Your jaw will be on the floor.
We’re halfway through the week and there’s no better way to celebrate that than watching one of the great movies on TV this evening.
Luckily, there are some fine choices, but our pick of the bunch is one of the most devastating movies ever made – The Mist.
Based on the novella by horror master Stephen King, The Mist is directed by the legendary Frank Darabont (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption) one of his last big movie entries.
The 2007 horror stars Thomas Jane as a resident of a small coastal town that gets covered in a mysterious mist.
Things start to go south very quickly when monstrous creatures start appearing from the fog, forcing the community to lock themselves inside a local supermarket.
Jane is supported by an ensemble cast including some familiar faces like Toby Jones (the Harry Potter films), the late Andre Braugher (Brooklyn 99) and Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead) and the breakdown of societal norms between the characters within the enclosed space of the supermarket makes for tense viewing.
Perhaps the most notable takeaway from The Mist is its simply devastating finale that will have your jaw on the floor as the credits begin to roll – but we won’t say much else on that to avoid spoilers.
While The Mist is outwardly a traditional horror (there are scary monsters and plenty of gore), the most frightening aspect of the movie is the people involved and what they will do in extreme circumstances – it is truly in the spirit of what Stephen King does best.
You can check out The Mist on Film Four at 11.25 pm.
Here are the other movies on TV tonight
Tolkien – Film Four – 6.50 pm
2019 biopic starring Nicholas Hoult as Lord of the Rings writer J.R.R. Tolkien
The Eagle Has Landed – BBC4 – 8 pm
Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall star in this 1976 war film about a fictional German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill in the middle of the Second World War.
Jumanji: The Next Level – Film Four – 9 pm
2019 sequel to the reboot of the classic fantasy movie starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan,
Dude, Where’s My Car? – Comedy Central – 9 pm
Love it or hate it, this 2000 stoner comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott has some incredibly funny scenes.
Bridesmaids – RTÉ 2 – 9.35 pm
Another great option from the movies on TV tonight – unquestionably one of the funniest comedies of the 21st century and an absolute laugh riot from start to finish.
The Railway Station Man – BBC4 – 10.55 pm
1992 film starring Donald Sutherland as an American living in Ireland to refurbish an old railway line who falls for a widowed woman looking to leave the Troubles behind her.
The Phantom of the Open – BBC Two – 11.05 pm
2019 biographical comedy starring Mark Rylance as ‘the worst golfer ever’ Maurice Flitcroft.
Carrie – Film Four – 1.50 am
Another excellent Stephen King adaptation among the movies on TV tonight, this one starring Sissy Spacek as the supernaturally gifted teen out for revenge.
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