The Mist
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Continuity mistake: When the tentacle monster rips out a chunk of Norm's chest, a large spray of blood splashes on his right-side jaw and cheek. In every subsequent shot of him, this blood is gone and his jaws are completely clean. (00:26:30)

Twotall

Continuity mistake: When Private Jessup is thrown out, he walks up to the door and places his bloody hand on the glass door. When the monsters pulls him away, the position of the blood stain on the glass doesn't match where he had his hand in the previous shot. (01:34:55)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: When Norm is dragged out by the monster, there is no blood trail however after they close the door, there is. (00:26:35)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: The hand print that is left on the door changes between shots. In one the blood is fairly light and in the next its a lot darker. (01:35:00)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the film when the five of them are in the car, they stop to watch a giant monster walk past, shaking the car. When we see the monster again it is walking away from them, but the telephone cables are still erect - it is clear that these would have been knocked down by the monster. (01:48:20 - 01:48:55)

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Suggested correction: It actually does knock down some of the poles and cables. It just doesn't knock them all down. The ones you see still standing as it walked away are a fair distance away from where it was walking... hence, they still stand.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the wind has blown a tree down toward the house, which is away from the lake. In a following scene the tree has blown down on the boat house, which is toward the lake. (00:01:20)

Continuity mistake: When Brent and Jim are arguing just after Norm was killed, the cut on Jim's lip keeps disappearing and reappearing. (00:36:00)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: Once David has dealt with the monster in the store room his shirt is completely soaked with sweat. When he returns to the main shopping area, the sweat stains are much smaller. (00:32:00)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: When Brent thanks David for helping him out by taking him to the store, David is holding his shopping list with both hands. In the next shot David is holding his right hand up by the shelves. (00:08:55)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: When Private Jessup is thrown out, he walks up to the door and places his bloody hand on the glass door. When the monsters pulls him away, the position of the blood stain on the glass doesn't match where he had his hand in the previous shot. (01:34:55)

Mortug

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Ollie: 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?

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Trivia: At the very beginning, David sits in front of his newest drawing, showing a man with two guns, a rose right of him and a tower far behind on the left side. This drawing shows Roland, a character out of "The Dark Tower", a well-known series of books from Stephen King. This drawing is shown again, some time later after the storm, and David tells that this drawing was meant to become a film poster. (00:00:30)

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Question: After watching the film, I was wondering, does anyone know if the novella (upon which this film is based) or any similar Stephen King works served as inspiration to Konami's "Silent Hill" video game franchise? I am asking, because there are certainly some similarities between these works, both stylistic and in terms of tone.

Answer: I'll have to answer my own question here. After doing some research, it appears that yes, "The Mist" was partially an inspiration for Konami when they created the "Silent Hill" series.

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