{"id":1216,"date":"2006-07-05T17:56:17","date_gmt":"2006-07-06T00:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2021-01-17T02:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T09:01:28","slug":"fog-the-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1216","title":{"rendered":"Fog, The (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s something in the fog!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Poster-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Poster-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Poster.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs a small coastal town celebrates its 100th birthday, a killer fog rolls in which contains the ghosts of vengeful sailors.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ghosts<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Janet Leigh Films<\/li>\n<li>John Carpenter Films<\/li>\n<li>Radio<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nPeary notes that the &#8220;first half&#8221; of this horror flick &#8212; about a &#8220;mysterious fog [which] rolls in&#8221; to &#8220;a small seaside town&#8230; contain[ing] the ghosts of the sailors for whose murders the town was founded&#8221; &#8212; is &#8220;terrifically atmospheric, at times almost poetic&#8221;. He points out that writer-director John Carpenter &#8220;deftly juxtaposes several storylines&#8230; and presents several characters we care for&#8221;. However, he argues that while &#8220;Carpenter builds the suspense to a high level&#8221;, the film eventually &#8220;deteriorates into conventional and too brutal horror fare&#8221;. Nonetheless, the rolling fog of the film is effectively spooky, and thus makes it enjoyable to watch from a purely cinematic perspective. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adrienne Barbeau as the &#8220;cool-talking deejay&#8221; who tries to warn the town through her radio messages<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Barbeau.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Barbeau-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Barbeau-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Barbeau-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Barbeau-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Barbeau-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Barbeau-1536x834.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Barbeau.png 1715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effectively eerie cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Cinematography1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Cinematography1-1024x519.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"324\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Cinematography1-1024x519.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Cinematography1-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Cinematography1-128x65.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Cinematography1-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Cinematography1-1536x779.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Fog-Cinematography1.png 1737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, once, simply to see Carpenter&#8217;s follow-up to his wildly successful debut film <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38015\"><em>Halloween<\/em> (1978)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0080749\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-fog-1980\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s574fog.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moria.co.nz\/horror\/fog.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s something in the fog!&#8221; Synopsis: As a small coastal town celebrates its 100th birthday, a killer fog rolls in which contains the ghosts of vengeful sailors. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Ghosts Horror Janet Leigh Films John Carpenter Films Radio Revenge Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary notes that the &#8220;first half&#8221; of this horror flick &#8212; about a &#8220;mysterious fog [which] rolls in&#8221; to &#8220;a small seaside town&#8230; contain[ing] the ghosts of the sailors for whose murders the town&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1216\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63878,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions\/63878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}