The movie stars Adrienne Barbeau (The Cannonball Run,The Time Travler), Jamie Lee Curtis (Virus, Forever Young), Janet Leigh (Psycho, Jet Pilot), John Houseman (The Pater Chase, Clarence Darrow), and Hal Holbrook (Water for Elephants, All the Presidents Men).
The plot is a fog moves into a town to get revenge on the residents. It takes place on the 100th aniversery of the founding of the town.
The actor who is telling the ghost stroy at the start of the film does a nice job for settng the tone of the film. There is a weird zoom in tha opening scend that seems out of place and just not fit for a finished film. I thought the start of the film was too slow. I think they spent too much time setting up the film. Sometimes I feel a movie can have more backstory or just setting up the rest of the film. For this one I think they spent too much time on setting it up and they should of moved to the meat of the film. Just get to the fog and whats in it.
It came across to me as a psycological thriller. Its not one that relied on blood and guts. There was a scene where they were talking about a colony moving (around the time the city was formed) that reminded me of Storm of the Century. I think having Holbrooks chaeracter expanded would of been nice. His character addng the back story was a good part of the movie. They could of added ot his character and taken out other scenes in the beging of the movie and it would of made it a better film.
I thought towards the end of the movie Holbooks character was similar to Christ on his way to the cruifixion. He was sacrificing him self and he was carrying a cross. I may be reqading too much into the scene but it fit for me.
Im rating the movie as a C+. I would say I would bearly say its worth streaming.
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