Fog

Pros: A classic, old style ghost story.
Cons: The plot kind of just happens.

*cue catchy jingle* Thirteen days to Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. Thirteen days to Halloween - Silver Shamrocks! Welcome Boys and Ghouls to Month of the Living Dead, my thirteen day (and then some) tribute to that most wonderful of ...

Pros: Nice, tight old style ghost story.
Cons: The plot kind of just happens.

*cue catchy jingle* Thirteen days to Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. Thirteen days to Halloween - Silver Shamrocks! Welcome Boys and Ghouls to Month of the Living Dead, my thirteen day (and then some) tribute to that most wonderful of ...

Pros: great direction and cinematography, cool story and score, and a good performance from an ensemble cast
Cons: story has a few plot holes, watching it in pan and scan ruins the majesty of Carpenter and Cundey's visuals

The Fog: AVCO Embassy Pictures
Rating: USA: R/ UK: 15/ Australia: M

Following up the phenomenal (and completely unexpected) success of Halloween wasn’t going to be an easy feat for filmmaker John Carpenter...

Pros: Nice, tight old style ghost story.
Cons: The plot kind of just happens.

*cue catchy jingle* Thirteen days to Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. Thirteen days to Halloween - Silver Shamrocks! Welcome Boys and Ghouls to Month of the Living Dead, my thirteen day (and then some) tribute to that most wonderful of ...

Pros: Creepy and scary because of craft, not gimmick.
Cons: Somewhat simplistic. No hot hero.

The Fog (1980) Directed by John Carpenter. 11:55, almost midnight. Enough time for one more story. One more story before 12:00, just to keep us warm. In five minutes, it will be the 21st of April. One hundred years ago on the 21st of April, ...

Pros: JAMIE LEE CURTIS, ADRIENNE BARBEAU & JOHN CARPENTER'S MUSIC
Cons: NONE

INTRO:

This Movie was Written by, Directed by and has Music by “JOHN CARPENTER”. This is a follow up to his big hit horror film “HALLOWEEN”. He also has a Cameo as a Church Assistant named Bennett at the very beginning of the Movie....

Pros: Jolts, jumps and creeps.
Cons: If you like ghost stories, none.

Yeah, I'm a big sucker for John Carpenter. I love almost all of his movies. This is yet another in the 'I fell in love with this movie as a kid and I still do today' series I have. It's a simple and quite effective little horror movie that still stands...

Pros: Game performances, eerie atmosphere, Carpenter's artistic touch, special DVD edition.
Cons: Usual small town under siege, some unnecessary elements.

THE FOG is an Avco Embassy Pictures presentation and is rated R for horror, violence and language. The running time is 90 minutes, and it premiered theatrically October 8, 1980.

INTRODUCTION
Some were disappointed...

Pros: Suspense, characters and the setting
Cons: None

The Fog
Starring:Tom Atkins,Adrienne Barbeau,
Jamie lee Curtis, Hal Holbrook,and Janet Leigh

There are few horror movies that make me grit my teeth anymore, but The Fog did just that. The whole concept that there is...

Pros: Excellent DVD treatment of an above average John Carpenter film - efficient, atmospheric, and stylish.
Cons: Too many characters in the story, and not enough time to fully develop them.

The Fog
1979, directed by John Carpenter, released by MGM

Movie
This is John Carpenter's follow-up to the monstrously successful Halloween. With The Fog, Carpenter and Debra Hill have crafted a good...

Pros: Carpenter's score; fairly good pacing; spooky fog effects
Cons: Minor plot holes, but far fewer than in most horror films from 1980 onward

After the smash success of his 1978 horror/suspense classic HALLOWEEN, director John Carpenter, along with his producer Debra Hill, instead of exploiting that film's success with a sequel (for the time being, anyway), decided to make a ghost story. The re ...

Pros: The fog, the female DJ, the lighthouse, Antonio Bay
Cons: Hard to follow

I just loved that DJ's voice. Oh she just sent me over the edge. Sexy as all get out!

This movie is one that I like to watch on long winter nights, snuggled up with hot chocolate. It sounds like I think the movie is no big deal but I do think...

Pros: Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Adrienne Barbeau; Will give you the creeps.
Cons: Some giant loopholes; unavailable on DVD; I can't say I'm Tom Atkins' biggest fan.

Tired of watching the same old horror flicks of today? I agree. Most of the major releases are some of the most putrid ways of wasting your time blankly starring straight ahead. Granted, there are some brilliant horror movies released over the past...

Pros: Good Stuff!
Cons: Might not be gory enough for some

Adrienne Barbeau, stars, as the velvet voice of Antonio Bay's radio station. As Antonio Bay is reaching it's 100 celebration, strange things begin to happen.

This horror tale is about treachery, as a horde of pirates have been betrayed by...

Pros: scary, ghost pirates!, well-made
Cons: 80's clothes, hairstyles, sunglasses, ew...

You have to give credit where credit is due: John Carpenter and Deborah Hill make a perfect couple when it comes to writing, directing and producing an outstanding horror flick. Their original "Stab" began with Halloween, and pretty much ended...

Pros: Barbeau's sexy Stevie Wayne character, excellent supporting cast, great John Carpenter score, creepy settings
Cons: Low body count

"The Fog" is John Carpenter's worthy follow-up to his classic 1978 smash hit "Halloween". More ghost story than slasher flick, "The Fog" tells the tale of the spirits of a drowned leper colony who met their doom 100 years...

Pros: Director, Narration, Story, Background, Genre
Cons: Zombie, Puzzling, Villain, Symbolic

Hundred years ago, on April 21, the wealthy captain Blake bought the vessel Elizabeth Dane and carried the crew of friends to Antonio Bay, California. They targeted to build the town with gold. However, while steering cross fog, they were misguided by ...

Pros: Setting, acting, soundtrack, pretty much everything!
Cons: None

I think I'm stuck in the late 70's and early 80's. Today's horror flicks never seem, to me anyway, to capture the imagination and show creativity the way they did back then. Seems all directors are interested now adays is filling up the screen with CG ...

Pros: good anticipation, keeps you on the edge of your seat
Cons: Adrianne Barbeau as the DJ, not a very good part for her

Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis teams up with John Carpenter again to make an early eighties fright flick about a lethal group of undead pirates that lay siege to a small oceanside town to reclaim the gold that was stolen from them while they lived....

Pros: Setting provides eerie mood, suspense, jump out scares.
Cons: Some parts seem out of place and awkward, Jamie Lee Curtis character is pointless.

It is sad that this movie didn't get the recognition that "Halloween" got. "The Fog" I feel was more suspenseful, more entertaining, and has a better plot. It also has a better scare factor, because I like movies where things jump out, and this movie ...

Pros: Cleverly directed, good special effects
Cons: None, unless you're taking yourself seriously

Inheriting much of the cast and crew of the preceding "Assault on Precinct 13" and "Halloween," "The Fog" is probably the least of John Carpenter's early films, but it really shouldn't be overlooked. Carpenter stretched a $1 million budget pretty far and ...

Pros: fright factor,
Cons: special effects

If any of us watch films such as this one--you know, the ones from the early 80's and/or late 70's, we are quick to point out either the bad acting or horrible graphics. However, this one may make you look past each of those.
You are drawn into the...

Pros: great
Cons: great

Fog is one if my favorites movie I watched it many times, but how ever it is now few years since I seen it last time, and I would love to see it again. Maybe buy it or rent it. I have a lot of friends who like it too. This movie is one of the best of the...

Pros: Carpenter, Ghost Pirates (you didn't hear it from me) - The Priest is great.
Cons: Jamie Lee

I saw this movie a few years ago on TNT when I was just entering my Carpenter fan phase ( a phase i have not grown out of, I'm happy to say)

I was amazed at how such a hokey concept (a fog rolls in - people die) could be...

Pros: Elegant cinematography, superb score, superb direction
Cons: too rare until very recently

This was Carpenter's follow-up to his 1978 hit Halloween & retains Jamie Lee Curtis as the star. The film is basically an old-fashioned ghost yarn of the sea, involving avenging dead sailors and a screaming Jamie Lee. Add to this the acting talents of Hal Holbrook as a bottle-battling priest, Tom Atkins as the all-american hero & Janet Leigh as herself and we have a real winner. The best performance may have to go to the wonderful John Hausmann as the enchanting storyteller who gets the ball-rolling. It may not be better than Halloween but its a close call, having more in common with Carpenter's '76 claustrophobic cult-hit Assault on Precinct 13 than the film that started the slasher genre. Superb camerawork and a rattling score enshrine the movie as a classic for all time.

An under-rated and somewhat unappreciated movie which is well worth owning.

Pros: The fog is good. Real good.
Cons: As if.

All anyone kneeds to know is that Adriene Barboob is in it, along with a side of Hal Holbrook from Creepshow, ( a Romero Film). An absolutely terrifying movie. What happened to Carpenter? It used to be about ( I know this is cliche, and it is even more cliche saying it, but I'm listening to Slayer ) His ability to manipulate, decimate, confugulate, the audience with his abiltiy to scare people with what's not there. What the heck happened?