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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  The Fog (1980)
John Carpenter's ghostly masterpiece is an exercise in creating and sustaining terror.
From Adrienne Barbeau's terrific performance as DJ Stevee Wayne whose sensual tones ease you into the film before becoming more frantic as events unfold, to Carpenter's eerie, rumbling score, and then there's that spooky campfire tale told by old Mr. Machen on the stroke of midnight of the 21st April (I fine tuned this viewing so it began at 11.55pm on the 21st April, then bloomin' realised i should have begun 24 hours earlier  ) which immediately draws you into the terrifying possibilities of what is to come.
A fine cast, primitive but great effects and some of the best widescreen 2.35 : 1 photography in horror cinema culminate in one of the best horror films ever! |
This film is secretly becoming my fave JC movie (previously it was joint The Thing & ITMOM), maybe I just like traditional tales, maybe I'm getting old, maybe both. Masterpiece 10/10