The Fog Review

Review of The Fog (1980) by screenqueeen: 👍 3.5/5

HE HAS RISEN: CARPEASTER 1.0 DAY 13 OF 13

This along with PRECINCT 13 has the stamp of a very ambitious director. I'd argue further that this has a much more broad variety of (great) character performances, showing Carpenter's desire to tell less of a story from the point of view of an individual main character and more from a group or community's perspective.

He nails his Stephen King vibe from the outset and carries it through with grace, shuffling from character to character, giving us the pieces of their stories and letting them work together to figure out what's going on. Which is great but it works a little too well for me.

Even though the community of Antonio Bay is definitely a small one everyone manages to share information with each other about the fog and its ghosts. No one skips a beat or challenges anyone about if what that person is seeing and hearing is real-- this movie does start on the night of April 20th, after all...