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The Fog (1980) 6.8
A Northern California fishing town, built 100 years ago over an old leper colony, becomes shrouded by a killer fog containing zombie-like ghosts seeking revenge for their deaths. Director:John Carpenter |
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Cast
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| Adrienne Barbeau | ... | ||
| Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | ||
| Janet Leigh | ... | ||
| John Houseman | ... | ||
| Tom Atkins | ... | ||
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James Canning | ... | |
| Charles Cyphers | ... | ||
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Nancy Kyes | ... |
Sandy Fadel
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Ty Mitchell | ... | |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | ||
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John F. Goff | ... |
Al Williams
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| George 'Buck' Flower | ... | ||
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Regina Waldon | ... | |
| Jim Haynie | ... | ||
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Darrow Igus | ... | |
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The Centenary of the small seaside town, Antonio Bay, is approaching. While the townsfolk prepare to celebrate, the victims of a heinous crime that the town's founding fathers committed 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>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 February 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
John Carpenter's The Fog See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$21,378,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Nick Castle: But he was on the boat. He was below decks.
Dr. Phibes: No. Dick Baxter died in the ocean. Remember last October those three kids that went diving for that old boat off the point. We got to 'em, they'd been down a week, maybe ten days. I swear to you right now, he's been down longer.
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By David Lindup, courtesy Bruton Music Ltd., apm Music, Universal Music Publishing
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The Edgar Allan Poe quote at the beginning of the film is the final two lines of his poem "A Dream Within a Dream". See more »Goofs
When Sandy and Mrs. Williams are driving to see Father Malone, it is sunny and clear outside. As they drive up a hill, the day is suddenly cloudy. Then, when they arrive at the church it is sunny and clear again. See more »Quotes
Dr. Phibes: You see the water acts like ice. A whole body would take a year to decompose, longer if it was down far enough, cold enough.Nick Castle: But he was on the boat. He was below decks.
Dr. Phibes: No. Dick Baxter died in the ocean. Remember last October those three kids that went diving for that old boat off the point. We got to 'em, they'd been down a week, maybe ten days. I swear to you right now, he's been down longer.
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"Lap one"By David Lindup, courtesy Bruton Music Ltd., apm Music, Universal Music Publishing
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"Scary then and still scary now." That's what a lot of people say about this movie, and I have no argument against that. I'm not particularly a fan of "ghost stories" but this is well done and still looks good, which is why they keep coming out with DVDs on this film and a recent re-make. It's a classic.
Unfortunately, the re-make didn't have the cast this film had. Ladies go first in this "original" with Adrienne Barbeau in the lead as "Stevie Wayne," a small- town disc-jockey whose studio is a lighthouse. "Wayne" has a sexy voice that complements the story and adds a nice touch to it. Then there's the real life mother-daughter duo of Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis. The male lead is played by someone I am not familiar with, Charles Cyphers, but he does a fine job. John Houseman gets good billing here but he's only in the film the first three minutes!
The "star" of this film, however, is the silvery, luminescent fog....a special-effect that was eerie 25 years ago and still has that effect. The films only lasts 90 minutes to the story zips by, the violence is effective but not overdone and the suspense is terrific. The only annoying aspect of the film is the typically-weird theology mumbo-jumbo with another weak priest (Hal Holbrook, in this case) shown. Hollywood loves showing priests who are pathetic. The rest of the movie is fun to watch.