Matt didn't watch a lot of horror movies on his own. They were best watched in the company of an attractive friend or significant other. Matt didn't have either of those in 2007 so The Mist wasn't one he had the pleasure of seeing. He instinctively took a step back from the group of angry people with mean looking weapons, not needing his extrasensory perception to tell him that shit was going to go south very quickly.

"If this is the movie, then is this some sort of 4-D interactive experience? I can think of a million other films I'd rather star in than a Stephen King movie. Something a bit more sexy and less murdery."