The zombies might be scary, but not the real threat.
In The Walking Dead, the zombies are really just background, and the real danger is the threat of other people, hungry for power and control, full of violent, sadistic impulses and a tribalism that ensures the destruction of humanity. Three of the lead characters in The Mist were cast members of The Walking Dead, and the makeup for both the movie and the series was created by Greg Nicotero and Howard Burger. The film is also similar to another zombie franchise, The Walking Dead television series, which Frank Darabont also developed and produced at the beginning. While the former has flying bug-like animals with tentacles, they are analogous to the zombies in that they seemingly exist just to kill. The Mist is very much like great zombie movies in many ways. This explains the nihilistic ending of the film, when the lone survivor of the house is shot to death by rednecks with guns and then his body is burned. They threaten each other, and it is clear that the real danger is not zombies but fellow human beings. In that film, a group of people are gathered in a house, and can’t get along well enough to protect themselves from the terrifying zombies outside. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead in the way that its bottle movie structure reveals dark truths about the human condition. The grim twist at the end of Stranger Things, when the finally-rescued Will Byers coughs a monstrous worm into his bathroom sink before flickering in and out of The Upside Down, is a clear sign that he too isn't entirely free - and that he might have to find a way to deal with his demons in the show's next season.The film resembles George A. Not just haunted by the memories, either there's the sense that the creature she's encountered is still out there somewhere in the darkness between worlds, actively seeking her out. In King's story the main character, Lisey, encounters some nightmarish monsters in that world, but even after she's returned back to our reality - and this is the key point - she's still haunted by the things she's seen. Having watched the whole of Stranger Things, we'd be surprised if the Duffer Brothers haven't read the previously mentioned Lisey's Story - King's novel about a widow who follows a trail of clues left by her dead husband to journey into a frightening other world. Will Byers may have escaped The Upside Down, but he's clearly not free of it.
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