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The Fog (1980)
Bolt your
doors. Lock your windows There's something in The Fog!
Director: John Carpenter, rated R for
frightening scenes, gore, language
  Starring: Adrienne
Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh,
Nancy Loomis, Ty Mitchell, Charles Cyphers
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect
"We
were aided by an unearthly fog that rolled in, as if Heaven
sent, although God had no part in our actions tonight." –
Father Malone
Why watch this?
This is one film I cannot watch with the lights off.
Plot Summary:
On the eve of its centennial, the small coastal California town
of Antonio Bay becomes shrouded in a mysterious, glowing fog.
This fog brings with it supernatural occurrences and the
vengeful spirits of shipwrecked sailors seeking retribution for
their deaths, which were caused by the town's founders a century
earlier. As the fog rolls inland, a diverse group of residents,
including a radio DJ, a priest, and a hitchhiker, must fight for
their lives against the mist.
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Dad's Preview:
The idea of the vengeful undead, rising to exact revenge on the
ancestors of their betrayers, is freaking wicked! Add some
thick
fog into the night's setting and this film becomes terrifying. Director
John Carpenter made a great decision to not show the
long-rotting
pirates up close (well, he did once). This makes them that much more
mysterious. Of
course, the eerie mood is enhanced by the addition of Carpenter's self-crafted
soundtrack and scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis. |
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Debra Hill
Prod.; AVCO Embassy Pictures
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