Review – The Fog

I don’t know if this old John Carpenter movie really qualifies as a sleeper, but it’s certainly an under-appreciated example of the ghost story genre. Normally I’m not fond of ghost movies, but this one has enough in the creepy curse and random violence departments to keep it moving. Carpenter also manages to avoid the no-payoff problem that began to plague his work later in his career by keeping the rubber monsters to a minimum. What he does with a fog machine and some creative back-lighting is a million times better than what most directors do with big, fat monster budgets. Worth seeing