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6.7Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Cast
- Adrienne Barbeau as Stevie Wayne
- Tom Atkins as Nick Castle
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Elizabeth Solley
- Hal Holbrook as Father Malone
- Janet Leigh as Kathy Williams
- Nancy Kyes as Sandy Fadel
Themes
- sea
- small town
- ship
- gold
- beach
- prophecy
- sword
- narration
- beheading
- fog
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
91,024 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
Metacritic
55/100
- Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Carpenter
- Written by
- John Carpenter Debra Hill
- Produced by
- Debra Hill
- Starring
- Adrienne Barbeau Jamie Lee Curtis John Houseman Janet Leigh Hal Holbrook
- Cinematography
- Dean Cundey
- Edited by
- Charles Bornstein Tommy Lee Wallace
- Music by
- John Carpenter
- Production company
- Debra Hill Productions
- Distributed by
- AVCO Embassy Pictures
- Release date
- February 1, 1980 ( 1980-02-01 )
- Running time
- 90 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.1 million
- Box office
- $21.3 million
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fog is a 1980 American independent supernatural horror film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with its producer Debra Hill. It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh and Hal Holbrook. It tells the story of a strange, glowing fog that sweeps over a small coastal town in Northern California.
Filmed in the spring of 1979, The Fog was scheduled to be released at Christmas that year by AVCO Embassy Pictures, but its release date was delayed to February 1, 1980. The film divided critics upon release, receiving praise for its visuals and acting, and criticism for its structure and screenplay. Despite mixed reviews, the film grossed $21.3 million domestically.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Fog” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.