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Director:
John Carpenter
Writers:
John Carpenter (written by) and
Debra Hill (written by)
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Release Date:
8 February 1980 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Horror See more »
Tagline:
What you can't see won't hurt you... it'll kill you! See more »
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. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
(170 articles)
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User Reviews:
The Fog Keeps Rolling! See more (286 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

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

Hal Holbrook ... Father Malone
John F. Goff ... Al Williams (as John Goff)

George 'Buck' Flower ... Tommy Wallace
Regina Waldon ... Mrs. Kobritz

Jim Haynie ... Dockmaster
Darrow Igus ... Mel
John Vick ... Sheriff Simms (as John Vic)
Jim Jacobus ... Mayor (as Jay Jacobs)
Fred Franklyn ... Ashcroft
Ric Moreno ... Ghost
Lee Socks ... Ghost (as Lee Sacks)
Tommy Lee Wallace ... Ghost (as Tommy Wallace)
Bill Taylor ... Bartender
Rob Bottin ... Blake
Charles Nicklin ... Blake (voice)

Darwin Joston ... Dr. Phibes
Laurie Arent ... Child
Lindsey Arent ... Child
Shari Jacoby ... Child
Christopher Cundey ... Child
John Strobel ... Grocery Clerk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

John Carpenter ... Bennett (uncredited)
Debra Hill ... Extra (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Carpenter 
 
Writing credits
John Carpenter (written by) and
Debra Hill (written by)

Edgar Allan Poe  quotation (uncredited)

Produced by
Barry Bernardi .... associate producer
Charles B. Bloch .... executive producer
Pegi Brotman .... associate producer
Debra Hill .... producer
 
Original Music by
John Carpenter 
 
Cinematography by
Dean Cundey (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Charles Bornstein 
Tommy Lee Wallace 
 
Production Design by
Tommy Lee Wallace 
 
Art Direction by
Craig Stearns 
 
Costume Design by
Stephen Loomis  (as Steven Loomis)
Bill Whitten 
 
Makeup Department
Rob Bottin .... special makeup
Tina Cassady .... hair stylist
Dante Palmiere .... makeup artist
Edward Ternes .... makeup artist (as Ed Ternes)
Erica Ueland .... makeup artist
Steve Johnson .... special makeup effects assistant (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Don Behrns .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Larry J. Franco .... first assistant director
James van Wyck .... second assistant director (as James Van Wyck)
 
Art Department
Kathleen Hughes .... props
Randy Moore .... assistant art director (as Charles R. Moore)
 
Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell .... foley artist
Gregg Barbanell .... supervising sound editor
Joseph F. Brennan .... boom operator (as Joe Brennan)
Ken Dufva .... foley artist
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: Stevensound Inc. (as William Stevenson)
Richard Tyler .... sound re-recording mixer (as Dick Tyler)
Elliot Tyson .... foley mixer
Ray West .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Special Effects by
Richard Albain .... special effects: A. & A. Special Effects (as Richard Albain Jr.)
Rob Bottin .... effects: Blake
Dean Cundey .... effects: Blake
 
Visual Effects by
James F. Liles .... special photographic effects
 
Stunts
James Winburn .... stunt driver (as James Windburn)
Mags Kavanaugh .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Scott Buttfield .... electrician (as Scott Butfield)
Tim Doughten .... grip
Steven Fierberg .... electrician (as Steve Fierberg)
Kim Gottlieb .... still photographer
Ben Haller .... key grip
Steve Mathis .... best boy electric
David Michels .... grip (as Dave Michels)
Krishna Rao .... second assistant camera
Dylan Shephard .... best boy (as Dylan Shepherd)
Stephen St. John .... first assistant camera (as Steve St. John)
Raymond Stella .... camera operator
Raymond Stella .... director of photography: second unit
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 (as Bob Walter)
Dan Wyman .... electronic orchestrator
 
Other crew
Donald P. Borchers .... production accountant (as Don Borchers)
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
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"John Carpenter's The Fog" - USA (complete title)
"La niebla" - Mexico, Peru (imdb display title), Spain
"Dimman" - Finland (Swedish title) (imdb display title), Sweden
"A Bruma Assassina" - Brazil
"A köd" - Hungary
"Der Nebel des Grauens" - Germany (video title)
"Fog" - Italy
"Fog" - France
"I omihli" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"La Niebla" - Argentina (imdb display title)
"Le brouillard" - Canada (French title)
"Magla" - Croatia (DVD title)
"Magla" - Serbia
"Megla" - Slovenia (imdb display title)
"Mgla" - Poland
"O Nevoeiro" - Portugal
"Sis" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Tågen" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"Tåken" - Norway
"The Fog" - Italy (DVD title)
"The Fog - Nebel des Grauens" - West Germany
"Usva" - Finland
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Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (re-rating) (2002) | Iceland:16 | West Germany:16 (f) | Denmark:15 | USA:R (Approved No. 25792) | Netherlands:16 | Italy:T | Spain:12 (re-rating) (2010) | Spain:13 (original rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Canada:PG (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Altadena, California, USASee more »
Company:
AVCO Embassy PicturesSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
As Stevie calls out the progress of the fog through town over the radio, she mentions Russelville road and Smallhouse road. These are two prominent streets in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where John Carpenter spent time growing up.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: When Andy Wayne finds the piece of wood in the surf on the rocks it is soaking wet but when he picks it up and takes it away it is bone dry.See more »
Quotes:
Father Malone:[reading from Patrick Malone's journal] "December 9: Met with Blake this evening for the first time. He stood in the shadows to prevent me from getting a clear look at his face. What a vile disease this is. He is a rich man with a cursed condition, but this does not prevent him from trying to better his situation and that of his comrades at the colony...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Backstory: Halloween" (2002)See more »

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17 out of 19 people found the following review useful.
The Fog Keeps Rolling!, 11 February 2006
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from United States

"Scary then and still scary now." That's what a lot of people say about this movie, and I have no argument against that. I'm not particularly a fan of "ghost stories" but this is well done and still looks good, which is why they keep coming out with DVDs on this film and a recent re-make. It's a classic.

Unfortunately, the re-make didn't have the cast this film had. Ladies go first in this "original" with Adrienne Barbeau in the lead as "Stevie Wayne," a small- town disc-jockey whose studio is a lighthouse. "Wayne" has a sexy voice that complements the story and adds a nice touch to it. Then there's the real life mother-daughter duo of Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis. The male lead is played by someone I am not familiar with, Charles Cyphers, but he does a fine job. John Houseman gets good billing here but he's only in the film the first three minutes!

The "star" of this film, however, is the silvery, luminescent fog....a special-effect that was eerie 25 years ago and still has that effect. The films only lasts 90 minutes to the story zips by, the violence is effective but not overdone and the suspense is terrific. The only annoying aspect of the film is the typically-weird theology mumbo-jumbo with another weak priest (Hal Holbrook, in this case) shown. Hollywood loves showing priests who are pathetic. The rest of the movie is fun to watch.

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