# The Mist (2017)

> A small town family is torn apart by a brutal crime, then an eerie mist cuts their community off from the world and from each other.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/59977

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 10
- Episode runtime: 40 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: horror, science fiction, drama
- Created by: Christian Torpe
- Network: Spike
- Cast: Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Ćurčić, Okezie Morro, Alexandra Ordolis, Luke Cosgrove, Darren Pettie
- TMDB rating: 5.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5639976/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Tone: bleak, paranoid, dread-filled, claustrophobic, tense

## What critics say

Audiences rated the single season negatively, with viewers faulting its characters and writing while the horror premise drew mixed interest.

## Synopsis

The Mist (2017) is an American supernatural horror series created by Christian Torpe for Spike, adapted from the novel by Stephen King. Set in a small Maine town, it follows the Copeland family, led by Kevin Copeland (Morgan Spector) and Eve Copeland (Alyssa Sutherland), whose lives are shattered by a brutal crime. Their daughter Alex Copeland (Gus Birney) and neighbors such as Mia Lambert (Danica Ćurčić) and Bryan Hunt (Okezie Morro) are drawn into the aftermath as an eerie mist rolls in and seals the town off from the rest of the world. The engine of the series is survival under siege, with residents struggling to hold together as fear and suspicion push them against one another and creatures lurk inside the fog. Across a single ten-episode season of roughly forty minutes each, the story stays tightly focused on one community and one unresolved threat. The tone is bleak and paranoid, with a dread-filled atmosphere built on psychological strain and the fragility of family bonds. Its shape is that of a contained limited run, and its emotional register leans on domestic tension rather than spectacle. Fans of the original novel, The Mist (2007), along with Stranger Things and The Walking Dead, will find resonance in its blend of small town unease and creature horror.

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