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Carpenter classic The Fog'
relies on mood for chills
The simplistic 1980 horror
film is one of the last real
American ghost movies
By Ryan Nyburg
Senior Pulse Reporter
Ghost stories, at least cinematic
ones, seem to have fallen out of mass
popularity in this country. There are
a number of possible psychological
and cultural reasons for this, as well
as the reality that bloodless ghosts
don't offer the same visceral thrills
that audiences want out of their hor
ror films these days.
A good ghost film, like a good
ghost story, depends heavily on at
mosphere for the intended effect. Re
cent ghost films suffer because the
filmmakers never seem to understand
this. They stuff their films with cheap
thrills and dazzling effects, bowing
down to a convention that states
shocks must come quickly or the au
dience will become bored. Good eye
"The Fog" might be called one of the
last real American ghost films. Recent
examples, such as 2001's "The Oth
ers" or 1999's "The Sixth Sense," bear
the torch proudly, but aside from
these exceptions, the genre has been
fed only lackluster blockbuster exer
cises for far too long.
"The Fog" sticks to simpler joys of at
mosphere and mood. Though its spe
cial effects are ample; they serve the film
and increase the murky atmosphere
rather than detract from it. The mood is
set from the very beginning, with an
opening scene depicting a group of
children sitting around a campfire lis
tening to ghost stories told by an old
man, for whom the term "salty old sea
captain" was probably coined.
This scene works in two ways: First,
to introduce the film's back story, con
cerning a ship that ran aground near a
candy with
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sense, John
Carpenter's
1980 film
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and second, to let the audience know
this is a contemporary ghost story.
The film takes place in the fictional
town of Antonio Bay, which is cele
brating its centennial. On the night be
fore the big event, a number of strange
occurrences take place throughout the
village. Objects move on their own, car
alarms go off, glass shatters and a thick
fog envelopes a small fishing boat and
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whole sequence is done smoothly and
with grace, introducing most of the
major characters with little fanfare, set
ting up the chilling mood without lay
ing it on too thick.
When morning comes, the story
gets rolling. We learn the ship that
sunk in the bay 100 years ago was ac
tually a boatload of lepers hoping to
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