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Sunday, August 25, 2013

THE FOG 1980 (MGM)

A fantastic John Carpenter horror classic.

Adrienne Barbeau is a woman living with her son in a small California fishing village called Antonio Bay, which is celebrating it's 100th anniversary. On the day the town was founded however, a man plotted to kill a small group of lepers and steal their gold which he did.

Now, 100 years later the ghosts of these men come back to seek revenge and get their gold. They come back in a mysterious Fog that defies wind direction and is very cold. Hal Holbrook is the minister of the church who finds a diary about the murderous events, Jamie Lee Curtis is a young hitchhiker, Janet Leigh is the woman who put the celebration together.

The cast works very well together and Barbeau is a standout as the woman who runs a radio station and tries to warn people where the fog is headed..and she also looks damn sexy in a white nightgown!! The effects by Rob Bottin are top notch as always and the music tracks are used to perfection. The rest of the cast is rounded out by carpenter regulars including Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, and Nancy Loomis. Also look for George "Buck" Flowers and John Houseman.

This is the way horror films should be made and forget the crappy remake as it sucks as do almost all remakes. Highly recommended for any horror fan.

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