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Ticket holders get a 400 yen per-person discount when two or more attend; visitor bonuses are planned with details to come.","whyItMatters":"A 2007 Stephen King adaptation getting a 20th-anniversary 4K run in Japanese cinemas shows the revival circuit is now treating mid-2000s horror as repertory material, with Filmarks using the two-person ticket discount to pull groups rather than solo viewers into the theater.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe anniversary run goes out under Filmarks Horror, the company\u0026#39;s horror screening banner, and it comes with a ticket mechanic built for pairs: the Michizure Discount cuts each admission to 1,300 yen from the 1,700 yen regular price when two or more people attend together. The teaser poster announced alongside the dates shows a \u0026#34;DO NOT ENTER\u0026#34; sign and bloody handprints on the supermarket\u0026#39;s glass doors.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat image points at the film\u0026#39;s setting, a supermarket where townspeople are trapped by the mist and turn on each other. Filmarks says campaigns and original visitor bonuses are planned, with details to be announced later.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Mist revival hinges on a Frank Darabont cut that diverges from Stephen King's ending, so Japanese audiences get the bleak version the 2007 release sold on.","twitterPost":"The Mist's 4K run leans on Frank Darabont's ending, not Stephen King's, which is the version Japanese theaters now get.","threadsPost":"The Mist returns to Japanese theaters in 4K, and the version playing is Frank Darabont's, whose ending departs from Stephen King's novella. That divergence is what the 2007 film was argued over for, and it is still what a two-week run is selling.","newsletterBlurb":"Filmarks will re-release Frank Darabont's 2007 Stephen King adaptation The Mist in 4K for a two-week run from January 8, 2027 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and theaters nationwide, timed to the film's 20th anniversary. The run includes a Michizure Discount: 400 yen off each ticket when two or more people attend. Campaigns and visitor bonuses are planned, with details to be announced later.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2611042w\",\"title\":\"Legendary \\\"trauma-inducing\\\" sci-fi horror film The Mist gets nationwide revival screening. 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