The Mist/YMMV


 * Acceptable Religious Targets: Mrs. Carmody, who is deeply religious... and insane.
 * And wrong. As any one who deals with predators and wild animals can tell you, half of the things she did would have simply attracted more of them.
 * Awesome Music: The Host Of Seraphim, used in the last 8–10 minutes of the movie.
 * Better Than Canon: Stephen King himself claimed to be surprised by the Cruel Twist Ending of the film version, claiming he was upset that he had never thought of that himself.
 * Big Bad: Despite the hordes of man-eating monsters in the mist, it's Mrs. Carmody that wears this title.
 * Complete Monster: Mrs. Carmody becomes one, especially by the time she calls for David's son to be sacrificed.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: Ollie and Irene.
 * Follow the Leader: Half Life was inspired by the book.
 * Hell Is That Noise: You know something horrible is coming when out of nowhere, a siren begins to sound, 10 minutes into the movie.
 * Love to Hate: Mrs. Carmody, whose character, personality-wise, is basically Dolores Umbridge with a religious twist.
 * Moral Event Horizon: Mrs. Carmody starts off unbalanced (though more conflicted and a little more likeable in the movie than the original story), then becomes the chosen messiah of the people, and starts ordering human sacrifices to the monsters outside. Okay. This is a horror movie. Then she orders David's son and the woman who had been keeping the kid calm this entire time to be thrown to the monsters...
 * Retroactive Recognition: Ollie is the Dream Lord.
 * Non Sequitur Scene: The Mantis monster is never seen again after it kills Wayne Jessup.
 * Too Cool to Live:
 * Tyrant Takes the Helm: Mrs. Carmody, who turns half the people trapped in the store into religious fanatics, making it increasingly more dangerous for those in the store that still have their sanity.