Why Ellie From Evil Dead Rise Looks So Familiar

Spike's reimagining of Stephen King's "The Mist" isn't the only screen adaptation the novella has had. Many people will probably also think of Frank Darabont's 2007 film adaptation, telling the story of a town enveloped in a thick fog filled with gruesome Lovecraftian creatures. Though both take liberties with the original text, the series strays the most. Whereas, like the book, the film takes place mostly in the grocery store of Bridgton, Maine, the series hones in on a few different spaces in the town. The series also changes the town's name to Bridgeville. 

However, perhaps the most major difference between the series and the source material is that the mist isn't filled with large eldritch monsters, but rather apparitions from people's pasts. This includes a person's guilt or fear, tormenting the survivors and driving them to madness. One of those spaces is the local mall, in which both Eve Copeland — played by Alyssa Sutherland — and her daughter Alex (Gus Birney) are trapped. Meanwhile, her husband, Kevin (Morgan Spector), is across town at the police station. 

Interestingly enough, though Sutherland's resume seems to clearly reflect that she is creating a niche for herself in horror, she isn't the biggest horror fan herself. Speaking with Scream Magazine about her work on "The Mist," she said, "I'm actually really wimpy when it comes to horror. I'm certainly aware of Stephen King's work and saw snippets of it when I was very young and it scared the bejeezus out of me... I like being able to sleep at night."