John Carpenters follow-up to "Halloween". That's a tough act to follow and I felt that this movie just didn't live up to it. Not that I'm saying this movie is bad, far from it. This movie, which I bought for watching on Halloween one year surprised me for how good it actually was.
The acting in parts, along with the dialogue got on my nerves as to the poor quality at times, but the camera work and lighting made up for the low points. One last gripe is the character of the radio DJ Adrienne Barbeau (Stevie Wayne). Whenever she was on the "airwaves" I lost interest in the movie. The shots of the fog rolling through the town and the barely visible ghosts heighten the tension of the movie. The fog is a life-force onto itself which you don't want to go near it if you see it. All in all, "The Fog" was a successful movie for me but it would have been better if the backstory would have been fleshed out a bit more, and if the script were a bit more polished. See this film if you'd like a good scare and allow me to pass on a kernel of information...don't go into the fog!
The acting in parts, along with the dialogue got on my nerves as to the poor quality at times, but the camera work and lighting made up for the low points. One last gripe is the character of the radio DJ Adrienne Barbeau (Stevie Wayne). Whenever she was on the "airwaves" I lost interest in the movie. The shots of the fog rolling through the town and the barely visible ghosts heighten the tension of the movie. The fog is a life-force onto itself which you don't want to go near it if you see it. All in all, "The Fog" was a successful movie for me but it would have been better if the backstory would have been fleshed out a bit more, and if the script were a bit more polished. See this film if you'd like a good scare and allow me to pass on a kernel of information...don't go into the fog!