Huh?

Did you get a good look at what you did?

- Huh? - David!

Don't hit him any more! Doesn't solve anything!

You two assholes, you got that kid killed!

And I got his fuckin' blood on me!

Okay, I'm done

Okay

What's next?

Kill the generator

That's the first thing

I'm sorry

Jesus Christ! Oh, God!

I'm... I'm sorry about the kid

Oh, God Oh, God Oh, God

We oughtta get out of here

Hey, we didn't twist his arm

Yeah, he's a fuckin' kid He's supposed to be stupid

What's your excuse, huh?

Get outta here

Go back in the market Stay by the door

Don't say anything, to anybody

Not yet

Not yet

Shit

David? Need a little light here

We have to tell 'em

The people in the market, we have to stop 'em going outside

They won't believe us

They have to

I'm not sure I believe it I was here.

W- what we saw was impossible

You know that, don't you?

I mean, what...

what do we say?

How do we convince them?

Ollie, what the hell were those tentacles even attached to?

Oh, my God! Are... are you all right?

Shh! Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's not my blood I'm fine

W- what the hell happened?

I'll explain Give me a minute, okay?

I need to deal with something first

Please, I've got to...

I can't let Billy see me like this He's scared enough

Just give me a minute Keep him distracted Okay?

Okay

Hey, look, I'm sorry about Norm

Me too

I mean, I ain't makin' excuses, I'm just sayin'

Look, we need to tell people

No need to say how it went down or anything like that,

but, uh, we're in the deep shit here

People need to know

What about the out-of-towners?

We got plenty of them in the store Where do we even start?

Brent Norton? That windbag?

He's an important attorney in New York

That fellow could be on the bench one day

Counts a lot with people of this town, or... or any here

Yeah, that's right - Do it quick, David

We've got to discuss how we’re gonna stop that thing getting in here

W- wait What do you mean getting in?

You shut the loading door

Yeah, but the entire front of the store is plate glass

Jesus Christ

I was wondering where you’d gotten to

Um, listen

that guy that came in here, the one with the bloody nose

they're... they're... We saw tentacles.

Ain't goin' very well, is it?

Unh-unh

- You what? - Come here, you’ve got...

Come here

Tell him

It's true

Tentacles Yeah

Um, gentlemen, um

I'm sorry, I... I'm just not that stupid

I mean, what do you take me for?

I'm shocked

I'm shocked

I'm shocked It's pretty tasteless

using what's happening here to try to make me look like an idiot

No, no, that's not what's going on here

Look, come back to the loading dock, okay?

I'll show you

Blood A chunk of tentacle on... on the floor

No

No? What do you mean no?

No We've got real problems to deal with here,

and this pathetic attempt at a joke

has gone far enough

Mr Norton, what reason could we possibly have...?

Oh, please! Please!

This is pay back for the lawsuit that I filed against him last year,

and you guys are backing him up

So winning wasn't enough, huh?

You wanted to humiliate me some more,

show me a rubber snake while these... these hicks

stand around laughing their asses off

- Watch who you callin' a hick! - Myron! Myron!

- Hey, hey, fuck...! Mr Norton

I swear, you have got us all wrong

You're not too crazy about, um, out-of-towners, are you?

I only spend my money, and I pay my taxes here,

and I have seen you talking behind my back

Y'all stick together

Well, don't I feel foolish?

I actually thought you were being kind to me today,

and, well, thanks for setting me straight

And I'm glad that tree fell on your boathouse, you know that?

Glad Smashed it in pretty good, didn't it? Fantastic

Now, all of y'all, just stay out of my way

I know you’re scared, man I'm scared too

- Lives are at stake around here - David...

Okay, my son's life Now, I need you.

Brent, please, get your head out of your ass

All right, I'll drag you back there if I have to

Come here

David, get your goddamn hands off of me!

I'll sue your ass again!

Sue your ass, and this time you’ll go to jail!

This man assaulted me

He assaulted me You were witness to it

This man's crazy He's crazy

No

He isn't I wish he was, but he isn't

E- every one in the store, you want to come back here?

There's something you need to hear It concerns you all

Okay

W- w-wait I don't know what you people think you’re doing

You're drinking?

For Christ's sake, Ollie

Do you want me to report you? You want to lose your job?

Look, I'm gonna be taking down names, starting with you

And I am prepared to file a police report

- Fine, Bud, write down your names - I will

But in the meantime, shut the fuck up and listen

This is Mr David Drayton on

You need to hear what he's got to say if you’re thinking about leaving

go hang out with the ladies, all right?

Listen, don't be scared

It's okay

Okay

This is how it is

Now, I don't know what this mist is

but there are things in it, and they're dangerous, like Dan said

That's right

That's exactly right

What kind of things?

I never saw it It happened too fast

I got knocked down

Five of us went back in the loading dock

It was Jim, Myron, Ollie

me

Norm, the bagboy

- We opened the door - Where's Norm?

So Norm could go out and clear the vent for the generator

Something come out of the mist and took him

Took him?

What do you mean?

Just killed him

I mean dragged him off

Now, guys, I don't know what these things are

All we saw were tentacles

Tentacles?

Tentacles, he say

Tentacles from Planet X

It's a lie, you know

I mean, all these people do is just lie each other up

It's a pile of shit

Of course it's a lie Of course it's a lie

It's lunacy

From the look of it, the tentacles are coming out of the beer cans

All right, uh, Bud, don't take our word for it

Go look

Over there

What the hell is that?

It appears we may have a problem of some magnitude here

Yeah, just keep 'em in line Thanks

Let me

help these people

Let me...

let me preach your word

Let me shine your light,

'cause they're not all bad

They can't all be bad

Some can be saved, can't they?

Yes

Some can be brought

to heaven's holy gates through your grace

I have to believe that,

though I know most will swim in the lake of fire forever

If I can save a few

even one

then my life will have counted for something

I will have pulled my weight

I will have earned my place at your side

I will have served a purpose here on this earth

Hello?

What?

I just need to use the bathroom

Oh

Okay Well, then, have at it

Ma'am

I... I just want you to know that it's okay...

being scared, I mean...

and, well, if you need a friend...

you know, someone to talk to

I have a friend...

God up above I talk to him every day

Don't you condescend to me

I'm sorry?

Not ever You don't mock me

That's not what I was doing

Well, I'll tell you what...

the day I need a friend like you,

I'll just have my self a little squat and shit one out

Maybe you do believe this

Maybe they're not lies, they're delusions Whatever

Uh, the fact remains, the evidence here is flimsy

- It's bordering on ludicrous - Hey, this isn't a courtroom

You're not arguing a case,

and you’re doing nothing but damage, talking the way you are

And you can throw as much cow's blood around the loading dock as you want to

You still haven't fooled any one

Leave it alone, David

You can't convince some people there's a fire

even when their hair is burning

Denial is a powerful thing

Well, keep talking

I'll have no part of it, nor would any thinking person

Keep thinking, Mr Lawyer

There's no defence against the will of God

There's no court of appeals in hell

There's no defence here, either

Not even with all the fertilizer in the world,

not even if you stack it as high as you can

It's still just bags of shit, isn't it?

Those of you who want to discuss this thing rationally

to find a means of rescue are welcome to join me

Those who want to stack dog food,

knock yourselves out

We got those windows taped up as best we could

It should help

Yeah, think so?

Duct tape and dog food bags

That bad?

It's not good

There's none so blind as those who will not see

Open your eyes

Let the scales fall away

This has all been written

Revelations, chapter 15:

"And the temple was filled with smoke

"from the glory of God

"and from his power,

"and no one could enter the temple

until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed"

Well, what are you saying?

What are you proposing?

That we all prepare

to meet our Maker

Oh, prepare to meet shit!

Lady, your tongue must be hung in the middle

so that it can waggle at both ends

The end time has come,

not in flames, but in mist

Come here!

Easy! Back off!

How about if your ass prepares to meet my size-10 work boot

How about that?

Hey, there's no call for that

Myron, please, calm your friend down

I'm trying to save your soul, you stupid man

- Doubters will doubt till the end - It's okay

No, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

A monstrosity did pull that poor boy away

Things in the mist... do you doubt?

Do you?

Then go out

Go out and say, "How do you do"

Shut up, lady

For God's sakes

Look, you’ll have to stop now You're scaring the children

They should be scared

Oh, yes, they should

Their beautiful, pure little minds

have been corrupted with lies

Lies

All this talk of a modern God,

or no God

There is one God

The God of the Israelites

And he is a stern and vengeful God,

and we have been mocking him far too long,

and now he demands retribution in blood

It is time to declare yourselves

Take sides...

the saved and the damned

Read the Good Book It calls for expiation

- Blood! - What?

Blood

Little Normie was first,

and now God calls the rest of us

The bill is due

It must be paid

As Abraham prepared to sacrifice his only son

to prove his love for God, so...

Enough

- Ohh - Another down payment

A few more pennies in the jar

Now, that's nice, see I can't smack her, but it's okay for you

I- I'm sorry every body,

but this lady's perspective is a little too Old Testament for my taste

They'll come for you

Maybe tonight, when darkness comes

They'll come tonight, and they'll take someone else

See if they don't

And when they do,

you will cry to God,

and you will beg Mother Carmody to show you the way

That's fine

But until then, if you don't shut up,

I'll wrap this tape around your mouth

You just try it, Ollie Weeks

And you, bitch

you hit me again

if you dare

You'll be on your knees to me before this is through

Those of you who aren't local should know

that Mrs Carmody is known in town for being

unstable

No shit What was your first clue?

Shh

Hi

What's up, little dude?

How come your friends don't come get us?

They got tanks and stuff, right?

Why can't you just call 'em?

Phones don’t work

But don't you got, like, a radio?

Hey, champ, what's going on?

I want their friends to come rescue us

They would if they could, pal They're stuck here just like us

But...

Shh Now, guys, we could use a hand over there

Yeah, sure thing

Troop, off your asses

You all right? - I don't like that scary lady

Oh, man, I don't either

But you know what?

Maybe she's scared too

You think?

You think Mommy's okay?

Billy

I'm sorry about the times I was bad to her

Aw, hey

Mommy loves you very much

And I'll bet she's fine

And I promise you,

I'm gonna do everything I can to get us back to her

- Okay? - 'Kay

- Yeah? - 'Kay

So, we can use the charcoal fluid and the mops

to make torches

And we've got knives and stuff, God knows

This maybe a silly question, Bud, but

do you happen to have a gun in the store?

Here? No Please

This... this isn't Los Angeles

I've got a shotgun in my truck

I could try for it if you want

Oh, God, I don't think that'd be a good idea, Mr Cornell

Hold on

This gun, um

my husband's idea

He's away on business a lot

It's not even loaded

Ain't much use unloaded, ma'am

Um

You know how to use that?

Well, I shot it once on a pistol range

Hit the target a few times

So, we got a gun

Anybody know how to shoot it?

Well, I mean?

I do

You?

Ollie Please

Some target shooting

State champion in ' You're crazy if you go out there! Let us pass!

Let us pass, please!

Let's just talk this thing through

We have, and we've made our decision We're leaving

Hey, Mr Mackey's gonna barbecue some chicken on the gas grill

- Why don’t we just sit down and just... - What, and let you keep on talking?

No, I've been in far too many courtrooms to fall for that

You've already psyched out half a dozen of my people already

Your people?

What kind of talk is that? They're people, that's all

Now... now listen, every one

We are experiencing some kind of disaster

I don't know whether it's manmade or natural,

but I do know that it's definitely not supernatural

or biblical, and, no offense, Mrs Carmody,

but the only way we're gonna help ourselves

is to seek rescue

We're going out

- Brent, look - I'm not discussing this any further

I know I just want to ask a favor

Tie this around your waist

What for?

It'll let us know you got at least 300 feet

I'll do it

Are you throwing in with them?

Me? No thanks

I think your man there is a little too tightly wound

Gonna get somebody killed

But I'm thinkin' we could use that shotgun of yours

I saw where you parked when I pulled in

Red pickup, right? Far entrance?

Son, you got brass balls

The shells are in the glove compartment

Drive it back

All right

Just see they're paying out this line

Line's up, I'll cut her loose,

just so you understand

Yeah

You sure there's no way I can talk you out of this?

David

there's nothing out there Nothing in the mist

What if you’re wrong?

Then, I guess

the joke would be on me after all

We're gonna send back help

You'll die out there All of you

Hey, crazy lady, I believe in God too

I just don't think he's the bloodthirsty asshole

you make him out to be

Well, you take that up with the devil when you run into him

You just chat it over at your leisure

Well, let's strike out toward the center of town

Keep it loose

Nice and easy

Keep going

Look

It's going

They're doing good

Aah! Aaahhhh!

Put it down!

Ohh! Pull!

Oh, my God! I'm slippin'!

Pull! Back up! Back up! Back up!

Get it off!

Oh, my God

Aw, sh... Blood!

Awww, sh...!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Cut the rope!

Shut the door!

Now do you see?

Now do you believe?

About a half-hour of day light left

guys, how's it going with these work lights?

We're gettin' 'em rigged up all right

Yeah, check it out

All right, all right Save it, save it

These batteries ain't topped up

You turn the lights on, it's gonna drain 'em quick

How quick?

- Five minutes, maybe ten - Yeah, if that

Okay, emergencies only

If something gets in the store

Holy Jesus, you scared the shit outta me

Oh, Sally, I'm sorry, really

I thought I'd come in and say hi and see how you were holding up

- Hi - Hi

Barely How about you?

I'm worried about my folks, I guess

You know, they live up on Shorm Road

That's less than five miles from here

How 'bout yours?

Well, they're out of town right now

They're at my aunt's in Boston, so

That's lucky That means they're okay

I hope so

So

how soon you shipping out?

Uh, couple weeks

Scared about going over there?

Yeah

- Hey, Wayne? - Hmm?

How come you never asked me out?

We flirted all through high school I know you like me

So how come?

I'm stupid, I guess

Oh, shit! I'm sorry

Don't be I just...

I just didn't really want it to happen like this, you know?

Some shitty locker room at work

Can we just stay in here a while, then?

I mean, just... just you and me

The parking lot lamps turned on

They're on a timer

Must be a different one that's live

Maybe we could tie into them somehow,

get some electricity in here

That'd mean walking out the door

Gaaaahhhh! God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

David! David!

You sure?

Look!

My God

Are those bugs?

Not like any I've ever seen

"They came out of the smoke,

"locusts upon the earth,

"and unto them was given power

even as the scorpions of the earth have power"

Wow

Look at those stingers

Dear God

Holy shit!

Myron, get the ones in the back!

God, I think they're attracted to the light

Look out, look out, look out!

The light! Douse the light!

Look out! Look out!

Move! Move!

Light, light, light, light, light!

"And there came a voice from the temple

"saying to the seven angels,

"'Go your way s

and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth"'

Ollie, the glass is gonna give!

Shit!

Oh, my God, they turned on all the lights!

Jim! Myron! Fire!

Fire! Lighter! Douse the lights!

Come on, come on!

Aah!

Whoa!

Aah!

Ugh!

Sally, look out!

No!

Ohh! Oohhhh!

Let me see, let me see Let me see, sweetheart, let me see

No, you’re gonna be okay You're gonna be okay

Let me see Let me see

You're fine You're gonna be okay You're gonna be okay

Give me the lighter! Put it on fire!

Come on!

Goddamn childproofing sons of bitches!

Aaahhhh!

Oh, shoot it! Shoot it!

Shoot it! Shoot it!

I can't! I'll smash the window!

God!

Oh, God! Ohh!

- Aaahhh! - Go! Go!

Get down!

Shit!

- Ollie, you want these lights on or off? - Leave 'em on

Aah! Aaahhhh!

Oh, God!

Ohh! Ohhh! Kill it!

Aaaaahhhhhh!

Bring torches! Bring something to keep 'em out!

Come on

Sally!

Where are the goddamn extinguishers?

Get it! Get it! Get it!

Bring torches We need torches at the window!

Plug that hole!

Dad!

Down! Down! Lay down!

Ohh

My life

my life for you, your will be done

Daddy!

Bugs! Daddy!

- Nooooo! Billy! - Daddy!

- Billy! - Daddy!

Billy!

Dad!

Billy, come back here

- Dad! - Billy, please!

Billy!

Come on, let's move it!

Somebody please come over here and help

Here's some tape!

I'm right here I'm right here Don’t worry

Hurry up with the blankets!

It hurts so bad! Please!

It hurts so bad!

Block it up here

Get me some more bags!

Did we get 'em? Did we get 'em all?

She was right

She said that it would happen like this

She said that they would come at night

She told us someone would die

Mommy

Ohh, shh, shh, shh It's okay

It's okay, it was just a dream

It's just a bad dream

I want my mommy

I know

I know Of course you do

- Shh I wanna go home

Just sleep

Everything'll be better in the morning

Think he likes you

Well, I hate that I had to lie to him

You have kids?

No

I always wanted to, but

things haven't been working out

Right now I'm thinking maybe that's for the best

I saw creatures fly into the store tonight that...

they shouldn't exist

I keep thinking I'm gonna wake up in a rubber room

You're not alone in that

We're all right there with you

This isn't gonna end, is it?

David

It's Joe He's getting worse

Joe

How you holdin' up, partner?

David is that you?

Yeah, pal, how you doin'?

It's bad He's bad

Didn't know anything could hurt like this

If you guys can't help me

you... you gotta end it, okay?

Ollie's got that gun, right?

Right? - No. No way

You can't fuck with me on this, bro

Not with me like this

I'll do it

Just give me the gun

Hey, hey Shh

- We're not there yet, okay? - Oh, please!

Joe, now, listen

Pal

we're gonna work something out

I just need you to hang in a little longer, okay?

Can we do that?

Stay with him I'll be back

Hattie, I need to go to the bathroom Will you watch Billy?

Hattie

See anything?

The last of those bugs went away about four

Dawn's coming

What's on your mind?

It's Joe

We don't get him on some serious antibiotics,

he's gonna die of infection

Plus he needs painkillers in the worst way

All... all... all we got here is liquor and aspirin

You... you thinkin' about goin' to that pharmacy next door?

Irene Reppler say they've got Silvadene...

you know, the stuff they use in burn wards

She knows where they keep it

Slow down

You can't actually be thinkin' of doin' this

I'm also thinkin' beyond that

We have to get out of here

I mean permanently.

Why? We got plenty to eat!

What happens when one of those things decides to break through this window?

I'm talkin' one of the big ones, like the one that killed Norm

Yeah, and that flaming torch idea didn’t work so well, did it?

We almost burned the goddamn store down

It's Hattie

Here?

All right, gently, now Gently

One two three

I don't know how long she was there like that,

lying there next to us

I thought she was sleeping

I got my 4-wheel drive

It's out there

Y- you’re talking about leaving?

Well, we

should hit the pharmacy first

We gotta bring back supplies for the injured

I mean, if we don't,

Joe Eagleton's gonna die, and we can't let that happen

But after that

look, my Land Cruiser can hold eight people

I say we drive south as far as the fuel takes us

and try to get clear of this mist

That's it?

That's the plan?

- That's what I got - No, you can't mean it

Not after what happened to Norton and his group

No, no, no Amanda, think.

Norton got over 200 feet from this store

That's how much rope play ed out

I'm parked half that distance from here

But who knows how far this mist has spread?

It could be the entire eastern seaboard

Yeah, it could be the whole world, for all we know

Wouldn't make us any less dead, now, would it?

We have one gun

- How many rounds? We got ten left

Ten rounds Jesus

Okay, so ten

Want another reason to get the hell out of here?

I'll give you the best one

Her

Mrs Carmody

She's our very own Jim Jones

I'd like to leave before people start drinking the Kool-Aid

He's right

Flakier people get, the better she's gonna look

No, I don't buy that It's obvious she's nuts

Look, a few people maybe, but...

No, I count four She's preachin' to 'em right now

By noon, she'll have four more

By tomorrow night, when those things come back,

she'll have a congregation,

and then we can start worryin' about who she's gonna sacrifice

to make it all better

Hmm?

You, Amanda?

My little boy?

He's right

You don't have much faith in humanity, do you?

None whatsoever

I can't accept that

People are basically good, decent

My God, David, we're a civilized society

Sure, as long as the machines are workin'

And you can dial 9-1-1,

but you take those things away, you throw people in the dark,

you scare the shit out of them,

no more rules,

You’ll see how primitive they get

You scare people badly enough,

you can get 'em to do anything

They'll turn to whoever promises a solution,

or whatever.

Ollie, please, back me up here

I wish I could

As a species, we're fundamentally insane

Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides

and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another

Why do you think we invented politics and religion?

Oh, Jesus, that's just

wrong

Look, nobody has to decide anything now, okay?

First things first...

the pharmacy

That'll be our test run

Okay?

It's all right, Big Bill

I'm gonna bring you back some comic books

I don’t want them

I want you to stay here

I won't be gone long

Just... just next door

Hey, you’ll be safe

Daddy...

Daddy, there are things out there

Things...

Yeah There's a lot less of 'em in the daytime

They'll wait

They'll wait in the mist where you can't see 'em,

and then when you go and can't get back in

they'll come and eat you up!

- Shh - Daddy, don't go!

I'll be back

Big Bill

I promise

I'll be back, and then I'm gonna take you home

All right?

Together, we're going home

If something happens, anything at all,

you cut and run

You get your ass back in here, for your boy's sake

If something happens to me, I want you to take care of Billy

best as you can, and long as you can

Land Cruiser's yours now

You... you get him out of here

You just keep drivin'

Where do you think you’re going, Mr David Drayton on?

Are you so anxious to make your boy an orphan?

My boy is no concern of yours

Listen up

We're going to the pharmacy

We're gonna bring back some supplies

Also, there maybe people trapped over there who need help

Listen, folks, listen!

We're not gonna take any chances

If there's any trouble,

we'll come straight back here to the supermarket

And bring the fiends of hell down on our heads, thank you

She's right

You'll make 'em notice us

You'll make 'em come

Why can't you just leave well enough alone?

Lady, this what you call '"well enough"?

You wanna stop us?

You better explain to Bobby here

why we're not bringin' painkillers and medicine back for his brother

I'm goin', even if I have to go alone

You'll die out there, young man

You'll walk out that door and be torn to shreds,

and then your hell-bound pride will have them come get the rest of us

Yes, they'll come back for all of us, just like this good lady said

Do you want that to happen, people?

No! No! No! No!

Well, it is this kind of hubris

that brought the wrath of God in the first place

This kind of pride and defiance of...

Shut up, you miserable buzzard!

You old bitch!

Stoning people who piss you off is perfectly okay

They do it in the Bible, don't they?

And I got lots of peas

David, please, if you want to go, now's the time

How 'bout it, Army?

Any help from the armed forces?

I'll go

Jim Grondin

I had you in school, didn't I?

Yes, me and my sister Pauline

Pair of underachievers

After you, Jim

Yes, ma'am

Oh, shit.

That it? That's every body?

Every body that's goin'

Yep - Okay

Single file, one by one, all right?

Let's get this thing over with

Let's go

After you Yes

Stay together

You know what?

Mrs Carmody, you’re not helping

Shut the hell up! - You shut up!

Save the batteries

Shit.

They left the doors propped open

Think something got in?

Let's just get what we need,

get the hell outta here

Yeah Let's do that

The meds are over at the end there,

in the cubicle

Will you not do that?

I'm sorry I'm sorry.

Oh, God.

Where's that Silvadene?

It's over behind David

In the fridge Check there

Silvadene Got it

- Good - Ollie, what are we lookin' for?

Penicillin Yeah

Any strong antibiotics

Yeah

Pain meds like Vicodin or OxyContin

Shh! - OxyContin!

Hydrochloride?

Penicillin

guys

Hurry it up I hear something

What?

Somethin' fuckin' weird

Oh, God

Oh, God!

No Oh, no

Oh, nooooo

Oh, fuck.

Look There's another one

Oh, my God No, no, no

Oh, no, no

guys, let's get out of here now.

- Aaaahhhhhh! Holy shit!

Shit! Shit! Oh, shit!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Help me!

Good Lord! Help him!

Son of a bitch!

This stuff ain't comin' off!

Oh, man! He's glued to this fuckin' post!

It's our fault

It's all our fault

It's really stuck

God, I can feel 'em!

I can feel 'em!

Oh, my God! Jesus!

Oh, my God

Ohh! I...

Aaahhhh!

Aah! Aaaaahhhhhh!

There's more!

Ohh!

Aah! Aah!

There's another one! Hit it!

- Aah! - What the hell is that stuff?

Ollie! One over there!

Ollie, there!

Got it!

There, there, there! Shoot! Shoot!

Shit!

See 'em?

- Aah! Aaaahhhhh! - Bobby!

Bobby!

- Aaahhhh! - Hold on, man! Hold on!

- Hold on, man! - Cut the strand!

Help me!

Let's get out of here!

- A belt! Who's got a belt? - I got a belt!

Aaaaahhhhhh!

I got him, I got him Hold on

Pull it tight!

Look! Look!

Aaahhh! Aaaaahhhhhh!

Ohhhhhh!

Gaaahhhh!

Light!

God!

We gotta get outta here! Come on!

Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!

Watch it, watch it, watch it!

Let's get out of here!

All right, go, go, go, go, go, go! Come on!

Come on!

Oh, my God!

Ollie! Ollie!

Kill it! Kill it!

Fuckers!

Oh, no! Oh, God, he's dead!

He's dead! Get out of here! Let's go, let's go!

Drayton on, come on, come on, come on!

Come on, Drayton on, he's dead!

Come on!

Open the door!

Where's Bobby?

Daddy!

Close up the doors!

Hurry up!

What happened?

They're dead! They're all dead!

Expiation, because we have seen

the earth scourged with whips and scorpions

We have seen the earth vomit forth from her lips

obscenities and profanities

of such nightmare proportions

And for these evil, lurking spirits,

and for these evil people

How long was I out?

Most of the day

You just came over here to lay down and went to sleep

Just passed out, is more like it

What will stop this Great Whore?

Just shut down for a while

Sorry

How will it end?

Expiation!

Expiation! Do you remember yesterday when

How's Joe?

Dead Joe died of his burns while you were asleep

We were just too late

I told you this would come!

Oh, God, I thought I was dreaming her voice

No dream

She's getting people whipped up

That poor girl is dead,

and that boy is burnt in the back room!

She's got 'em believing she's a psychic,

she has a direct line with God

Why wouldn't they? Woman never shuts up

Like those speeches Castro used to make

Ollie say you’re thinking of leaving

I'm in

No Sorry

I mean, come on, you saw what happened to Bobby Mike

I won't

do that again I won't be responsible

You might want to reconsider that

What will... what will keep these evil,

these abominations at bay?

What will keep them away?

"The rock will not hide them The dead tree gives no shelter"

What will end it? Let me hear it

- Expiation! - What are we talking about?

- Expiation! - Say it again like you mean it!

Expiation!

Welcome to Sesame Street Today's word is "expiation"

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

That boy hasn't been right since the pharmacy

His mind's just snapped Gone

Hasn't even been two day s

Not even two day s

I'm not spendin' the rest of my life here, I'll tell you what

I can quietly gather up some bags of groceries

and hide them up at one of the check stands by the door

It was your idea It's your vehicle

It'll be your call

I'd rather die out there trying than in here waiting

Who will save them? No one

The rocks will not hide them

I want some idea of what we’re up against

I want to know what this mist is

I want to talk to the soldiers

Soldiers? What's that gonna do?

You heard what that MP said at the pharmacy

David, I'm not even sure I knew he was talking

The situation was insane

He said he was sorry

Wasn't that the word he used... "sorry"?

That's right He said it was their fault, right?

What did he mean by that?

That's what we’re gonna find out

Irene, stay with Billy, please

Verse 17!

"poured out his vial into the air,

"and there came a great voice

"out of the temple of heaven from the throne, saying,

"'It is done! It is done! '

"And there were voices and lightning,

and thunders, and a great earthquake"

Yes! Come to me!

What?

- Where's your friends? - I ain't seen 'em

Not that big a store It's kinda hard to lose

I ain't seen 'em, I said I look like their keeper?

- What do you want from me? - What do you know about this mist?

I don't know nothin' I got nothin' to do with it

That's not what the MP said in the pharmacy

before the spiders came out of his skin

They're not in the store

The only place we haven't looked is the loading dock

because you know

You saw the good face of God tonight

Yes? Tell us

Here is an old man who has seen!

Yes, he has seen!

Amen

And I want to say,

do I want to walk with you

into my Father's hands?

Morales

Donaldson

guys

It's the only place they can be

What?

Couldn’t just disappear

Look, I told you, okay, I don't know where they are...

I didn't think they'd do it

They said they would do it, and I just...

I told them what the MP said at the pharmacy,

and they swore they'd do it

I just... I didn't think they would

Jesus

It's the Arrowhead Project, isn't it?

This mist, it's some kind of, what, military fuckup?

What were you guys messin' with up there, huh?

We got you now, you sorry son of a bitch!

Get in there!

It was them! It was them what done it to us!

It was them what brung down the final wrath upon us!

Those two peckerwoods that he's been with this whole time,

they hung themselves in the back because they knew!

They knew it all along!

- He's crazy He doesn't know... - Get on your knees!

Stay out of it, Drayton on!

They heard it too, didn't you? All of ya!

All about the Arrowhead Project

and all that secret shit up on the mountain

That's what brung it down on us

That's what brung down the wrath of God!

Oh!

Private Jessup

It wasn't me.

I'm just... I'm stationed up there

I'm not responsible...

- Bullshit! - Hell, I'm a local!

Most of you people know me

You stop your chicken shit whining

or I will cut your puling tongue out

Now you tell us!

Tell us

Look, look Okay, okay

I heard stuff

Stuff?

Yes, we all heard stuff

Like how they, um,

how they thought that there were other dimensions,

you know, other... other worlds all around us,

and how they wanted to try and make, um,

a window...

you know, so they could look through and see what's on the other side

Well, maybe your window turned out to be a door Didn't it?

Not mine! Those scientists'!

Oh, the scientists! Yes, the scientists!

They must have ripped a hole open by accident

This other world came spilling through to ours

That's what Donaldson was saying to me right before he killed himself

I didn't understand the half of it

It ain't my fault!

Oh

Ain't His Fault

No, no, no

Ain't nothin'

Ever anybody's fault

But he denies it

He points the finger,

this Judas in our midst

Judas!

David!

You! You!

Don't you know by now?

Don't you know the truth?

We are being punished

For what? For going against the will of God!

For going against his forbidden rules of old!

Walking on the moon!

Yes! Yes!

- Or... or splitting his atoms! Amen!

Or... or... or stem cells

and abortions!

And destroying the secrets of life

that only God above has any right to!

Amen! Amen!

Yes, I know! It is true!

And now we are being punished

The judgment is being brought down upon us

The fiends of hell, you see they are let loose,

and star Wormwood blazes!

And it is his fault!

No! No! It is not my fault! No!

They did it! They spit in the eye of the Almighty!

No!

Get over there!

No!

Judas!

Jim!

Kill him! String him up!

Stand up, you coward!

Unkh!

Jesus!

No!

Aaaahhhh!

Expiation!

- No! Stab him!

- Aaahhhh! - Expiation!

Feed him to the beast!

Expiation!

Let the abominations smell his blood!

No, no! No!

Aaaaahhhhh!

- Jesus! Wait! - No, David!

Aaahhhh!

Aaahhhh!

Aah! Aaahhh!

Aaahhhh!

Aaahhh! Aah!

Please

The beast will leave us alone tonight

Tomorrow

tomorrow, we'll just have to wait and see

Daddy

Daddy

Sorry I left you, pal

I'll never leave you again

Promise?

But you have to give me your best promise, okay?

Your very best promise, and can never break it

Tell me

Promise you won't let the monsters get me

Ever No matter what

I promise

I love you, Daddy

I love you, Billy

More than anything

It's dawn

Hey, pal, you ready to go home?

Come on

Okay, I got the groceries hidden at check stand number two

Five bags We can grab 'em and get out the door

Okay

My car's parked in the center lane of the parking lot, far end

Whoever gets there first, open up both doors,

and we'll all pile in as fast as we can, okay?

Let's go

Stealing food now?

Going out now, Mrs Carmody

Please stand aside

You can't go out I won't allow it

Won't allow it?

It's against God's will

Don't you know that by now?

Haven't I proven my self again and again and again?

Haven't I shown that I am his vessel?

What's the matter with you?

Don't you believe in God?

No one's interfered with you

All we're asking for is the same privilege

You heard him

It is these people who brought this upon us

They...

people who refused to bend to the will of God,

and claim it privilege

Sinners in pride

Yes, haughty

Privileged!

They mock us They mock our... our God, our faith,

our values, our very lifestyle

They mock our humility

and our piousness

They piss on us and laugh

It's from them

the blood of human sacrifice must come

From them

- Come on - the blood of expiation

Come on

You try it

Fuckin' try it!

Come on!

Get 'em! - We want the boy

- We want the boy! - You get back!

- Yeah! - You get back!

The boy!

Grab that boy! Grab him!

Grab him!

And get the whore too!

Grab her!

Kill 'em! Kill 'em all!

Stay down! Stay down! Stay down!

I... I killed her

Thank you, Ollie

Let's go

Get that ice machine out of the way, please

You killed her!

You murdered her!

I wouldn't have shot her, Dave,

not if there'd been any other way

That's why I said thank you

Okay

Okay, then let's go!

Get up, Myron!

Come on! We gotta go!

My ankle!

Okay All the way down!

Where are they?

Bud! Myron!

Ambrose!

I think I broke it!

Come on! Come on!

We gotta go! Come on, come on!

They're lost!

- Oh, Jesus - Ollie!

Ollie!

Aaahhhh!

Aaaaahhhhhh!

- Oh! - Aaahhh!

Ohh!

Aaah! Aaaahhhh!

Aaah! Aaaaahhhhh!

All that screaming!

Are they out there? Can they see us?

Let me... let me in! Let me in!

Are we going?

- No - Yeah

- No! No! - Yeah!

- Daddy - David

- David, no - Daddy, no

- David! - Daddy!

Get back in the car!

- Daddy! - David!

Oh, my God!

Aaahhh!

Oh, my God!

We gotta go

I told her I'd fix it

Front window

broken open

Tree

My

grandfather's tree

I'm sorry, David, I'm just so sorry

Let's, uh

see how far this

fuel takes us, huh?

Maybe we'll get clear of the mist

Well

we gave it a good shot

Nobody can say we didn't

Nope

Nobody can say that

Well

We got, uh

four

Four bullets

But there's five of us

I'll figure something out

Aaaaahhhhh!

Aaahhh!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on Come on

Come on

Come on

Come on

Come on

Come on, come on!

Come on! Come on!

They're... they're dead

For what?

Aah!

Aaaaahhhhhh!