The Fog [1979] (DVD) Reviews

"What you can't see won't hurt you... it'll kill you!" The Fog is a 1979 horror film directed by John Carpenter. It was Carpenter's attempt to go back to a more traditional ghost story where things are more implied than seen although some additional gore and extra scenes were shot and added when the director decided he was ...

Director: John Carpenter. Producer: Charles B. Bloch, Barry Bernardi, Debra Hill and Pegi Brotman. Writer: John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Houseman, Janet Leigh, Hal Holbrook, Tom Atkins and Nancy Loomis Music by John Carpenter. Release in early 1980 this movie was based ...

THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE 2006 RE-MAKE RATHER THAN THE ORIGINAL! Having enjoyed the original so much I couldn't wait to see the remake but was left very disappointed. Having seen comments made on it such as "scarier than the original", "a must for fans of the first" and "a remake worthy of the original" I had ...

Whatever happened to those Horror films of yesteryear that invoked a true sense of fear rather than pointing and shooting and calling it a day? John Carpenter was a master at piling atmosphere on top of an eerily frightening score and giving us a film that favored atmosphere over blood and gore. "Halloween" is a classic by every stretch ...

John Carpenter tried to follow up 'Halloween' with a story of ships,revenge and the history all combining to creat havoc in a New England village. The Fog is a superb film to watch on a windy winter evening. The whole film has a cold dark feel to it, even in the daytime scenes. The story is put forward at the start by an old ...

The Fog (1980) The Fog is truly, even after 21 years, my all time favorite horror movie. It is the first movie that ever truly scared me and one that continues to make me nervous whenever I see a dense fog. John Carpenter has created a classic by blending all the elements of horror, suspense, ghosts and one of the greatest horror ...

The Fog is the follow up to John Carpenter's phenomenally successful 'Halloween' movie. However, for those anticipating a movie along the same lines this must have come as something of a disappointment, and hence perhaps why this wasn't given quite the plaudits that it ought to have. It is horror movie, but one on a more depressed ...

Antonio Bay is celebrating its 100 anniversary and wanting to help them celebrate are the ghosts of a leper colony who drowned after their ship was lured into rocks, during a dense fog, by the town's ancestors precisely 100 years ago today. Just as the party starts a mysterious fog rolls in and, not letting bygones be bygones, the ...

Along with 'Halloween' and 'The Thing', this is one of John Carpenter's best films, and indeed one of the best horror films around. It's an old fashioned ghost story, enlivened with a few modern trappings. Heavy on atmosphere and generous with creepy moments, 'The fog' is a true classic. The film opens by ...

I am so glad this rented this film on video! I have been searching for this movie for years. Okay, so this one is not the classic that Halloween was but look at the cast... Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Adrianne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, and Nancy Loomis. It's a mood piece (not too much happens quickly)...pure and simply put it's just a ...

*** The following review was written in December 2000. I have left the review untouched but have placed an update at the end to cover any changes since it was written. *** 'The Fog' begins with a group of children huddled around a campfire being told a ghost story by an old fisherman: - "Eleven fifty ...

Somehow ghost stories and Xmas seem to go together and this is one film which should be shown on the telly over Xmas. A beach party with a huge camp fire attracts a ship at sea lost in the fog. Unfortunately between the beach and the ship there is a dangerous reef and the ship crashes to destruction on the jagged rocks. The crew, with ...

THE FOG is an interesting movie. The storyline involves a small seaside community which is laid siege to by the onslaught of an unearthly fog. The film is in fact a ghost story and plays on those fears which we all have of the unknown after all those scary stories we were told as children. In this case, the unknown is of course what lurks within ...

Yep, years before I Know What You Did Last Summer, John Carpenter made fishermen's hooks a scary sight. Made a couple of years after his classic Halloween, Carpenter returns to the slasher genre with a supernatural-tinged tale of a coastal small town with a secret to hold. The story begins with a scene-setting campfire tale of a group of ...

I am so glad this rented this film on video! I have been searching for this movie for years. Okay, so this one is not the classic that Halloween was but look at the cast... Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Adrianne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, and Nancy Loomis. It's a mood piece (not too much happens quickly)...pure and simply put it's just a ...

Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis teams up with John Carpenter again to make an early eighties fright flick about a lethal group of undead pirates that lay siege to a small oceanside town to reclaim the gold that was stolen from them while they lived. They travel with a mysterious fog that luminates and defies wind currents, a truly haunting vessel. ...