Film Theory: Don't Go into the Mist...

Summary by Krater

An analysis of the 2007 horror film The Mist, examining the nature of the mist and its monsters through the lens of physics and prehistoric oxygen levels.

From the video

Answers: What is the mist and its monsters in The Mist?

• The Mist movie monsters and physics
• Difference between fog and mist
• Prehistoric oxygen levels and insect size
• Stephen King's macroverse connections

What it concludes

• Mist is a suspension of very tiny water droplets that reduces horizontal visibility to 1 kilometer or less.
• Fog reduces visibility to below 1 kilometer.
• Both fog and mist are caused by warm air being cooled, forming clouds close to the ground.
• The mist in the film obeys the laws of physics and comes from an interdimensional portal in the Arrowhead Project base.
• The massive size of the monsters in the mist is explained by prehistoric oxygen levels reaching 35%, enabling giant insects and cephalopods to breathe through passive diffusion.