Did the troops extinguish the worms in the novel the mist?

Question

I haven't read the novel, just have watched the movie. Could the worms gnaw or kick though tanks and forts?

Answer 1

spoiler alert!!!!!!!!!!!!

the movie is just like the novella except for the end.  in king's version, the story is written by the main character on stationery in motel.  he & the other survivors in the car have stopped there for a rest after escaping from the supermarket & he is writing down his experiences & leaving them there for other survivors to find.  it's an open ending in that you don't know what will happen to them.  the army doesn't come in & save them & defeat the monsters.

it was a really bold choice to end the movie the way they did - very controversial - but king approved of it & said he wished he'd thought of ending his story that way.