
Goff Al Williams George "Buck" Flower Tommy Wallace Jim Haynie Hank Jones Darrow Igus Mel Sloane Bill Taylor Bartender Darwin Joston Dr. Kobritz Frederic Franklyn Ashcroft Charles Nicklin Blake Jim Canning Dick Baxter John F. Carpenter reportedly shot and inserted additional gory scenes after the original 'PG' cut failed to impress preview audiences.Cast Adrienne Barbeau Stevie Wayne Hal Holbrook Father Malone Janet Leigh Kathy Williams Jamie Lee Curtis Elizabeth Solley John Houseman Machen Tom Atkins Nick Castle Nancy Loomis Sandy Fadel Charles Cyphers Dan O'Bannon Ty Mitchell Andy Wayne Rob Bottin Blake, Special Effects Richard Moreno John Allen Vick Sheriff Simms Tommy Lee Wallace Ghost, Editor, Production Designer Regina Walden Mrs. Just as the night's proceedings are haunted by the horrors of the past, the ghosts of the murdered dead have returned to seek symbolic revenge by claiming the lives of six townspeople, arriving amid the ominous fog bank which has completely engulfed Antonio Bay.

Malone ( Hal Holbrook) about a benediction for that night's centennial ceremony, he relates a ghastly tale discovered in his grandfather's journal, which details the town fathers' decision to murder a group of lepers who had planned to build a commune outside of Antonio Bay.
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As the day progresses, a grim series of events paints a decidedly unpleasant picture of Antonio Bay's founders, and foreshadows the ghostly retribution that awaits the town's present-day residents. The news reaches the wife of one of the fishermen, city councilwoman Kathy Williams ( Janet Leigh) and local boy Nick Castle ( Tom Atkins), who takes a trip out to the abandoned boat to investigate, accompanied by teenage drifter Elizabeth Solley ( Jamie Lee Curtis). That morning, news of their disappearance is relayed to the town by Stevie Wayne ( Adrienne Barbeau), owner and operator of the local radio station. Seeming to appear from nowhere and emitting a ghostly glow, the fog surrounds a small trawler filled with drunken fishermen, who glimpse the vague outline of a decrepit sailing vessel before being brutally killed by shadowy figures brandishing hooks and swords. Meanwhile, as the clock strikes midnight on the fateful anniversary of that disaster, eerie phenomena begin to plague the town as a dense fog bank creeps toward the bay. For his final tale, he recounts the legend of the Elizabeth Dane - a ship which crashed 100 years ago against the very rocks upon which the children are sitting. Machen ( John Houseman) spinning ghost stories for a group of local children.

Carpenter sets the mood in the film's prologue, which features grizzled old sea salt Mr. The end result was The Fog, a spooky romp about a dark secret that returns to haunt the Pacific fishing community of Antonio Bay on the 100th anniversary of the town's charter.

Following the phenomenal box-office success of his seminal horror classic Halloween, director John Carpenter teamed up with producer Debra Hill for a second independent horror project, this time in the mode of an old-fashioned ghost story.
