The Fog (1980)

Director:

John Carpenter

Writers:

John Carpenter (written by) &
Debra Hill (written by)
(más)

Release Date:

8 febrero 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Frase comercial:

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

Plot:

A Northern California fishing town, built 100 years ago over an old leper colony, is the target for revenge by a killer fog containing zombie-like ghosts seeking revenge for their deaths.

Plot Keywords:

Campfire Story | Ghoul | Storytelling | Electronic Music Score | Young Boy

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A film that is truly terrifying?!? …It exists and it's named `the Fog'

Cast

Adrienne Barbeau	...	Stevie Wayne
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Elizabeth Solley
Janet Leigh	...	Kathy Williams
John Houseman	...	Mr. Machen
Tom Atkins	...	Nick Castle
James Canning	...	Dick Baxter
Charles Cyphers	...	Dan O'Bannon
Nancy Kyes	...	Sandy Fadel (as Nancy Loomis)
Ty Mitchell	...	Andy Wayne
Hal Holbrook	...	Father Robert Malone
John F. Goff	...	Al Williams (as John Goff)
George 'Buck' Flower	...	Tommy Wallace
Regina Waldon	...	Mrs. Kobritz
Jim Haynie	...	Hank Jones
Darrow Igus	...	Mel Sloan
John Vick	...	Sheriff David Simms
Jim Jacobus	...	Mayor
Fred Franklyn	...	Ashcroft
Ric Moreno	...	Ghost
Lee Socks	...	Ghost
Tommy Lee Wallace	...	Ghost (as Tommy Wallace)
Bill Taylor	...	Bartender
Rob Bottin	...	Captain Blake
Charles Nicklin	...	Blake's Voice (voice)
Darwin Joston	...	Dr. Phibes
Laurie Arent	...	Child
Lindsey Arent	...	Child
Shari Jacoby	...	Child
Christopher Cundey	...	Child
John Strobel	...	Grocery Store Clerk
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
John Carpenter	...	Bennett (uncredited)
Debra Hill	...	Extra in Benediction scene (uncredited)

Dirigida por
John Carpenter

Créditos del guión
John Carpenter		(written by) &
Debra Hill		(written by)
Edgar Allan Poe		quotation (uncredited)

Producida por
Barry Bernardi	....	associate producer
Charles B. Bloch	....	executive producer
Pegi Brotman	....	associate producer
Debra Hill	....	producer

Música original por
John Carpenter

Fotografía por
Dean Cundey		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Charles Bornstein
Tommy Lee Wallace

Diseño de producción por
Tommy Lee Wallace

Dirección artística
Craig Stearns

Diseño de vestuario por
Stephen Loomis		(as Steven Loomis)
Bill Whitten

Departamento de maquillaje
Rob Bottin	....	special makeup effects
Tina Cassady	....	hair stylist
Steve Johnson	....	special makeup effects assistant
Dante Palmiere	....	makeup artist
Edward Ternes	....	makeup artist
Erica Ulland	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Don Behrns	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Larry J. Franco	....	first assistant director
James van Wyck	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Kathleen Hughes	....	property master
Charles Moore	....	assistant art director
Randy Moore	....	assistant art director (as Charles Moore)

Departamento de sonido
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Gregg Barbanell	....	supervising sound editor
Joseph F. Brennan	....	boom operator (as Joe Brennan)
Craig Felburg	....	sound mixer
Ron Horwitz	....	supervising sound editor
Bob Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bob Newlan	....	assistant sound editor
Frank Serafine	....	special sound effects
William L. Stevenson	....	sound designer
Richard Tyler	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dick Tyler)
Elliot Tyson	....	foley mixer
Ray West	....	sound re-recording mixer

Efectos especiales
Richard Albain	....	special effects (as Richard Albain Jr.)
James F. Liles	....	special photographic effects

Especialistas
James Winburn	....	stunt driver
Mags Kavanaugh	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Scott Buttfield	....	electrician
Tim Doughten	....	grip
Steve Fierberg	....	electrician
Kim Gottlieb	....	still photographer
Ben Haller	....	key grip
Steve Mathis	....	best boy electric
Dave Michels	....	grip
Krishna Rao	....	assistant camera
Dylan Shepherd	....	best boy
Raymond Stella	....	camera operator
Raymond Stella	....	photography: second unit
Stephen St. John	....	assistant camera
Mark Walthour	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Richard Bloore	....	wardrobe master

Editorial Department
Joe Woo Jr.	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jim Cypherd	....	music mixer
Bob Walters	....	music coordinator
Dan Wyman	....	orchestrator

Otros miembros del equipo
Donald P. Borchers	....	production accountant
Rob Bottin	....	ghost effects
Dean Cundey	....	ghost effects
Mary Francis Flynn	....	production assistant
Alexandra Hawler	....	production assistant
Burke Mattsson	....	title designer
Steve McMillian	....	production assistant
Ed Pine	....	unit publicist
Jeanne Rosenberg	....	script supervisor
Katy Sweet	....	unit publicist
Dan Wyman	....	electronic realization
Randy Zook	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• AVCO Embassy Pictures
• EDI

Distributors

• AVCO Embassy Pictures (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• Astral Films (1980) (Canada) (theatrical)
• BMG Video (1997) (UK) (VHS)
• Best Buy Movie GmbH (BBM) (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
• Entertainment Worldwide Inc. (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• Globo Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Momentum Pictures (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Tobis (1980) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (HD-DVD)

Other Companies

• Sonoton Musik-Verlag  music
• Workroom 27  costume design

También conocida como:

John Carpenter's The Fog (USA) (complete title)
Niebla, La (Spain) [es]

Duración:

89 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Canada:AA (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (re-rating) (2002) | West Germany:16 (f) | Denmark:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Altadena, California, USA

Company:

AVCO Embassy Pictures

Trivialidades:

Dr. Phibes, the name of the coroner played by Darwin Joston, is an in-joke reference to Dr. Anton Phibes, the character played by Vincent Price in the horror film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and its sequel Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Stevie hears the driftwood speak in her studio, it is 5:35. When it bursts into flames and she starts to put the fire out, it is 5:40. When she is done, it is 5:35 again.

Quotes:

[Dr. Phibes is recording his examination of Dick Baxter's body]
Dr. Phibes: Evidence of deep penetrating wounds into each ocular orbit, entering into the cranial cavity. Also jagged lacerations to the face. The right area of his throat has been crushed. Thorax has been crushed and the lungs are filled with fluid.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Killing birds - uccelli assassini (1987)

A film that is truly terrifying?!? …It exists and it's named `the Fog'

A solid, powerful story…slowly developing and photographed with a unique sense for tension. THAT is `The Fog'. This story will leave a big impression on you and it's easily John Carpenter's best and most effective horror film. His most underrated as well, since people always refer to `Halloween' and `The Thing' when listing his best accomplishments as a director. Personally, I think The Fog is much more haunting and fascinating than these two, and it's one of the very few films that still scares me after all these years. Uniquely set in a small coast-town called Antonio Bay, where the inhabitants are preparing the celebrations for the town's hundredth anniversary. Only, they do not know that the genesis of their town went together with a devilish conspiracy, resulting in the unfortunate death of many seamen. These doomed victims rise again now, suddenly appearing from mysterious fogbanks that come from the ocean. If you're – like me - a sucker for ghostly myths set in abandoned surrounding, The Fog will be one of your most satisfying purchases ever. Carpenter brilliantly builds up an unbearable tension through simple methods, like long shots of an isolated countryside and a chilling musical score (not as famous as his `Halloween' score but equally effective). The bloodshed and images of cold-hearted monsters are kept to a minimum in order to leave it up to your own imagination. And for once, this actually works! The detailed sequences in which the town gets surrounded by an inescapable fog is more than horrific enough. Forget about all the overblown, big-budgeted and so-called `horrifying' films… This little, overlooked production scares the hell out of people since more than 20 years already. And it'll keep on doing so for yet another very long time!