Oct. 17, 2026
Countdown To Halloween! SUPERNATURAL Horror Pick #1: “The Mist”
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00:00:02
Speaker 1: Hey there, folks.
00:00:02
Speaker 2: It is Saturday, October 17th, and how in the hell can fog be scary? Well, if Stephen King is the one who created it. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. We got another hell of a Halloween horror film recommendation for you. It's our top one on this Saturday, and it has won Robes, I would argue, for a little while. It doesn't get so much horror as it is spooky.
00:00:28
Speaker 3: Yes.
00:00:28
Speaker 1: And you don't even know what you're scared at. Right?
00:00:31
Speaker 3: It's just like... Stephen King knows how to set the mood. He knows how to build the tension. And he knows how to create that anxiety where you're waiting to see what the horror is. And in The Mist, which, yes, is our number one supernatural recommendation, supernatural horror movie recommendation of the day today as we count down to Halloween, it's what's inside The Mist. But you have to wait for it for a.
00:01:01
Speaker 2: Little while And then it almost becomes a different genre of horror movie. We won't give that part away.
00:01:09
Speaker 1: But it does.
00:01:09
Speaker 2: It kind of transitions to a different type of movie that did go into another category, possibly.
00:01:15
Speaker 1: But Supernatural is the right lane for this one. Yes.
00:01:17
Speaker 3: And look, a lot of Stephen King's genius isn't just in the horror, just isn't in the creativity of what he makes you suddenly realize you're afraid of, that you never considered being scary before. It's the human element. And there are so many... fascinating storylines within the storyline. And you basically have a group of people who are stuck, stranded in a supermarket as they're being encircled by this mist. And there is something dangerous and deadly in the mist. They know that much. but obviously how the folks, a couple dozen people from the town stuck in the supermarket, how they handle it together is really the heart of the film and adds to a lot of the tension. The humans are just as scary in some cases as what's in the mist.
00:02:07
Speaker 2: There's a good chance this has an ensemble cast. You probably got at least 10, but certainly main, main star characters, I would say at least seven or so.
00:02:22
Speaker 1: And this is the challenge to you all.
00:02:23
Speaker 2: When you watch this movie, you won't be able to name a single one of them, but you'll be able to go, oh, yeah, he was in blank. Oh, she was in blank. There are so many recognizable, wonderful actors who have had long, long television and movie careers. And the acting in this thing lends to it being a great movie. Even some of the side characters have been in blockbusters and you remember them. This is a wonderful cast and a lot of them. are in this one before they maybe had some of those big hits that you know them for and some of the big blockbusters.
00:02:55
Speaker 1: The cast is stellar.
00:02:56
Speaker 3: Yes, and the only name that, I mean, I think you know this name, the only name where I think people know who this actor is outside of just saying, oh, yeah, I know the face, Marcia Gay Harden. Marsha Gay Harden is in this movie and she is in a role that I have never seen her play before, but she's excellent at it. And to your point, the rest of them, I wrote down some of the names and I was just like, no, his Thomas Jane, who is the lead, you know, his face, Lori Holden, who's the female lead, you know, her face. And then yes, all of the other characters, you've seen them in so many other films. So it's fun. Let's get you the synopsis though. The official synopsis of the mist. After a powerful storm damages their main home, David Drayton and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within, where a zealot calls for a sacrifice. That's a really good synopsis.
00:04:03
Speaker 2: It is, and there is not a lot of partnership and camaraderie. It seems like almost to a certain degree, I don't know, Temptation Island. What I'm saying, you got all these people together, and they're not all the time working towards each other. It seems like there are warring factions on the inside, and that adds to constant tension. Not them just trying to survive whatever's outside, but trying to survive each other. That adds to a lot of drama in the movie.
00:04:32
Speaker 3: It certainly does. And by the way, I didn't say this is an oldie, but a goodie. I don't even know. I've lost count how many times I've watched this movie over the years, but this came out November 21st, 2007. Isn't that funny? It came out around Thanksgiving. This just doesn't seem like a Thanksgiving movie, but then we do like holiday themed horror. Not that this has a holiday theme to it, but the director. Just to speak to the caliber of film you're going to get, yes, the actual storyline was written by Stephen King himself, but I didn't know this man's name, but my God, when I saw his resume. Frank Darabont, am I saying that correctly? Are you familiar with his name? Okay, neither am I. He's the director. Guess what else he directed? Shawshank Redemption, Collateral, The Green Mile, The Blob, oh, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. This man knows Stephen King, and this man knows horror, and he did it really, really well. The Mist, I think, is probably, of all those films, and I like all of those films, I think it still remains at the top.
00:05:45
Speaker 1: That group, I'm.
00:05:46
Speaker 2: Trying to think, Collateral Damage, that was Jamie Foxx and.
00:05:50
Speaker 3: Well, no, it's Collateral is the name of the movie.
00:05:52
Speaker 1: Collateral or Collateral Damage?
00:05:53
Speaker 3: I think it's Collateral. It's a 2004 film. You're right, there's a 2002 film called Collateral Damage. The 2004 one that he actually directed has Tom Cruise.
00:06:04
Speaker 1: And Jamie Foxx.
00:06:04
Speaker 3: And Jamie Foxx, you're correct. And Collateral Damage is a different movie, yes.
00:06:08
Speaker 1: So which one was his?
00:06:09
Speaker 3: His was Collateral, the one that you like with Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise.
00:06:12
Speaker 1: Drama-filled... Mark Ruffalo. Tom Cruise's crazy movie.
00:06:17
Speaker 3: Yeah, a cab driver realizes his current fare is a hit man that has been having him drive around from mark to mark until the last witness to the crime is dead. I've never seen this movie.
00:06:26
Speaker 1: It's a fun one.
00:06:27
Speaker 2: Jamie Foxx is fantastic as the everyman who's driving the cab.
00:06:32
Speaker 1: Yeah, Tom Cruise, that's a special one.
00:06:34
Speaker 2: If you want to get the taste of Digger out of your mouth, go watch Tom Cruise in that one.
00:06:39
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a hit man. Badass, he's great.
00:06:42
Speaker 3: We like to throw in bonus movies or bonus, yeah, when we do these shows, but I didn't even realize we were going to talk about that. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 86%, babe. I cannot believe I did not see this. Yeah.
00:06:52
Speaker 1: I'm shocked. Is that really?
00:06:54
Speaker 3: It has a very high rating.
00:06:56
Speaker 1: Oh, it's great.
00:06:56
Speaker 3: So, okay, that's going to be on our list now. I'm glad that I just gave us a new movie to watch while we were telling other people what movie they should watch.
00:07:04
Speaker 1: That one's good. It's surprising.
00:07:05
Speaker 2: Really, this is Tom Cruise in a different way, and I say get the taste of Digger out of your mouth. We loved Digger, by the way, if We'll recommend that one as well. We've been recommending that for weeks. I know they say it might be one of the biggest busts ever, but Tom Cruise is special in that movie, and that is a special movie.
00:07:21
Speaker 3: Yes, let's talk about that for a moment because I was goingâ in fact, we've been so busy this week. I have seen multiple headlines in multiple publications where people are starting to watch it maybe who didn't watch it or just were interested like we were because the press was so bad. And I have seen so many articles now completely an about face saying this might be the most brilliant work Tom Cruise has ever, ever acted in. So Iâ I'm waiting for the absolute 180 for people to realize they were wrong, and the movie is amazing.
00:07:52
Speaker 2: People just need to stop and give that movie a chance. Just watch it. Yes, Tom Cruise is brilliant. Everybody is brilliant in that movie. But the concept, it's just other-level thinking that is pretty incredible.
00:08:05
Speaker 1: Yes, okay. Oscar for original screenplay. I'm going with that one.
00:08:08
Speaker 3: I actually think it's going to be nominated for Oscars as well. That's how good it was. All right, so we're on a big Tom Cruise love fest, but back to the mist. The runtime, a little longer than we usually recommend, but this is so good, and it's such a complex, entertaining, but a film that keeps you guessing the entire time. The runtime's two hours and six minutes. Now, I was surprised by Rotten Tomatoes because... it got a 74% from the critics, which is decent, but the audience gave it 65%. I'm curious if it just wasn't scary enough for them. Like we always, the horror movie fans have a very high bar and a lot of them want a lot of scares, a lot of jump scares. They want gore. They, there's a certain type of horror movie that folks tend to anticipate, especially from someone like Stephen King. And maybe they just wanted more. I mean, there was some violence.
00:09:00
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:09:00
Speaker 2: Um, I don't know if you've read what issue people took with it, but this was 20 years ago. And look, CGI and things have come a long way since.
00:09:11
Speaker 1: We'll give you a heads up.
00:09:11
Speaker 2: We're used to seeing, like, look, we've seen the Hulk climb buildings in New York City, and it looked pretty real to me in The Avengers.
00:09:21
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying?
00:09:22
Speaker 2: So it's come a long way, and this obviously isn't the highest budget movie. I wonder if people took issue with, With some of the things not... It looked rudimentary in terms of some of the CGI that was necessary.
00:09:34
Speaker 1: I wonder if they had an issue with that. You know what?
00:09:35
Speaker 3: You make such a good point because a lot of people, now that these movies are all streaming, it wasn't like you're getting the reviews from folks in 2007 who watched it when they knew what the limitations were or we just had the best of the best. Now you have people going back, you're right, babe, 20 years later watching it thinking, this looks so stupid. This looks so silly. And so, look, I see the people who liked it, someone who watched it six days in a row. ago a very intense gripping movie some movies make the horror seem forced but this felt very real the ending gave it an extra two stars for me um yes so the people okay that's interesting Some people are just saying that they thought it was too much on sociology, like on the on the dynamics among the people stuck in the grocery store and not enough action with the threat of what was outside.
00:10:24
Speaker 2: I say I'm for whatever reason for me, it made those interactions that much more tense because like, wait a minute. And it's a grocery store. You're looking out of all glass windows. You're staring at the thing outside that possibly is going to kill you. But you're being in here petty with your own human beings. I thought that added to the death threat is right outside the window. But we in here on some petty shit. And that did for whatever it made it. So, yes, those dynamics were intense is the best way to put this. It's intense and you can't even. Because there's no guns out. There's no boogeyman lurking. You don't even know and realize. But the whole time, you're on the edge of your seat. And nothing's necessarily happening when it comes to action.
00:11:13
Speaker 3: Yes. I feel like that's Stephen King. That's one of his hallmarks.
00:11:16
Speaker 1: And you know what?
00:11:17
Speaker 3: As I'm looking at the audience reviews, people either gave it four stars or zero stars. And I think that's why. People just could have shortened the movie by a half an hour. But I think people talk about a great movie, a lens into society, much like Lord of the Flies. Great ending. A lot of people either despise this film or really love it. That's interesting. I had not thought about it being a polarizing film, but apparently it is. The critics consensus reads as follows. Frank Darabont's impressive camera work and politically incisive script make The Mist a truly frightening experience. And I agree. I think it was directed, acted, and written superbly. And for me, and I think we just watched it again, it still is good 19 years later. I can't do math. I enjoyed it just as much this time as I did the past 10 times I've seen it. It's just that good.
00:12:13
Speaker 1: No, it always delivers.
00:12:14
Speaker 2: And there are usually a few things you missed or forgot or whatever. No, there's still things to pick up throughout. And there's, yeah, in the ending, you said people love or hate. I wonder, excuse me, if that had a lot to do with it. You might love or hate.
00:12:29
Speaker 3: Yes, yes. So when we come back, we're going to tell you where to watch it and why we loved it. And yes, it does have a lot to do with a pretty remarkable, probably one of the biggest twists you will ever watch. Deep cuts, supernatural horror films that will get everybody into the Halloween spirit. Number one on our list, Stephen King's The Mist. I think people might have remembered it. They might have overlooked it. This is the day to take a second and turn it on. It's on Prime Video, AMC +, two hours of your day. But I think you'll get a lot out of this movie. And I also think it's something that you could have people... who don't love horror movies still get invested in this because there is so much more to offer beyond the fear of the mist and what's inside the mist.
00:13:27
Speaker 1: Yeah. Fellow man. Scary as hell. Yeah, I'd rather go outside and take my chances than stay in here with some of y'all.
00:13:34
Speaker 3: And some people did make that choice and it was very interesting to see their fates because they weren't all what we expected them to be. And look, this movie, the last 10 minutes are some of the most I would say heart-rending, heart-breaking scenes I've ever witnessed because when I watched this the first time, I did not see that twist coming. How about you?
00:13:58
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's, you know, I don't want to say too much like everybody else, but yes, it was, I don't know if it was satisfying, but you're going to feel something.
00:14:10
Speaker 3: You are going to feel something, and I will tell you, it is one of those moments where you actually can't believe you just watched what you just watched. So just to get to the ending, I'm telling you it is worth it, and you will feel something. There's no way you won't have an emotional moment reaction to the ending of this film don't don't read ahead i i really encourage you let this twist evolve let the surprise of the movie at the end actually be a surprise because if you know the ending it takes away i think for the whole film well i mean once you watch it over and over again like like we have it's still good but that first moment when the first time you see it and you see how it ends it's worth the two hours and four minutes to wait so we hope you can tune in and turn this on today. And we hope you're getting into the Halloween spirit. We always appreciate you listening to us, everyone. I'm Amy Robach, alongside TJ Holmes. We'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 1: Hey there, folks.
00:00:02
Speaker 2: It is Saturday, October 17th, and how in the hell can fog be scary? Well, if Stephen King is the one who created it. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. We got another hell of a Halloween horror film recommendation for you. It's our top one on this Saturday, and it has won Robes, I would argue, for a little while. It doesn't get so much horror as it is spooky.
00:00:28
Speaker 3: Yes.
00:00:28
Speaker 1: And you don't even know what you're scared at. Right?
00:00:31
Speaker 3: It's just like... Stephen King knows how to set the mood. He knows how to build the tension. And he knows how to create that anxiety where you're waiting to see what the horror is. And in The Mist, which, yes, is our number one supernatural recommendation, supernatural horror movie recommendation of the day today as we count down to Halloween, it's what's inside The Mist. But you have to wait for it for a.
00:01:01
Speaker 2: Little while And then it almost becomes a different genre of horror movie. We won't give that part away.
00:01:09
Speaker 1: But it does.
00:01:09
Speaker 2: It kind of transitions to a different type of movie that did go into another category, possibly.
00:01:15
Speaker 1: But Supernatural is the right lane for this one. Yes.
00:01:17
Speaker 3: And look, a lot of Stephen King's genius isn't just in the horror, just isn't in the creativity of what he makes you suddenly realize you're afraid of, that you never considered being scary before. It's the human element. And there are so many... fascinating storylines within the storyline. And you basically have a group of people who are stuck, stranded in a supermarket as they're being encircled by this mist. And there is something dangerous and deadly in the mist. They know that much. but obviously how the folks, a couple dozen people from the town stuck in the supermarket, how they handle it together is really the heart of the film and adds to a lot of the tension. The humans are just as scary in some cases as what's in the mist.
00:02:07
Speaker 2: There's a good chance this has an ensemble cast. You probably got at least 10, but certainly main, main star characters, I would say at least seven or so.
00:02:22
Speaker 1: And this is the challenge to you all.
00:02:23
Speaker 2: When you watch this movie, you won't be able to name a single one of them, but you'll be able to go, oh, yeah, he was in blank. Oh, she was in blank. There are so many recognizable, wonderful actors who have had long, long television and movie careers. And the acting in this thing lends to it being a great movie. Even some of the side characters have been in blockbusters and you remember them. This is a wonderful cast and a lot of them. are in this one before they maybe had some of those big hits that you know them for and some of the big blockbusters.
00:02:55
Speaker 1: The cast is stellar.
00:02:56
Speaker 3: Yes, and the only name that, I mean, I think you know this name, the only name where I think people know who this actor is outside of just saying, oh, yeah, I know the face, Marcia Gay Harden. Marsha Gay Harden is in this movie and she is in a role that I have never seen her play before, but she's excellent at it. And to your point, the rest of them, I wrote down some of the names and I was just like, no, his Thomas Jane, who is the lead, you know, his face, Lori Holden, who's the female lead, you know, her face. And then yes, all of the other characters, you've seen them in so many other films. So it's fun. Let's get you the synopsis though. The official synopsis of the mist. After a powerful storm damages their main home, David Drayton and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within, where a zealot calls for a sacrifice. That's a really good synopsis.
00:04:03
Speaker 2: It is, and there is not a lot of partnership and camaraderie. It seems like almost to a certain degree, I don't know, Temptation Island. What I'm saying, you got all these people together, and they're not all the time working towards each other. It seems like there are warring factions on the inside, and that adds to constant tension. Not them just trying to survive whatever's outside, but trying to survive each other. That adds to a lot of drama in the movie.
00:04:32
Speaker 3: It certainly does. And by the way, I didn't say this is an oldie, but a goodie. I don't even know. I've lost count how many times I've watched this movie over the years, but this came out November 21st, 2007. Isn't that funny? It came out around Thanksgiving. This just doesn't seem like a Thanksgiving movie, but then we do like holiday themed horror. Not that this has a holiday theme to it, but the director. Just to speak to the caliber of film you're going to get, yes, the actual storyline was written by Stephen King himself, but I didn't know this man's name, but my God, when I saw his resume. Frank Darabont, am I saying that correctly? Are you familiar with his name? Okay, neither am I. He's the director. Guess what else he directed? Shawshank Redemption, Collateral, The Green Mile, The Blob, oh, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. This man knows Stephen King, and this man knows horror, and he did it really, really well. The Mist, I think, is probably, of all those films, and I like all of those films, I think it still remains at the top.
00:05:45
Speaker 1: That group, I'm.
00:05:46
Speaker 2: Trying to think, Collateral Damage, that was Jamie Foxx and.
00:05:50
Speaker 3: Well, no, it's Collateral is the name of the movie.
00:05:52
Speaker 1: Collateral or Collateral Damage?
00:05:53
Speaker 3: I think it's Collateral. It's a 2004 film. You're right, there's a 2002 film called Collateral Damage. The 2004 one that he actually directed has Tom Cruise.
00:06:04
Speaker 1: And Jamie Foxx.
00:06:04
Speaker 3: And Jamie Foxx, you're correct. And Collateral Damage is a different movie, yes.
00:06:08
Speaker 1: So which one was his?
00:06:09
Speaker 3: His was Collateral, the one that you like with Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise.
00:06:12
Speaker 1: Drama-filled... Mark Ruffalo. Tom Cruise's crazy movie.
00:06:17
Speaker 3: Yeah, a cab driver realizes his current fare is a hit man that has been having him drive around from mark to mark until the last witness to the crime is dead. I've never seen this movie.
00:06:26
Speaker 1: It's a fun one.
00:06:27
Speaker 2: Jamie Foxx is fantastic as the everyman who's driving the cab.
00:06:32
Speaker 1: Yeah, Tom Cruise, that's a special one.
00:06:34
Speaker 2: If you want to get the taste of Digger out of your mouth, go watch Tom Cruise in that one.
00:06:39
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a hit man. Badass, he's great.
00:06:42
Speaker 3: We like to throw in bonus movies or bonus, yeah, when we do these shows, but I didn't even realize we were going to talk about that. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 86%, babe. I cannot believe I did not see this. Yeah.
00:06:52
Speaker 1: I'm shocked. Is that really?
00:06:54
Speaker 3: It has a very high rating.
00:06:56
Speaker 1: Oh, it's great.
00:06:56
Speaker 3: So, okay, that's going to be on our list now. I'm glad that I just gave us a new movie to watch while we were telling other people what movie they should watch.
00:07:04
Speaker 1: That one's good. It's surprising.
00:07:05
Speaker 2: Really, this is Tom Cruise in a different way, and I say get the taste of Digger out of your mouth. We loved Digger, by the way, if We'll recommend that one as well. We've been recommending that for weeks. I know they say it might be one of the biggest busts ever, but Tom Cruise is special in that movie, and that is a special movie.
00:07:21
Speaker 3: Yes, let's talk about that for a moment because I was goingâ in fact, we've been so busy this week. I have seen multiple headlines in multiple publications where people are starting to watch it maybe who didn't watch it or just were interested like we were because the press was so bad. And I have seen so many articles now completely an about face saying this might be the most brilliant work Tom Cruise has ever, ever acted in. So Iâ I'm waiting for the absolute 180 for people to realize they were wrong, and the movie is amazing.
00:07:52
Speaker 2: People just need to stop and give that movie a chance. Just watch it. Yes, Tom Cruise is brilliant. Everybody is brilliant in that movie. But the concept, it's just other-level thinking that is pretty incredible.
00:08:05
Speaker 1: Yes, okay. Oscar for original screenplay. I'm going with that one.
00:08:08
Speaker 3: I actually think it's going to be nominated for Oscars as well. That's how good it was. All right, so we're on a big Tom Cruise love fest, but back to the mist. The runtime, a little longer than we usually recommend, but this is so good, and it's such a complex, entertaining, but a film that keeps you guessing the entire time. The runtime's two hours and six minutes. Now, I was surprised by Rotten Tomatoes because... it got a 74% from the critics, which is decent, but the audience gave it 65%. I'm curious if it just wasn't scary enough for them. Like we always, the horror movie fans have a very high bar and a lot of them want a lot of scares, a lot of jump scares. They want gore. They, there's a certain type of horror movie that folks tend to anticipate, especially from someone like Stephen King. And maybe they just wanted more. I mean, there was some violence.
00:09:00
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:09:00
Speaker 2: Um, I don't know if you've read what issue people took with it, but this was 20 years ago. And look, CGI and things have come a long way since.
00:09:11
Speaker 1: We'll give you a heads up.
00:09:11
Speaker 2: We're used to seeing, like, look, we've seen the Hulk climb buildings in New York City, and it looked pretty real to me in The Avengers.
00:09:21
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying?
00:09:22
Speaker 2: So it's come a long way, and this obviously isn't the highest budget movie. I wonder if people took issue with, With some of the things not... It looked rudimentary in terms of some of the CGI that was necessary.
00:09:34
Speaker 1: I wonder if they had an issue with that. You know what?
00:09:35
Speaker 3: You make such a good point because a lot of people, now that these movies are all streaming, it wasn't like you're getting the reviews from folks in 2007 who watched it when they knew what the limitations were or we just had the best of the best. Now you have people going back, you're right, babe, 20 years later watching it thinking, this looks so stupid. This looks so silly. And so, look, I see the people who liked it, someone who watched it six days in a row. ago a very intense gripping movie some movies make the horror seem forced but this felt very real the ending gave it an extra two stars for me um yes so the people okay that's interesting Some people are just saying that they thought it was too much on sociology, like on the on the dynamics among the people stuck in the grocery store and not enough action with the threat of what was outside.
00:10:24
Speaker 2: I say I'm for whatever reason for me, it made those interactions that much more tense because like, wait a minute. And it's a grocery store. You're looking out of all glass windows. You're staring at the thing outside that possibly is going to kill you. But you're being in here petty with your own human beings. I thought that added to the death threat is right outside the window. But we in here on some petty shit. And that did for whatever it made it. So, yes, those dynamics were intense is the best way to put this. It's intense and you can't even. Because there's no guns out. There's no boogeyman lurking. You don't even know and realize. But the whole time, you're on the edge of your seat. And nothing's necessarily happening when it comes to action.
00:11:13
Speaker 3: Yes. I feel like that's Stephen King. That's one of his hallmarks.
00:11:16
Speaker 1: And you know what?
00:11:17
Speaker 3: As I'm looking at the audience reviews, people either gave it four stars or zero stars. And I think that's why. People just could have shortened the movie by a half an hour. But I think people talk about a great movie, a lens into society, much like Lord of the Flies. Great ending. A lot of people either despise this film or really love it. That's interesting. I had not thought about it being a polarizing film, but apparently it is. The critics consensus reads as follows. Frank Darabont's impressive camera work and politically incisive script make The Mist a truly frightening experience. And I agree. I think it was directed, acted, and written superbly. And for me, and I think we just watched it again, it still is good 19 years later. I can't do math. I enjoyed it just as much this time as I did the past 10 times I've seen it. It's just that good.
00:12:13
Speaker 1: No, it always delivers.
00:12:14
Speaker 2: And there are usually a few things you missed or forgot or whatever. No, there's still things to pick up throughout. And there's, yeah, in the ending, you said people love or hate. I wonder, excuse me, if that had a lot to do with it. You might love or hate.
00:12:29
Speaker 3: Yes, yes. So when we come back, we're going to tell you where to watch it and why we loved it. And yes, it does have a lot to do with a pretty remarkable, probably one of the biggest twists you will ever watch. Deep cuts, supernatural horror films that will get everybody into the Halloween spirit. Number one on our list, Stephen King's The Mist. I think people might have remembered it. They might have overlooked it. This is the day to take a second and turn it on. It's on Prime Video, AMC +, two hours of your day. But I think you'll get a lot out of this movie. And I also think it's something that you could have people... who don't love horror movies still get invested in this because there is so much more to offer beyond the fear of the mist and what's inside the mist.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Fellow man. Scary as hell. Yeah, I'd rather go outside and take my chances than stay in here with some of y'all.
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Speaker 3: And some people did make that choice and it was very interesting to see their fates because they weren't all what we expected them to be. And look, this movie, the last 10 minutes are some of the most I would say heart-rending, heart-breaking scenes I've ever witnessed because when I watched this the first time, I did not see that twist coming. How about you?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's, you know, I don't want to say too much like everybody else, but yes, it was, I don't know if it was satisfying, but you're going to feel something.
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Speaker 3: You are going to feel something, and I will tell you, it is one of those moments where you actually can't believe you just watched what you just watched. So just to get to the ending, I'm telling you it is worth it, and you will feel something. There's no way you won't have an emotional moment reaction to the ending of this film don't don't read ahead i i really encourage you let this twist evolve let the surprise of the movie at the end actually be a surprise because if you know the ending it takes away i think for the whole film well i mean once you watch it over and over again like like we have it's still good but that first moment when the first time you see it and you see how it ends it's worth the two hours and four minutes to wait so we hope you can tune in and turn this on today. And we hope you're getting into the Halloween spirit. We always appreciate you listening to us, everyone. I'm Amy Robach, alongside TJ Holmes. We'll talk to you soon.