Director: Frank Darabont
Summary[]
A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Male Deaths[]
- Andre Braugher [Brent Norton]
- Gregg Brazzel [Tom Smalley]
- Jeffrey DeMunn [Dan Miller]
- Walter Fauntleroy [Private Donaldson]
- Ted Ferguson [Norton Group Member]
- Sonny Franks [Car Driver]
- Nathan Gamble [Billy Drayton]
- Mathew Greer [Silas]
- Jackson Hurst [Joe Eagleton]
- David Jensen [Myron LaFleur]
- Toby Jones [Ollie Weeks]
- Amin Joseph [M.P.]
- Brian Libby [Biker]
- Brandon O'Dell [Bobby Eagleton]
- Chris Owen [Norm]
- Juan Gabriel Pareja [Private Morales]
- Andy Stahl [Mike Hatlen]
- Buck Taylor [Ambrose Cornell]
- Sam Witwer [Private Wayne Jessup]
Female Deaths[]
- Alexa Davalos [Sally]
- Marcia Gay Harden [Mrs. Carmody]
- Laurie Holden [Amanda Dumfries]
- Kelly Collins Lintz [Stephanie Drayton]
- Susan Malerstein [Hattie Turman]
- Frances Sternhagen [Irene Reppler]
Gallery[]
Sonny Franks
Chris Owen
Andre Braugher and Mathew Greer
Brian Libby
Gregg Brazzel
Alexa Davalos
Susan Malerstein
Amin Joesph
Andy Stahl
Bradon O'Dell
Jackson Hurst
Walter Fauntleroy and Juan Gabriel Pareja
Sam Witwer
Toby Jones
Buck Taylor
Kelly Collins Lintz
Nathan Gamble
Laurie Holden
Marcia Gay Harden
Frances Sternhagen and Jeffrey DeMunn
David Jensen
Trivia[]
- Stephen King says that he was genuinely frightened by this adaption of his novella. The film’s director Frank Darabont described that as the happiest moment of his career.
- Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Melissa McBride, Sam Witwer and Juan Gabriel Pareja would all later appear in the AMC horror apocalypse television series The Walking Dead (2010-2022). Additionally Frank Darabont also the developer and the executive producer for the first two seasons of the show.
- Stephen King got the idea for the source novel when he was in a Maine market. When he noticed the front window was made of plate glass, he wondered what would happen if giant insects flew into it.
- Frank Darabont agreed to make the film with Dimension only under the condition that no matter what, they wouldn't change the scripted ending. They agreed.
- Frank Darabont wanted Thomas Jane to play Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead (2010-2022) after they worked together on this film. Unfortunately Andrew Lincoln got the role of Rick Grimes instead.
- Despite the setting in Maine, the film was shot entirely in Louisiana and Texas. To Frank Darabont's delight, Stephen King could not distinguish it from Maine when watching the film.
- Director Frank Darabont originally wanted the film shown in black and white. The two-disc DVD/Blu-ray release contains Darabont's black-and-white version on the second disc.
- The earthquake scene included a surprise in the form of a "huge earthquake rumble" recording that they played via large bass speakers without warning the cast in advance. "Everybody jumped."
- This is Thomas Jane's second Stephen King movie. The first was in Dreamcatcher.
- The film was shot in 37 days.