The Fog Reviews

I've never been a huge fan of this, it's basically a kids horror movie (Pirate leper Ghoulies) but it's too slow and probably too scary to actually be watched by kids. The more you re-assess Carpenter's back catalogue the more you have to wonder if he did actually only ever make one good film.

The Fog is not a perfect movie, but as horror movies go, it is very memorable and very entertaining. All of the acting is good, the effects are great, and the death sequences are very mysterious and creepy. For any horror fan, this is definitely recommended.

Love this movie, one of my favorites in the horror genre. Creepy and atmospheric, and a total classic ghost story. Plus so much more. "The Fog" is a must-see for true, classic horror fans. Check it out.

Nice campy old film, great fun

Creepy atmosphere and subtle chills are this film's strength as well as including Carpenter regulars such as Tom Atkins and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film's story is very interesting but they never fully explain it and the killings come off as random. The poster is basically the scariest/most memorable thing about the film.

the music really makes this movie great

Not scary in the slightest.

I really liked the cast and the atmosphere the film set up, but they really don't explain anything. And the movie doesn't really have a true ending either. I've seen it many times and it's grown on me some, but I have never felt its the classic everyone claims it is.

Standard 1970s-80s horror.

This isn't as gory as some of John Carpenter's other movies, but the plot is still logical and the the tone is creepy.

It took a while to get into it.

A must-see horror classic. Fun, scary and spine chilling this is a masterpiece of the genre.

Although not really considered among Carpenter's classics, "The Fog" is a stylish, creepy ghost story that really works for me. It has a fantastic soundtrack, too. That's just a bonus.

Farfetched and kind of melodramatic and gimmicky. Not one of Carpenter's better pictures.

BOO! Lame, cheesy 'horror' movie. Shouldn't of been rated R. Shouldn't of been made.

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."
Edgar Allen Poe
Deadly ghosts of murdered lepers come out of fog banks to terrorize the small Northern California town Antonio Bay(Point Reyes). Adrienne Barbeau stars as a radio jockey(Stevie Wayne) with a son that is told a "ghost" story of what essentially transpires by the late/great John Housemen who portrays a grizzled old salt(Machen) . This sets the mood for the film perfectly with his unique voice tone. John Carpenter's brilliant soundtrack work enhances the eerie premise as well. His cameo as assistant to Father Malone(Hal Holbrook) is silly, but I wouldn't put it past him to intentionally be bad for a certain effect. Regardless, he's one hell of a great horror filmmaker and cool guy.
And hey, we even get the scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis in this one.

this was even worse than They Live, i don't understand why Carpenter is praised so, he made a couple good flicks Halloween and The Thing, so far everything else i've seen is just terrible.

a movie about pissed off asshole undead ghost people.

Begins and ends well but nearly gets lost in between, which is to say it's your typical John Carpenter film. Visual style triumphs over a weak plot to deliver a genuinely spooky tale with the occasional silliness you might expect from a good ghost story. Besides, to paraphrase Roger Ebert, if you're watching a horror movie, you probably don't care much about plot in the first place. Kudos to Carpenter and DP Dean Cundey for once again delivering such a polished visual style on a low-budget.

The movie has a short time-running and yet a long plot. The movie is strangely scary and yet not many people liked this film nor even watched it. This is my review of John Carpenter's The Fog (1980) starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Hal Holbrook and Janet Leigh. The story is about the town of Antonio Bay, re-built on top it's old town after it's locals died in a shipwreck 100 years ago. Now it is the 100th anniversary of Antonio Bay and the people who have died on that disaster are back as zombie-like ghosts wiping out the new locals by the fog. Can owner and operator of local radio station Stevie Wayne played by Adrienne Barbeau warn the new locals to stay completely locked in their houses at the same time to keep her son safe or will the vengeful spirits take over Antonio Bay after the incident? This movie is belongs to those group of movies known as the non-blood and gore horror movie club. It started within the 1970s when the exploitation era began and everyone though blood and guts was what was scary and ever since then, everyone started using that technique especially in the torture porn era in the 2000s especially and forgot about the good story writing and the.remaining good movies that didn't do any of these formed a rare club known as the non-blood and gore horror movie club as I'd like to call it. The movie was surprisingly good, It's the third best ghost movie I have seen so far, I really liked the ending which was pretty epic and the movie itself was pretty dark and spooky for a ghost movie. The Fog (1980) gets a weak 10/10.