The Fog
What you can't see won't hurt you...it'll kill you!
Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary.Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev.Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman.
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Drama
- Worldwide
- $21M
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Cast
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Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
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Box Office & Release
The Fog returned 21.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $21M
- Release date
- Feb 1, 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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