John Carpenter's The Fog Facts, Trivia, Actors, Actresses, and Composers

The Fog is a 1980 horror film directed by John Carpenter, who also co-wrote the screenplay and composed the music for the film. It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins and Janet Leigh. It tells the story of a strange, glowing fog that sweeps in over a small coastal town in California, bringing with it the vengeful ghosts of mariners who were killed in a shipwreck there exactly 100 years earlier. The Fog was Carpenter's first feature film after the success of his 1978 horror Halloween, which also starred Jamie Lee Curtis. Though not as big a success as Halloween, the film...
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Release date:	February 8, 1980
Directed by:	John Carpenter
Rated:
Runtime:	89 Minutes
Producer:	Charles B. Bloch, Debra Hill, Barry Bernardi, Pegi Brotman
Editor:	Charles Bornstein, Tommy Lee Wallace
Music by:	John Carpenter
Cinematography:	Dean Cundey
Screenplay by:	John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Estimated budget:	$1,000,000
Genre:	Thriller

Cast of John Carpenter's The Fog

Hal Holbrook

Father Malone

Born:February 17, 1925

Age:87

Jamie Lee Curtis

Born:November 22, 1958

Age:53

Janet Leigh

Kathy Williams

Born:July 6, 1927

Died:Oct. 3, 2004

Adrienne Barbeau

Stevie Wayne

Born:June 11, 1945

Age:66

Tom Atkins

Born:November 13, 1935

Age:76

George Buck Flower

Born:Oct. 28, 1937

Died:June 18, 2004

Film director of John Carpenter's The Fog

John Carpenter

Born: January 16, 1948

Age: 64

Education: University of Southern California, Western Kentucky University

John Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction. Carpenter was born in Temecula, California, the...
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Title	Released	Genre
Psychopath
Riot		Thriller
Fangland
The Ward	2010	Thriller
Pro-Life	2007
Cigarette Burns	2005
Masters of Horror: Season 1: Vol. 1	2005
Ghosts of Mars	2001	Adventure
Vampires	1998	Western
John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.	1996	Science Fiction
Village of the Damned	1995	Science Fiction
In the Mouth of Madness	1995	Thriller
John Carpenter presents Body Bags	1993	Comedy
Memoirs of an Invisible Man	1992	Comedy
They Live	1988	Science Fiction
Prince of Darkness	1987
Big Trouble in Little China	1986	Comedy
Starman	1984	Science Fiction
Christine	1983	Thriller
The Thing	1982	Science Fiction
Escape from New York	1981	Western
John Carpenter's The Fog	1980	Thriller
Elvis	1979	Musical
Halloween	1978	Thriller
Someone's Watching Me	1978	Thriller
Assault on Precinct 13	1976	Thriller
Dark Star: Hyperdrive Edition: Theatrical Cut	1975	Science Fiction
Dark Star	1974	Adventure
Dark Star: Hyperdrive Edition: Director's Cut	1974	Science Fiction
Hercules	1958	Fantasy

Music contributors for John Carpenter's The Fog

John Carpenter

John Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film...
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Filming locations for John Carpenter's The Fog

Olema, California

Olema is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located on Olema Creek 2.25 miles south-southeast of Point Reyes Station, at an elevation of 69 feet . Olema is along State Route 1 and on the eastern edge of the Point Reyes Peninsula in the western part of Marin County....
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Point Reyes Light

The Point Reyes Lighthouse, also known as Point Reyes Light or the Point Reyes Light Station, is a lighthouse in the Gulf of the Farallones on Point Reyes in Marin County, California, U.S.A. A lighthouse was assigned to Point Reyes in 1855, but construction was delayed for fifteen years because of...
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Inverness

Inverness is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in western Marin County, California. Inverness is located on the southwest shore of Tomales Bay 3.5 miles northwest of Point Reyes Station, at an elevation of 43 feet . In the 2010 census, the population was 1,304. The...
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q:
Which celebrities starred in the film, "John Carpenter's The Fog"?
A:
Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Hal Holbrook and Charles Cyphers played leading roles.
Q:
Who produced the movie, "John Carpenter's The Fog"?
A:
Charles B. Bloch and Debra Hill produced the movie.
Q:
Which screenwriter wrote the film John Carpenter's The Fog?
A:
John Carpenter wrote the script for the movie.
Q:
When was the premier of the motion picture "John Carpenter's The Fog"?
A:
The movie was released in February, 1980.
Q:
What locations were selected to film scenes in the movie John Carpenter's The Fog?
A:
Locations used to film the movie include Olema, California, Point Reyes Light and Inverness.
Q:
What is the approximate runtime of the motion picture "John Carpenter's The Fog"?
A:
The runtime for the film is 89 minutes.
Q:
The film, "John Carpenter's The Fog" is in what genre?
A:
The movie is classified as: Horror film and Indie.
Q:
Who wrote the music for the movie John Carpenter's The Fog?
A:
John Carpenter composed the music for the film's soundtrack.
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Who was the director of the film "John Carpenter's The Fog"?
A:
John Carpenter was the director of the movie.
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Who was the distributor of the film, "John Carpenter's The Fog"?
A:
Columbia Pictures distributed the movie.