John Carpenter's 'THE FOG' (1980) review

'The Fog' is just gorgeous to look at. The vivid colour contrast on deep black is just beautiful really. The lighting of the fog is perfect.

I wont talk about the plot of The Fog except that it is a creeping certainty that slowly sneaks up you, like the ravages of Time, a decade here or there, and before you know it, you are languishing on your deathbed.

This slow burn of a film, a coming Storm of Doom, runs rings around modern attempts at Atmosphere. Helmed by the genius himself, John Carpenter, he knows just what to omit or submit to create the fear of the unknown.

The Fog speaks to our fear of the Creeping Death, something that haunted audiences once with the glacier slow of undead zombies. This film has the added enigma of the supernatural mist and a Town with a sordid past.

A must watch for any lovers of that slow dread that sneaks under your skin at the Midnight watch and the dooming tick tock of the cruel clock.

Nine out of Ten Skulls,

Gavin Wainwright.

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