The Mist is a 1980 Stephen King novella about a group of people trapped in a supermarket by an unnatural mist filled with monsters. The main characters include David Drayton, a man trying to protect his son; Mrs. Carmody, a religious fanatic who gains a dangerous following; and Ollie Weeks, a level-headed deputy who helps the group. While trapped, the survivors face attacks from tentacles, flying creatures, and deadly spiders. They attempt to gather supplies from a nearby pharmacy but are killed. Only David, his son, Amanda, and Hilda escape in a car before Ollie is killed, fleeing into an uncertain future beyond the mist.

1. By Stephen King

2. The Mist is a novel made by Stephen King in
the year 1980 in his collection The Skeleton
Crew. It produced a movie version in 2007
directed by Frank Darabont.
. The story centers around a group of people
who are trapped in a local grocery store by a
thick mist which conceals otherworldly
monsters.

3.  Stephen King is the author of more than fifty
books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.
Many of his works have been turned to
movies (including the Green Mile, Shawshank
Redemption, and the Shining) have been
multi awarded and are considered some of
the best films ever made. He is also known
for his epic The Dark Tower Series. He lives
in Bangor, Maine with his wife, Tabitha King.

5.  The morning after the
small town of
Bridgton, Maine is struck
by a violent
thunderstorm, commerci
al artist David
Drayton, his
son, Billy, and his
wife, Stephanie, witness
a mysterious mist moving
across the lake towards
their lakeshore home.

6.  Concerned with cleaning up
the aftermath of the
storm, David, Billy and
their neighbour, Brent
Norton, head into town, to
the local grocery
store, where the patrons'
attention is drawn by an
unusual amount of police
and military activity. A
bloody-nosed man rushes
in, ranting about something
in the mist taking John
Lee.

7.  The patrons watch as the
mist moves across the
parking lot towards the
market and engulfs it. The
market is damaged by
violent tremors, and the
patrons hear screams in
the mist. A woman with
kids at home eventually
asks for someone to escort
her home, but everyone
refuses, so the woman goes
out into the mist
alone, toward her car.

8.  When David searches the
loading dock for something to
cover Billy up with, he hears
things slithering against the
outside of the loading door.
Mechanics Jim Grondin, Myron
LaFleur, deputy manager Ollie
Weeks and Norm the bag-boy
attempt to fix the generator
by sending Norm out to
unblock the generator
exhaust pipe, but as Norm
goes out, he is dragged to his
death by a swarm of flesh-
eating tentacles.

9.  The others report the
situation to the others in
the market, but some,
including Brent Norton,
are skeptical, and
mentally unstable
religious fanatic Mrs.
Carmody is convinced
that the End of Days has
come.

10.  Once the danger is
confirmed to only be
outside, the patrons who
either believe or are in
little denial barricade
the front store windows
with bags of soil and dog
food and duct tape the
cracks caused by the
tremors.

11.  Norton eventually gathers a
small group of followers
who are in denial of the
dangers in the mist, and
David and his followers fail
to convince them not to go
out into the mist. Before
they leave, however, one
of Norton's followers ties a
300-foot clothesline around
his waist to tell the
remaining patrons when
they get past that
distance.

12.  Atapproximately 200
feet, however, Norton's
group is attacked by a
large, unseen creature
and the clothesline is
severed, proving to the
remaining patrons the
creatures in the mist.

13.  Atnight, plump, flying
creatures land on the
store windows, and
large, pterodactyl-like
predators follow them
and pluck them off the
store windows to eat,
one of the birds
eventually breaking into
the store.

14.  After killing Tom
Smalley, the bird-monster
is burnt to death by David
with a torch, and the hole
left by the creature is
covered up with crates.

15.  The next morning, an
expedition to the nextdoor
pharmacy lead by David and
consisting of
Ollie, Jim, Hilda
Reppler, Dan Miller, Buddy
Eagleton and Mike Hatlen is
made to bring back supplies
for the injured, but Jim runs
off and is killed by an
unseen creature, and the
group finds the pharmacy
overrun with spider-like
predators which produce
corrosive webs.

16.  Buddy, Dan and Mike are
all killed in the ensuing
battle, and David, Ollie
and Reppler narrowly
escape back to the
market.

17.  As a result of the failed
expedition, the remaining
survivors in the store are
divided into two groups:
David's group, which
consists of the still-
sane, rational-minded
survivors, and Mrs.
Carmody's
congregation, which
consists of a large number
of survivors who have been
driven insane by the
mist, and now follow Mrs.
Carmody, including Myron
and Mr. McVey.

18.  David and Ollie
eventually discover two
soldiers from the
military base have
committed suicide via
hanging, and Ollie
speculates that the
Arrowhead Project
released the mist and its
inhabitants from another
dimension.

19.  The next morning, David
and his group are about to
use David's car to escape
the store, but they are
intercepted by Mrs.
Carmody, who orders her
followers to sacrifice Billy
and Amanda.
However, before her
followers are able to do
so, Mrs. Carmody is shot by
Ollie, causing her followers
to snap back to reality and
allow David's group to
leave.

20.  David, Billy, Amanda
and Reppler all make it
to the car.

21.  But Ollie is cut in half
by a giant, lobster-like
creature, Ambrose
retreats back to the
store, and Hattie is
killed by one of the
spider creatures

22.  After a failed attempt
to return home to get
Steff, David and the
group drive south to try
and get clear of the
mist. After finding
refuge for the
night, David possibly
hears the word
"Hartford" over the
radio and the next
morning, he prepares to
drive on into an
uncertain future.

23.  David Drayton- He is the
main character of the novel.
He is a movie poster artist
and a loving father to his
son. He tried in vain to save
Norm, and blames Jim and
Myron for it. He kills the
pterobuzzard that has
managed to enter the store.
He is one of the few
survivors who survived the
pharmacy and stayed sane.
He is one of the 4 survivors
who made it to the car.

24.  Billy Drayton- David’s 5
year old son who came
with him to the
supermarket. He often
cries because of his
longing for his mother
Steffie. Hattie, along with
Amanda, babysits and
protects Billy. He is one of
the 4 survivors to make it
to the car.

25.  Mrs. Carmody- A mentally
unstable woman who
believes in a vicious and
bloodthirsty God. She has
a reputation for being a
witch and uses folk
medicine. Due to the
events that transpired,
she had managed to
acquire many followers
who were extremely loyal
to her. She was shot and
killed by Ollie.

26.  Amanda Dumfries. A young
third grade teacher who
acts a mother to Billy. She
has a gun given to her by
her husband who was in
travel to New York. David
and Amanda committed
adultery on the 2nd night
and was attempted to be
sacrificed by Mrs.
Carmody. She was one of
the four people who made
it to the car.

27.  Brent Norton- A lawyer
and David’s neighbor who
refuses to believe that
there are monsters in the
mist. He convinced a
small number of survivors
(dubbed the Flat Earth
Society by David) who all
left the store but were
killed by a large, unseen
creature about 200 feet
from the market.

28.  Ollie Weeks- a deputy
manager of the
supermarket who is a
champion shooter and one
of the calmest and most
competent survivors. He
was the one who shot and
killed Mrs. Carmody and
was killed when he was
split in half by a giant
lobster-like creature when
he was on the way to the
car.

29.  Mrs. Hilda Reppler (Irene
in the film)- is an elderly
but tough third grade
teacher who joins David’s
group and goes to the
expedition to the
pharmacy. She is one of
the four people to escape
the supermarket.

30.  Jim Grondin- was a
mechanic in the
supermarket. He, with
Norm and Myron, tried
to fix the generator
which resulted to
Norm’s death. In the
novel, he died at the
expedition to the
pharmacy when he run
off after seeing the
bodies. He and Myron
were best friends.

31.  Myron LaFleur- He is one of
the mechanics who tried to
fix the generator which
caused Norm his death. He
and Jim are best friends. He
drank heavily and became
depressed afterwards, and
soon becomes one of Mrs.
Carmody’s most loyal
followers. His fate is
unknown. In the movie Jim
and Myron’s roles are
reversed.

32. Dan Miller- is a tourist who
helped fortify the market
and one of the
supermarket leaders. He
greatly distrusts Mrs.
Carmody and joins the
expedition to the
pharmacy. he is killed
when a Gray Widower
cocoons his entire body in
its webs.

33.  Mike Hatlen- is one of the
town selectmen and one
of the supermarket
leaders. He joins the
expedition to the
pharmacy where he was
killed when one of the
grey widowers lasso its
corrosive web on his
throat slicing his jugular.

34.  Ambrose Cornell- He was
an elderly ma who joins
David’s group. He says he
has a shotgun on his truck
and offers to get it, but
David decides against it
because it means going
out to the mist. He tried
to escape but hurriedly
fled back to the store
when he saw Ollie and
Hattie get killed.

35.  Hattie Turman- She was
one of the survivors who
joins David’s group and
Billy’s babysitter. She was
killed as she was escaping
to the car, when one of
the grey widowers wrap
her in their corrosive
webbing.

36.  Buddy Eagleton (Bobby in
the film)- is one of the
stock boys at the grocery
store. He is part of the
expedition to the
pharmacy the next
day, and is killed when a
Gray Widower lassos his
leg with its acidic web
strands, severing his
femoral artery and
causing him to bleed to
death.

37.  Norm- was an 18 year old
bag boy of the supermarket.
When a Tentacle blocks the
generator exhaust
pipe, Norm is anxious to be
the one to go out into the
mist through the loading
door to unblock it, but when
the loading door is
opened, a swarm of
Tentacles attack Norm and
slowly eat him alive as they
drag him out.

38.  Tom Smalley- Tom Smalley is
one of the patrons trapped
inside the grocery store
when the mist engulfs the
town outside. When a
Pterobuzzard squeezes
through a broken display
window and pushes its way
through the barricade of
fertilizer bags, one of the
bags lands hard on Tom
Smalley's head, knocking him
out. The Pterobuzzard
proceeds to devour the flesh
on his upper neck, killing
him in his unconsciousness.

39.  Bud Brown-is the manager
of the supermarket. He
initially didn’t believe
that there are monsters in
the mist, but changed his
mind as soon as he saw
the tentacle. He was
offered by David’s group
to escape, but he politely
declined.

40.  Mr. McVey- is the store’s
butcher. On the first
night, he grilled chicken
for the survivors to eat.
On the 2nd night, however,
his mind has snapped due
to the smell of rotting
meat and became one of
Mrs. Carmody’s most loyal
followers.

41.  Pvt. Wayne Jessup- was a
member of David's group
and also the expedition to
the pharmacy. He only
appeared in the film.
He, Morales, and
Donaldson stay were
trapped on the store. He
tries in vain to save
Sally, and was killed when
he was sacrificed by Mrs.
Carmody’s congregation.

42.  Moralesand Donaldson
were 2 soldiers on a 10
day leave. They
committed suicide by
hanging themselves, and
were discovered by
David and Ollie.

43.  Sally-was a clerk at the
grocery store who works
for Bud Brown. In the
movie she was killed
when she got stung by a
Scorpion-Fly.

44.  The Mist- a thick, unnatural mist inhabited
by various species of otherworldly
creatures, believed to be from another
dimension.
 The Storm- is a freak electrical storm which
damaged much of Bridgton, Maine.
 The Arrowhead Project- is a military
experiment performed on Shelter
Mountain, apparently intended to create a
trans-dimensional window with which to peer
through into other dimensions.

45.  Tentacles- are the
limbs of an unseen
creature in the
mist, and are known
for killing Norm in
the storage room.

46.  Scorpion Fly- are
plump, flying
creatures, about two
- four feet long and
the prey of the
Pterobuzzards.

47.  Pterobuzzards- are
nocturnal, pterodacty
l-like creatures and
the predators of
Scorpion-Flies.

48.  Grey widowers- are
deadly, spider-like
predators, each
about the size of a
dog, which have the
ability to produce
corrosive spider-webs
that can burn through
materials like
clothing and flesh.

49.  AnArachniLobster is
a huge creature
which kills its victims
by cutting them in
half in its claws.

50.  The Behemoth- is a
gigantic, six-legged
creature encountered
by the escapees from
the market while
driving through the
mist. It is by far the
largest creature ever
seen.