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tonight's feature: The Fog (1980) on Prime
The Fog is an essential John Carpenter horror film that shouldn't need an introduction. An epic revenge tale about a curse on a northern California coastal town, it culminates with the 100 year anniversary of a shipwreck and the "the vengeful ghosts of leprous mariners" (new band name?) who intend on killing 6 people as their unearthly fog envelops the area.
Maybe a little slow by today's standards, The Fog still can scare the bejeezus out of anyone under 13 years old. Hopefully you can figure out why there's a curse in the first place within some of that clunky dialogue. Featuring Jaime Lee Curtis, her mother ('Psycho' scream queen) Janet Leigh, along with Adrienne Barbeau (who was briefly married to John Carpenter at the time) were all setting the horror trends way back in 1980. 10 longshoreman's hooks out of 10.
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