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The Fog (1980)

R  89 min  -  Horror   -  8 February 1980 (USA)
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A Northern California fishing town, built 100 years ago over an old leper colony, is the target for revenge by a killer fog containing zombie-like ghosts seeking revenge for their deaths.

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John Carpenter
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrienne Barbeau ...
Jamie Lee Curtis ...
Janet Leigh ...
John Houseman John Houseman ...
Tom Atkins Tom Atkins ...
James Canning James Canning ...
Charles Cyphers Charles Cyphers ...
Nancy Kyes Nancy Kyes ...
Sandy Fadel (as Nancy Loomis)
Ty Mitchell Ty Mitchell ...
Hal Holbrook ...
John F. Goff John F. Goff ...
Al Williams (as John Goff)
George 'Buck' Flower ...
Regina Waldon Regina Waldon ...
Jim Haynie Jim Haynie ...
Darrow Igus Darrow Igus ...
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Storyline

The Centenary of the small sea town, Antonio Bay, is approaching. While the townsfolk prepare to celebrate, the victims of the crime that founded the town rise from the sea to claim retribution. Under cover of the fog, they carry out their vicious attacks, searching for what is rightly theirs. Written by Mark Harding <mah@imdb.com>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Fog | Leper | Bay | Ghost | Revenge  | See more »

Taglines:

Lock your doors. Bolt your windows. There's something in THE FOG! See more »

Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

John Carpenter's The Fog See more »

Filming Locations:

Altadena, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$21,378,361 (USA) (1980)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Director Trademark: [John Carpenter] [names] Characters Nick Castle, Dan O'Bannon, Tommy Wallace are all named after Carpenter's real-life collaborators from his previous films. Mrs Kobritz was named after Richard Kobritz, Carpenter's producer on Someone's Watching Me!. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): As Stevie is describing the movement of Fog, at first she says it is moving southeast along the coast, but then in the next sentence she says it is moving southwest. See more »

Quotes

Stevie Wayne: I don't know what happened to Antonio Bay tonight. Something came out of the fog and tried to destroy us. In one moment, it vanished. But if this has been anything but a nightmare, and if we don't wake up to find ourselves safe in our beds, it could come again. To the ships at sea who can hear my voice, look across the water, into the darkness. Look for the fog.
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