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The Fog

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  • 1h 29m
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6.8/10
77K
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The Fog (1980)
An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
Play trailer1:19
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An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
77K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,944
769
    • John Carpenter
    • John Carpenter
    • Debra Hill
  • Stars
    • Adrienne Barbeau
    • Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Janet Leigh
    • John Carpenter
    • John Carpenter
    • Debra Hill
  • Stars
    • Adrienne Barbeau
    • Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Janet Leigh
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 482User reviews
    • 177Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
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    Through the Lens: Defining Carpenteresque and Why It Belongs in the Dictionary
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    Sneak Previews Season 2 Episode 18
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    Photos157

    Adrienne Barbeau in The Fog (1980)
    The Fog (1980)
    Hal Holbrook in The Fog (1980)
    Tom Atkins and Ty Mitchell in The Fog (1980)
    Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, and Ty Mitchell in The Fog (1980)
    Jamie Lee Curtis, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh, Tom Atkins, Nancy Kyes, and Ty Mitchell in The Fog (1980)
    Adrienne Barbeau in The Fog (1980)
    Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, and Ty Mitchell in The Fog (1980)
    Jamie Lee Curtis and Tom Atkins in The Fog (1980)
    Ty Mitchell and Regina Waldon in The Fog (1980)
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    Adrienne Barbeau, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Janet Leigh in The Fog (1980)

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    Adrienne Barbeau
    Adrienne Barbeau
    • Stevie Wayne
    Jamie Lee Curtis
    Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Elizabeth Solley
    Janet Leigh
    Janet Leigh
    • Kathy Williams
    John Houseman
    John Houseman
    • Mr. Machen
    Tom Atkins
    Tom Atkins
    • Nick Castle
    James Canning
    James Canning
    • Dick Baxter
    Charles Cyphers
    Charles Cyphers
    • Dan O'Bannon
    Nancy Kyes
    Nancy Kyes
    • Sandy Fadel
    • (as Nancy Loomis)
    Ty Mitchell
    • Andy Wayne
    Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook
    • Father Malone
    John F. Goff
    John F. Goff
    • Al Williams
    • (as John Goff)
    George 'Buck' Flower
    George 'Buck' Flower
    • Tommy Wallace
    Regina Waldon
    • Mrs. Kobritz
    Jim Haynie
    Jim Haynie
    • Dockmaster
    Darrow Igus
    • Mel
    John Vick
    • Sheriff David Simms
    • (as John Vic)
    Jim Jacobus
    • Mayor
    • (as Jay Jacobs)
    Fred Franklyn
    Fred Franklyn
    • Ashcroft
      • John Carpenter
      • John Carpenter
      • Debra Hill
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Adrienne Barbeau patterned her voice after Alison Steele, who was a female disc jockey from the 1960s who was known as the Nightbird.
    • Goofs
      In a few scenes, Dan the local weatherman is tracking the fog bank on his weather radar, and giving reports. Weather radars have never been able to detect fog. Today's most powerful state-of-the-art NEXRAD radars are sensitive enough to detect bugs, birds, and smoke plumes, but still not fog.
    • Quotes

      [a tape recording of K-A-B promos has just slowed down]

      Blake's Voice: Something that one lives with like an albatross round the neck. No, more like a millstone. A plumbing stone, by God! Damn them all!

    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Being There/The Fog/Chapter Two/American Gigolo/Fatso (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      Lap One
      (uncredited)

      Music by David Lindup

    User reviews482

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    A frightening film
    The Fog is an instant horror classic from the first scene- a salty, old sailor tells a group of young children the true story of a ghostly, wrecked ship. The scene was so simple yet so thrilling that the viewer is hooked (no pun intended) for the rest of the film. The cast is great and the music sets the tone just as it did for Halloween. The best part of the film is that it made no attempt to explain everything away in a hokey horror sense (Why are the bodies returning to life?). Things happen simply because they happen. Much like Night of the Living Dead, the characters are not concerned with why they are in danger, but more concerned with getting out of danger. On a side note, John Carpenter has the best endings of any filmmaker on the market. Just as Halloween and The Thing both ended with a sense of foreboding and silent terror, The Fog ends with style and allows the viewer one final scare. A definite hit!!!
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    • Batman-36
    • Apr 28, 1999

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 8, 1980 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Gulf of the Farallones, Point Reyes, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • AVCO Embassy Pictures
      • Entertainment Discoveries
      • Debra Hill Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 29 minutes
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      • Mono
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Digital

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