The Fog is a 1980 horror movie directed by John Carpenter, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music of the film. It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins and Janet Leigh. It was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures. The movie is a ghost story involving mysterious events, including gruesome murders, which accompany a strange, glowing fog that spreads over land and sea.
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The Fog is a 1980 horror movie directed by John Carpenter, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music of the film. It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins and Janet Leigh. It was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures. The movie is a ghost story involving mysterious events, including gruesome murders, which accompany a strange, glowing fog that spreads over land and sea.
Writer and director John Carpenter was not happy with the first cut of the film, and subsequently added several new scenes and re-shot others. Approximately one-third of the finished film is composed of re-shot footage. The film has received positive reviews, with a 69% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and was a commercial success. The film inspired a 2005 remake, also called The Fog.
Set in a Northern California fishing town called Antonio Bay (real location Bolinas, California, Inverness, California, Point Reyes lighthouse, Point Reyes Station, and the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in...
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