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Title: The Fog (1980)
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| Adrienne Barbeau | ... | Stevie Wayne | |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | Elizabeth Solley | |
| Janet Leigh | ... | Kathy Williams | |
| John Houseman | ... | Mr. Machen | |
| Tom Atkins | ... | Nick Castle | |
| James Canning | ... | Dick Baxter | |
| Charles Cyphers | ... | Dan O'Bannon | |
| Nancy Kyes | ... | Sandy Fadel (as Nancy Loomis) | |
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Ty Mitchell | ... | Andy Wayne |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Father Malone | |
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John F. Goff | ... | Al Williams (as John Goff) |
| George 'Buck' Flower | ... | Tommy Wallace | |
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Regina Waldon | ... | Mrs. Kobritz |
| Jim Haynie | ... | Dockmaster | |
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Darrow Igus | ... | Mel |
As the centennial of the small town of Antonio Bay, California approaches, paranormal activity begins to occur at midnight. 100 years ago, the wealthy leper Blake bought the clipper ship Elizabeth Dane and sailed with his people to form a leper colony. However, while sailing through a thick fog, they were deliberately misguided by a campfire onshore, steering the course of the ship toward the light and crashing it against the rocks. While the town's residents prepare to celebrate, the victims of this heinous crime that the town's founders committed rise from the sea to claim retribution. Under cover of the ominous glowing fog, they carry out their vicious attacks, searching for what is rightly theirs. Written by Tim Kretschmann <Tim.K@VirComm.com>
"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.