That second truck was planned to contain multiple characters David and his group had left behind at the supermarket, including most of Mrs. He decided that instead of just the military arriving, and David seeing that Melissa McBride's character - who had begged for company when she left the store early on to look for her kids - had survived, a second truck of survivors would go by. Prior to filming The Mist's final sequence, Darabont hit upon the idea of making things even worse for David. Not only would David's son and friends have all survived if they had just waited mere minutes before deciding to die, but the military is coming from the opposite direction, meaning if David had driven the other way, he'd have reached help hours earlier. The sad implications of The Mist's ending are pretty clear. But it turns out, at one point Darabont wanted to twist the knife into David and the audience even further. David is left to scream, seemingly having lost his mind. He steps out out of his car in anguish, only for the mist to begin receding, and it to become clear that the military is defeating the creatures and restoring order. Related: Why The Walking Dead & The Mist Share So Many Cast MembersĪs anyone who's seen The Mist no doubt recalls, protagonist David Drayton (Thomas Jane), his young son, and his fellow escapees from the local supermarket lose all hope of survival, with David using his four remaining bullets to euthanize them. The only real point of divide is The Mist's ending, which differs greatly from the book, and is hands down one of the most depressing, gut-punch conclusions in the history of mainstream horror. Darabont's third and final King project as a director was The Mist, which - as usual for horror - was mostly overlooked when it came to awards, but received positive reviews, and is often cited by King's constant readers as a terrific adaptation of his novella.
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