One hundred years after it's founding, a small town on the California coast is getting ready to celebrate their anniversary. On this foggy night their town is overrun with zombie-like ghosts seeking revenge. How will they handle the town's sordid secrets? Better yet, how will they handle what's coming for them in The Fog.

I'll be honest with all of you. Before three months ago I had no idea this film existed. Everyone and their mother knows about Halloween, John Carpenter's first project. But not everyone knows about the other films in the early eighties by Carpenter. I'm just starting to take notice and so far I like what I see. I particularly enjoyed the plot to this film. The idea of a killer fog was goofy before I saw the film but now I like it a lot.

This movie brings a great cast together for some wonderful storytelling. You will be able to recognize a good portion of this cast including the mother-daughter combo of Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh. Also one of my personal favorites and the source of many a childhood fantasy, Adrienne Barbeau.

The effects of the slow moving fog was well done. The fog did so much to build the tension and suspense in many of the film's pivotal scenes. It wasn't cheesy looking nor did it form any evil shapes, something I fear might happen in the upcoming remake with CGI. There is an interesting documentary on the DVD that lets everyone in on some of the fog effects.

There is one thing I would have liked to have seen done differently. I would have preferred a better look at the ghosts/spirits that accompanied the fog. There was one quick shot with good lighting on a ghost with worms but I feel like they could have done more.

Overall, I've been impressed with Carpenter's early works. Although I would not put this up there with Halloween or The Thing, it is a very entertaining movie.

7 out of 10 eye-gouged corpses

I'll have to respectfully disagree. I would definitely say The Fog is right up there with Halloween and The Thing. I love this movie so much. I love the line Tom Atkins gives Jamie Lee after they’ve had sex. I love how Jamie Lee wasn’t the Virginal Final Girl. She got to sex it up in this one and I’m glad Carpenter didn’t keep her as the same old goody-goody character she had already been.

The actual fog was great. So many movies rely on fog for atmosphere and do such a bad job of putting it onscreen. There are a lot of movies out there where the fog sort of comes shooting out from the side of the screen in copious amounts, not here. I don’t know anything about the intricacies of fog blowing (ha ha shaddup) but whatever they are, they did them right.

The door banging ghouls are creepy as hell and the way they show up all quiet is so spooky. The back story is well crafted and the ending is great.

I give The Fog 9 out of 10 hammering BOOM BOOM BOOMS.