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Film · 1980

The Fog

Directed by John Carpenter · starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh

  • 1 h 29 min
  • 15
  • Horror · Thriller
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 5 November 1980
  • 6.7 AverageMovieNCo
  • 7.1 Users3 votes
  • 6.3 Critics4 reviews
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Synopsis

In the Californian town of Antonio Bay, dark secrets are kept. A supernatural fog begins to take over the small coastal city in the face of the uncertainty of its inhabitants. 100 years ago, the ship "Elizabeth Dane" mysteriously sank near the shore and the crew members who were aboard the boat drowned till dead, but it will soon be known that the incident was not an incident at all, but a murder. The first settlers to reach these lands attracted the ship to the coast to cause its collapse and boarded the ship to steal valuable objects before they found Antonio Bay. The neighbors of Antonio Bay are ready to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the town when a large bank of fog looms over the town and, next to it, a ghost ship. The spirits of the deceased will return in search of revenge in order to assassinate the fishermen and cause the same pain they received in the past.

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The essentials

Runtime
89 min1 hour and 29 minutes
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is The Fog?
1 hour and 29 minutes (89 minutes).
When was The Fog released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 5 November 1980.
Who directed The Fog?
John Carpenter.
Who is in The Fog?
It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh and John Houseman.
Where can I watch The Fog?
In the UK you can watch it with a channel on Prime Video.
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Cast

Full cast (18)
Director
John Carpenter
Writers
John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Music
John Carpenter
Producers
Debra Hill
Cinematography
Dean Cundey

Reviews

All 4 reviews
7.1 3 votes

What the critics say average 6.3 from 4

  • 8.0 Time OutCA "Expanding enormously on the fantasy elements of his earlier films, Carpenter has turned in a full-scale thriller of the supernatural, as a sinister fog bank comes rolling in off the sea to take… Read
  • 7.0 VarietyVariety "John Carpenter is anything but subtle in his approach to shocker material. Story exposition and setting are well-established before the opening titles are over, and The Fog proceeds to layer one… Read
  • 5.0 The A.V. ClubNoel Murray "The Fog's plot is convoluted and goofy, mainly because there's no way to sensibly resolve the "What's hiding in the places we can't see?" concept and the "Oh, it's pirate ghosts with meat-hooks"… Read

Soundtrack

All 11 songs
  1. Lap OneDavid Lindup
  2. WondergrooveSteve Gray
  3. Midnight SerenadeDavid Lindup
  4. Take It SteadyDavid Lindup

Trivia

  • A special rol

    The director John Carpenter and the actress Adrienne Barbeau were married when the film was made and released. He wrote the character specifically for her.

  • Savers

    Jazz music was used on Stevie's radio because it was cheaper than rock music.

  • Hitchcock reference

    The character of Tom Atkins mentions a place called Bodega Bay that refers to Los pájaros (1963), another horror movie by Alfred Hitchcock.

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