![]() Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the towns founding radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life Rev. Forget about all the overblown, big-budgeted and so-called `horrifying' films This little, overlooked production scares the hell out of people since more than 20 years already. Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. And for once, this actually works! The detailed sequences in which the town gets surrounded by an inescapable fog is more than horrific enough. The bloodshed and images of cold-hearted monsters are kept to a minimum in order to leave it up to your own imagination. Carpenter brilliantly builds up an unbearable tension through simple methods, like long shots of an isolated countryside and a chilling musical score (not as famous as his `Halloween' score but equally effective). ![]() If you're like me - a sucker for ghostly myths set in abandoned surrounding, The Fog will be one of your most satisfying purchases ever. These doomed victims rise again now, suddenly appearing from mysterious fogbanks that come from the ocean. Only, they do not know that the genesis of their town went together with a devilish conspiracy, resulting in the unfortunate death of many seamen. Soundtrack from the 1980, John Carpenter film, 'The Fog,' with Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Tom Atkins, James Canning, Cha. Uniquely set in a small coast-town called Antonio Bay, where the inhabitants are preparing the celebrations for the town's hundredth anniversary. A terrifying group of ghosts arrive in a small town enveloped in a thick fog, uncovering a dark secret about the towns founders. Personally, I think The Fog is much more haunting and fascinating than these two, and it's one of the very few films that still scares me after all these years. His most underrated as well, since people always refer to `Halloween' and `The Thing' when listing his best accomplishments as a director. This story will leave a big impression on you and it's easily John Carpenter's best and most effective horror film. A solid, powerful story slowly developing and photographed with a unique sense for tension.
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