10 Horror Movies That Dared To Kill Kids

Based on a Stephen King story, The Mist is about a small town under siege by a mysterious mist that harbors deadly Lovecraftian nightmare creatures. The film follows a man and his son who are trapped in a supermarket by the dangers that lurk in The Mist. As panic and desperation set in among the survivors, there is a clear breakdown of rational thinking.

As tensions between the survivors gradually increases, the man realizes that it may actually be more dangerous for him and his son to stay in the supermarket. With a religious fanatic stirring the pot and suggesting that human sacrifice might be the answer to their predicament, our hero decides that it's time to blow this popsicle stand.

With a handful of other survivors, the man and his son make a break for one of the cars in the supermarket parking lot. As theY navigate the mist, it becomes increasingly apparent that their fates are sealed. Hoping to spare everyone a gruesome death at the hands of the otherworldly creatures, our hero shoots everyone, including his son.

As if mercy killing your own son isn't bad enough, moments later a battalion of armed soldiers walk past with a slew of liberated survivors. If only he had waited a few more minutes before pulling the trigger.

It's worth noting that the original ending, as written by Stephen King, was much more ambiguous. When King saw the film he commented that Frank Darabont's extremely depressing ending was superior to his own.