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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Made in 1979 The Fog has never enjoyed the same favourable attention as its illustrious forerunner Halloween. The cast Adrienne Barbeau, Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hal Holbrook and B movie legend Tom Atkins really give this film its legs with good believable performances. There is also the additional treat of a John Houseman cameo at the start, which sets the scene for the yarn.
The revenge story about a group of lepers betrayed by the residents Antonio Bay and tricked out of their fortune is a juicey one. The locations and the pre CGI fog effects are vivid and realistic. The music by John Carpenter gives the proceedings a suitable sense of forboding as the little island is shrouded in the ghostly fog. I really like this film as it has many scenes that will make you jump and its a great one to watch on a cold winters night. The disc has an excellent Makin Of Featurette that fills in any questions us viewers may have. Its hard to believe its thirty years old now. So if you like creepy ghost stories without to much gore then you should give this a look. Its a million times better than the recent ghastly remake inexplicably made by John Carpenter a few years ago.
The revenge story about a group of lepers betrayed by the residents Antonio Bay and tricked out of their fortune is a juicey one. The locations and the pre CGI fog effects are vivid and realistic. The music by John Carpenter gives the proceedings a suitable sense of forboding as the little island is shrouded in the ghostly fog. I really like this film as it has many scenes that will make you jump and its a great one to watch on a cold winters night. The disc has an excellent Makin Of Featurette that fills in any questions us viewers may have. Its hard to believe its thirty years old now. So if you like creepy ghost stories without to much gore then you should give this a look. Its a million times better than the recent ghastly remake inexplicably made by John Carpenter a few years ago.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This was the first horror film I ever saw and continues to be one of my favourites. Living on the coast, I had always found the fog to be slighty eerie, and this film just confirmed what I had always known- there's something in the fog! The re-make loses most of the atmosphere that makes this a classic, so I hope that people reading this are ready for a real scare. The opening scene, with the old man telling the story to a group of children around a campfire, is one example of how the original is superior to the remake.The way the film is shot and how the music rests just on the edge of your subconcious is a masterpiece in editing, the acting is just cheesy enough to remind you that this is from the 70's without being ridiculous, and the vague shapes in the mist will stay in your mind for a long time. Even now, I hesitate when leaving the house when it is foggy. An amazing film, that taught me the meaning of fear.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
No weird effects, just John Carpenter's gift of making you use your own imagination to scare yourself. A mysterious fog, slowly but surely scared me more than Aliens or today's wild special effects. This is a classic.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
CHILLING
I have always loved this original version of the fog and still get chills everytime i watch it. The music is so scarey but you cant stop watching it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Catherine
Effective chiller
'The Fog' is an effective horror film that has often been overlooked by other Carpenter movies. The suspense builds up nicely with a very atmospheric opening with an old gentleman... Read more
Published 5 months ago by genre mania
Forgotten Classic
Of course I've seen this many times over the years, but I bought this DVD just recently (such a good price at Amazon), and last night with my wife and a good bottle of wine we... Read more
Published 12 months ago by A. W. Wilson
There is something in the Fog
Watched this yesterday evening. It upscales well on my Philips DVD player.
Remember that this was made way back in 1979 and it looks like it was made on a tight budget. Read more
Remember that this was made way back in 1979 and it looks like it was made on a tight budget. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Master1
Patchy but with flashes of genius
This is a scary movie that unfortunately has a lot of bits that don't quite work and some waffling from principal characters. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Richard Mann
Typical Carpenter
This was John Carpenter's follow-up to the highly successful Halloween, and it would always be a tough job to live up to what has become one of the greatest horror films of all... Read more
Published 16 months ago by S. Meadows
A Classic Ghost Story!
Antonio Bay, California has turned a hundred years old and getting ready to celebrate its centennial year. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Patrick M Cunningham
There's something in the fog!
There is something in the fog-a fun offering from John Carpenter-thanks John.This is a classc that doesn't really make a lot of sense-but who cares? Read more
Published 24 months ago by D. Laidlaw
Stay out of The Fog, warns Stevie Wayne, but I can't help going back...
One of the most watched films in my life. I loved this even if it wasn't what I expected as I was reading the James Herbert novel of the same name at the time. Read more
Published on 15 April 2010 by P. Smith
Not very good.
I don't know what all the 5-star reviews are about here.
First off,although the story is good, this is not scary or violent which is obviously a let-down for a horror/ghost... Read more
First off,although the story is good, this is not scary or violent which is obviously a let-down for a horror/ghost... Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2009 by JONESY
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