Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6006 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-10-18
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 86 minutes

Synopsis
Director John Carpenter creates an old-fashioned campfire ghost story with THE FOG. Antonio Bay, a quaint, small seaside town is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding. That night a heavy, mysterious fog rolls through the town and people begin to die in savage ways. Rumors of a secret as old as the town begin to surface and the people of Antonio Bay realize they are victims of long dead sailors who have come to revenge their own murders at the hands of the town's founding fathers. The townspeople can only wait for the fog to roll in and pray that they are not the next to die.
Carpenter creates a chilling film with THE FOG and gets fine performances out of Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, and the fog itself, which creeps and crawls around as if it were alive. The film elicits its scares out of what is not seen rather than what is, and Carpenter exploits that style perfectly. Vauge shapes move within the fog, while strange noises heard in the distance grow louder, and no one can say exactly what they are up against. THE FOG is one of Carpenter's earlier films and helped to establish his reputation as a master filmmaker.

Customer Reviews

A classic horror
The Fog is simply a classic horror film. I saw this in my childhood and it left a big impression on me. When watched today it appears a bit low budget, but nevertheless this is still a great movie.

The film is based around a small coastal town and a revenge mission from the darkness of time. There's a fair bit of violence here but I wouldn't consider The Fog to be a slasher movie like many of counterparts which followed in the 80s and 90s. Instead, this is a good old fashioned horror film with a story. Enjoy.

One of Carpenter's most atmospheric films
'The Fog' may be slow in parts and it's characters may be less interesting than his other films, but John Carpenter is on top form in terms of creating mood and tension.

From the outset, the film is set-up as a bedtime ghost story and the opening sequence with John Houseman is arguably the finest moment in the film and from Carpenter's whole career. As an old sailor tells his spooky tale to a bunch of kids, the camera pans over across the dark and silent bay and from here on in it's grim.

A ship of lepers are led into the rocks by the small town residents and decades later return to wreak revenge on the community, disguised by the fog in which they crashed. The basic story works for this type of old-school horror, but the film drags at times and many feel that the climax never really pays off. However, this is still a classic work from Carpenter in his heydey and still a damn site scarier than some of today's so-called horror films.

NOT TOO BAD
Starts well but like so many horror films, when you see what caused you to hide behind the sofa, you might prefer Eastenders.

The story is good and quite tense in places. Worth a watch but there's better of the genre to be seen.