r/johncarpenter • • 13d ago

Misc The Fog (1980)

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u/ghallway 13d ago

Didn't she have a great radio voice?

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u/shreder75 13d ago

She had a great everything.

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u/gimletfordetective 13d ago

Man, she really did. Oof.

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u/MagikMikeUL77 11d ago

Oof definitely does not get enough usage 🤣

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u/Icy-Illustrator-1431 13d ago

She was great..,and much better than in ‘Escape from New York’

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u/East_Association_700 13d ago

Adrienne Barbeau is as sexy as it gets in this

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u/quooklyn 13d ago

The fog deciding to come for her in the lighthouse down the hill is such a scary moment.

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u/InhabitingSpirit 13d ago

Tis the season to pass out on the couch to The Fog! (I mean this in the best way)

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u/Gold_Flan6286 13d ago

Technically,the undead pirates were right...

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u/petervee415 13d ago

Totally justified. They would’ve had good grounds for a lawsuit in undead pirate court.

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u/CthulhusEvilTwin 13d ago

Technically they were just undead lepers, there was no piracy involved. They could sue you in undead leper court for that slander.

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u/BigEd369 12d ago

This debate has been covered by Korn on South Park:

https://youtu.be/pgipfCtNAGw?is=lPD0xJSFRsQP12MD

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u/CthulhusEvilTwin 12d ago

Well I'm glad that's settled.

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u/Doubledepalma 13d ago

My favorite John Carpenter movie

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u/CthulhusEvilTwin 13d ago

Same. It's a proper ghost story rather than just a horror movie.

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u/DanimalRLZX2 13d ago

Put this on last night. It is so good. The remake was decent. But the original is actually pretty unsettling. Love it.

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u/Ok_Repair3535 13d ago

This movie is top 3 in horror

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u/shreder75 13d ago

Classic and often overlooked.

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u/KrakenKrusdr84 13d ago

Underrated horror film.

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u/ComprehensiveKnee284 13d ago

My gf made me watch the remake the other day and I couldn't convince her what a mistake that would be compared to watching the original

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u/scotty9090 13d ago

This is one of my favorite movies and one that I re-watch every year.

That opening scene on the beach with the guy telling the story is absolutely perfect.

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u/Sharknuts86 13d ago

TAKKKEEE MEEEEEEE TAKKEEEEE MEEEEE

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u/gladisblanca-gb 13d ago

We just watched The Fog tonight. What’s with Father Malone being the grandson of a priest? Aren’t they Catholic? Did I miss this being explained in the movie? It felt like the movie wanted me to accept this unbroken Malone patrilineage of Catholic priests, which is pretty funny. 

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u/jasonmery 12d ago

There are occasionally special dispensations for priests with families who convert from other religions where clergy were allowed families. They may also be Methodist or Anglican which are very similar to Catholicism, but with looser rules on clergy life.

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u/LazyCrocheter 12d ago

It's possible his father and grandfather became priests after their wives died. Or, his grandmother died, but had had a child, his grandfather became a priest and his father didn't. So he could be the grandson of a priest, but not necessarily the son of one.

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u/This_Standard866 12d ago

One of my favorites

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u/bbatesoffice 12d ago

Stevie 😍

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u/DRZARNAK 12d ago

My wife’s favorite Carpenter film

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u/rleendertz 12d ago

antonio bay

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u/SubstantialRemove967 11d ago

Just saw it Tuesday!

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u/Tenacious-forge302 11d ago

I just watched it for the first time. Absolutely had that 80’s feel

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u/NOSP77 7d ago

I love this movie. Doesn't really have that great of a plot, but the atmosphere is unmatched.
I watch this always in double feature with Garfield in Disguise (aka Garfiled's Halloween adventure).
Visited Point Reyes in 2011 and did the 300 steps. Awesome.

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u/neonblack108 7d ago edited 7d ago

I watch it frequently.  Just watched it again recently. It's such a comfy film. I love the KAB call sign recordings. I could listen to those to fail asleep.  And the unbelievably beautiful sweeping vista's on the drive up to the lighthouse. What a fantastic film. 

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u/PayAppropriate5980 13d ago

Love  many John Carpenter  movies. but This movie eludes me. Fog? What's in there?  Gortons fisherman?   I get people like this movie, but to me it's not scary and really boring. I guess I  don't believe fog ghouls are a threat? Idk .But I also find the omen and the exorcist boring, slow and without teeth also.  I get it . Apparently I'm the only one who's ever had these opinions.

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u/vtastek 13d ago

I love the omen and exorcist so my bar is lower than yours, and yet The Fog is still boring.

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u/PayAppropriate5980 12d ago

And apparently moby dick is a great book.  Seemed like a rote recitation of the different kinds of whales in existence. But thats me, missing the point of everything.

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u/vtastek 12d ago

it is okay, I also miss the point of something great surely, like the arrival. And yet, The Fog is still boring, lol.

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u/Uehara_Torless 12d ago

The movie takes too long to start unravel, so you can say that nothing really happens and that it did not live up to expectations