Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Zombie, Ghosts, Supernatural, Murder, Revenge, Cult Classic, Sea
Tagline: What you can't see won't hurt you... it'll kill you!
Plot: Director John Carpenter creates an old-fashioned campfire ghost story with THE FOG. Antonio Bay, a quaint, small seaside town is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding. That night a heavy, mysterious fog rolls through the town and people begin to die in savage ways. Rumors of a secret as old as the town begin to surface and the people of Antonio Bay realize they are victims of long dead sailors who have come to revenge their own murders at the hands of the town's founding fathers. The townspeople can only wait for the fog to roll in and pray that they are not the next to die. Carpenter creates a chilling film with THE FOG and gets fine performances out of Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, and the fog itself, which creeps and crawls around as if it were alive. The film elicits its scares out of what is not seen rather than what is, and Carpenter exploits that style perfectly. Vauge shapes move within the fog, while strange noises heard in the distance grow louder, and no one can say exactly what they are up against. THE FOG is one of Carpenter's earlier films and helped to establish his reputation as a master
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 Slow paced tedium has one nifty part near the beginning, but is an uninteresting bore the rest of the way.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
The film borrows a lot from the Spanish "Blind Dead" films, but surpasses them on every level. ... Highly, highly, highly recommended.-- (eSplatter.com)
Killer fog huh? Sounds very terrifying. Well, it is, the tension in this movie is so thick you could cut it with a knife  --Zaero (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
This film is very eerie and I strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys other revengeful slashers such as the Friday the 13th franchise however, this is on a somewhat different level.  --Steven (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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John Carpenter
Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, The Fog |
 | Debra Hill
Halloween, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Halloween: Resurrection |
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John Carpenter
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween, Halloween |
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Not for gore fans or hardcore horror, but for anyone who's into spooky ghost stories combined with stalker flicks a la Carpenter's own Halloween. This is also for those who like Carpenter's early work, and 80s horror films in particular. A good, scary film.  --Slicer-dicer (SlasherPool)
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