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Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hal Holbrook, Tom Atkins, Ty Mitchell
A Northern California fishing town, built 100 years ago over an old leper colony, is the target for revenge by a killer fog containing zombie-like ghosts seeking revenge for their deaths.
Id: 10904746
It may seem a little dated now but The Fog is still genuinely scary. I can't say I'm excited by the recent serge of Carpenter remakes though, tis' a sad time in cinema for horror films.
Good movie. Getting pretty dated now, but certainly still worth a watch if you like ghost stories. Much, much better than the remake, although that isn't saying much.
I've been on a campaign to watch all the Carpenter I haven't seen, and all the Carpenter I saw when I was little but it scared the crap out of me and I haven't watched it since. This movie falls in the later category.
Watching it today, I have a much higher "scare threshold" but ...( read more)
Hasn't aged that well, but still way better than the sorry ass excuse of remake.
Wonderfully atmospheric movie by John Carpenter about a cursed town visited by the dead who seek revenge when an eerie fog descends one night. Very creepy.
This movie takes to long to get going and its critical scenes aren't worth the wait. Watchable, but not one of Carpenter's best.
a good horror movie that's a bit dated now but the people in the fog are still creepy. entertaining
