Stephen was always fond of such gimmicks, sometimes terrifyingly relevant, and sometimes grotesquely absurd. The gist is always: it is our inner fear that ultimately drives us to our senses.
The monsters in "The Mist" are the culmination of various horror movies, and there is nothing new in them - in fact, these monsters who came to the meeting on the spot are just running around as a background. The main thing to see is how that group of people drives themselves to death. Mutual suspicion, cult worship, suicide to cannibalism, and finally, after the seemingly bravest protagonist did the most cowardly thing in the entire play, Satan said: "Ka!"
And in the world after the clouds and fog dissipated, all fears also disappeared, and those mighty monsters also became vulnerable. Standing and talking will never cause back pain. Everyone wants to shout to the protagonist of Hard Khan: "Why don't you hold on for a while? Isn't it good to go home with the family and celebrate the New Year?" The collapsed people see no hope. The strength of all of them can only last until that moment, but in fact, in terms of the glorious side of human nature, they have already been destroyed. Fear had already devoured everything—and if the audience remained a little awake, they could see exactly how they were engulfed.
However, even if you are not frightened by those bizarre monsters, you will be suppressed by the annihilation of human nature under pressure to the point of no hope? In the end, the audience and the parties were afraid of losing their minds together. Haha, I am afraid that only the screenwriter is standing behind the scenes and secretly sighing?
A few years ago, reading Stephen King's novels was so frightening that I couldn't sleep for days at night. And now that I understand his selling point, I will never be frightened by such a movie again. But it was unfortunate to realize that those fears were not out of reach, but swayed me in every corner of my life.
Yes! In fact, it is easy for people to be suppressed by dark emotions, lose their reason and despair, and self-harm after despair. This is the most terrifying horror.
Well, we can be afraid, but we must know that we are afraid.
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