The Fog (1980)
Starring...Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh
Director...John Carpenter
Format...DVD
Rating...* * * * *
Plot...It's the centennial celebration for fishing community Antonio Bay. One-hundred years ago tonight the towns founding fathers betrayed and murdered a leper colony but now they've returned cloaked in a fog seeking vengeance.
Thoughts...Horror master John Carpenter injects the bulk of The Fog with a truly chilling atmosphere of terror and desperation. The creep factor is modified by a long list of talented genre veteran actors, many of which were frequent collaborators of the director. DP Dean Cundey frames the action wonderfully giving many of the attacks a nicely claustrophobic feel. The frosting of this delicious cake is yet another simple but massively effective Carpenter score.
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