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Features: Special Edition, Remastered, DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Mono Audio, English, Spanish, Subtitled, French
The Fog brings with it the souls of the dammed. Fog is nothing new to the quaint seaside village of Antonio Bay. But on the night of its 100th anniversary, a fogbank rolls in unlike any other. Eerie lights, dark figures, and the masts of an ancient schooner appear in the swirling mists, and soon the specters of long-murdered sailors descend upon the town. Using knife, hook and sword, they exact revenge for sins committed by the town's founding fathers, leaving horrified survivors struggling to solve a hundred-year crime. And they must solve it - or die. Starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Houseman, Janet Leigh and Hal Holbrook. John Carpenter's The Fog is classic horror at its terrifying best.
"A tale of nocturnal terror!" Film Journal
Editor's Note
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. Vague 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.
Plot Summary
As Antonio Bay celebrates its 100th anniversary, an old tale of a shipwreck comes horrifyingly real as its victims come out of the thick fog wreaking revenge on the inhabitants of the small town.
| Features | Advertising Gallery | | Audio Commentary | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital Mono | | Interactive Menus | | New Documentary | | Original 1980 Documentary | | Outtakes | | Scene Selection | | Storyboard-to-Film Comparison | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 9/9/2008 |
| Running Time: 90 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1979 | | Catalog ID: 12482 | | UPC: 00027616124821 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...[A] well-made suspenser....John Carpenter demonstrates he has a finger right on the pulse of today's film-going public..." 01/16/1980Sight and Sound
"[D]ensely atmospheric....Carpenter evokes a real sense of menace..." 10/01/2004 p.76-7 Uncut
"[A] classic supernatural thriller....Masterful." 11/01/2004 p.160 Chicago Sun-Times 4 of 10
The movie's made with style and energy, but it needs a better villain. And it also needs a slightly more plausible plot. We don't really care about the logic of the plot in horror movies, of course, but there has to be some plausibility, just so we know what the rules are. Carpenter's fog - which contains the ghosts of murdered sailors - is too unpredictable. When it rolls in, it's likely to kill anyone, no matter whether or not their ancestors were responsible for killing the sailors 100 years ago. - Roger Ebert
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