The Fog poster
Director John Carpenter
Screenplay John Carpenter, Debra Hill

The Fog

Horror1980

Tagline: What you can't see won't hurt you...it'll kill you!

Release Date: 1980-02-07

Duration: 90 minutes

Synopsis

Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

Casting

  • Jamie Lee Curtis
    Elizabeth Solley
  • Adrienne Barbeau
    Stevie Wayne
  • John Carpenter
    Bennett
  • Janet Leigh
    Kathy Williams
  • Tom Atkins
    Nick Castle
  • Hal Holbrook
    Father Malone
  • Nancy Kyes
    Sandy Fadel
  • Jim Haynie
    Dockmaster
  • Charles Cyphers
    Dan O'Bannon
  • John F. Goff
    Al Williams