The guy playing "Bennett," the church caretaker, is none other than director John Carpenter himself in a cameo role. His character's name is "Bennett Tramer," after the character in Halloween that Laurie Strode confessed to having a crush on.
This is filmed in Point Reyes California. I’ve been to this lighthouse, walked the stairs and even whale watched from the light house railing. All of the coastal scenes and the outside of the lighthouse are Point Reyes. Those stairs are very long and difficult to take along with high winds but OH SO BEAUTIFUL
That scene where Father Malone appears out of the darkness didn't just scare your wife, Mr. TBR Schmitt. When Janet Leigh's character cries out, "Jesus!" she wasn't acting. Hal Holbrook scared the hell out of her in that scene. 😂
Total respect for your appreciation of older films and especially for how you don't focus on the "outdated" special effects. 👍👍 Too many film reactors love to pick apart the visual effects in older films, which is quite annoying. They should be more like you two and enjoy the films!
Yeah, too many reactors are entitled about modern movies and effects. They think modern movies actually look good, but really they are just synthetic now.
John Carpenter and his then-girlfriend and filmmaking partner Debra Hill were coming off the huge success of Halloween and wanted to go in a different direction for their next film, more of a traditional ghost story. They came up with the idea of The Fog when they were in England in 1976 promoting Carpenter's previous film, Assault on Precinct 13. They were visiting Stonehenge and they both saw an eerie looking fog that seemed to glow from the inside, and they both wondered what could be inside it. They drew inspiration from the old E.C. horror comics like Tales From the Crypt, where ghosts and the undead would often return to exact revenge for some past injustice.
@@clarencewalker3925 Yes, I know. Carpenter and Hill were dating during the making of Assault on Precinct 13 and Halloween. They broke up when they began work on The Fog. Carpenter married Barbeau after making The Fog.
Interesting. That would have been around the time that James Herbert wrote his second horror novel The Fog, which starts after an Earthquake in Wiltshire - near Stonehenge.
My parents took me to see this in the theater back in 1980. The next morning when I was getting ready to walk to school, it was foggy. Normally, I would cut through the woods on the way to school. Not that morning, I went the long way!
as a 10-11 year old in the early 80s', this movie was nightmare fuel for me. Anytime I would see a glowing light under my bedroom door at night, I thought the FOG ghosts were coming to get me.
I have always wanted to start a RUclips channel called "Art of the Introduction" which would feature how the opening sequences of movies can make or break them. My plan was to spend time on that channel explaining why you need a good invitation to a movie, and also to say why fantasy movies need longer, more elegant intros, often with voice-overs and why Superman the Movie (first one in the 70s) needed an intro involving several framing devices (basically the more absurd the story premise, the more effort the narrator has to go to - check out the relatively lengthy, baroque introductory sequence for Henson's "the Dark Crystal".). But my very last video in the series would have been about why the intro to the Fog is my favourite movie introduction of all time....
Hey! I'd forgot John Carpenter himself made a cameo in this movie @3:25 And the teenage girl that played Annie on Halloween makes an appearance @6:05 and throughout the movie. The Fog lighthouse is called the Point Reyes Lighthouse located in Marin County, Northern California.
@@rddav1 Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers, Peter Jason, Dennis Dun, Tom Atkins (bad ass), Adrienne Barbeau, Sam Neill, Stacy Keach, Mark Hamill, Keith David (cool bad ass), Pam Grier, (another cool bad ass), Kurt Russell, the late Victor Wong, Donald Pleasence, Darwin Joston, Harry Dean Stanton, Frank Doubleday and George "Buck" Flower are part of Carpenter's stock company.
@@rddav1 you think he's the only one? James Cameron does the same thing. At least 4 people from the Terminator movies were also in Aliens. A lot of directors do this. They know the actors, get along with them, etc
One of my favorite guilty pleasures. This film has a unique atmosphere all it's own. Love the setting, the soundtrack and the overall mood. And I LOVE Adrienne Barbeau! 😍
The Storyteller is played by John Houseman. He was a producer for Orson Welles. He had no acting aspirations but in the Seventies, he was asked to do a movie, "The Paper Chase" for which he won an Oscar. He was in his sixties. A first time for everything. And Father Malone's assistant was played by a young John Carpenter. AND...Captain Blake, the ghost, was played by FX master Rob Bottin.
The ghost of Blake, the leader of the ghost crew of the Elizabeth Dane, was played by makeup effects artist Rob Bottin, who provided the special makeup effects for The Fog, and would later reunite with John Carpenter to do the special makeup effects on The Thing. Bottin also did the makeup effects for The Howling (taking over for Rick Baker, who left the production to work on An American Werewolf in London), and had previously worked on Star Wars doing makeup effects for the Mos Eisley Cantina scene, where he also played the tallest player in the Cantina band. Bottin would later design the effects for Robocop and Total Recall, the latter of which earned Bottin a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1991.
Fun Trivia: --Stevie (Adrienne Barbeau) spends virtually all her screen time in her lighthouse/radio studio, and doesn't interact with the rest of the plot (beyond being the "voice on the local radio"). Barbeau was married to Carpenter when this was made. --Tom Atkins' character "Nick Castle" is named after the actor who played Michael Myers in Carpenter's previous movie, Halloween. --The first fisherman who gets killed is played by George Buck Flower, a regular in Carpenter's films. --The movie was filmed in Marin County, California (i.e. just north of SF)
A great movie. It stuck with me for a long time after I saw it for the first time. Great vehicle for Darwin Joston (Dr. Phibes - LOLs - in The Fog). "Got a smoke?"
Well, since you asked, the filming of The Fog took place from April to May, 1979. Interior scenes were filmed at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California. The lighthouse scenes were filmed at the Point Reyes Lighthouse in Northern California. The exterior scenes of Antonio Bay were filmed in Bolinas and Inverness in Marin County, California, and the scenes at Father Malone's church were filmed at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles.
I've been looking forward to this one! The location of the Point Reyes Lighthouse on the California Coast, along with the shot of Stevie walking down the long staircase is probably one of, if not my very very favorite locations and shots in a movie. Horror stuff aside, it's such a BEAUTIFUL location and shot.
It's such a remote location as well. One thing I love is how Carpenter makes it clear how isolated this small California costal town is, with all those shots of the empty, open countryside. This town might as well be the last one on earth with how cut off they are when the ghosts show up.
Classic film. Filmed at Point Reyes Lighthouse and in nearby Inverness CA. The dock scene was filmed in Bodega Bay, where Hitchcock filmed "The Birds."
Love the Fog. This film is masterfully done and creates a constant feeling of suspense throughout that keeps you on edge which is why the jump scares work so well. This is the one horror film along with the Exorcist that scared the crap out of me as a kid in the 80s. I love Adrienne Barbeau desperation calling for someone to help her son then simply trying to warn people to save themselves. Really wish they would do a sequel.
I watched this one for the first time last year and I enjoyed it so greatly. The atmosphere is second to none. I wish more horror utilized coastal/nautical horror.
I saw this when I was about 10 in 82. Scared me for a long time when we had fog. My best friend dad was getting vhs movies as they came out and we found then hidden in his shop. Also watched what we thought was another horror movie based on the name, behind the green door. Lol
Tom Akins (Who played Nick Castle) is one of those actors I am used to seeing (mostly on TV) but whose name I always have to look up. He was good in Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, the Halloween movie that has absolutely *_nothing_* to do with the Halloween series. It's massively underrated because it's not a slasher film and that surprised the audience too much.
Atkins did a lot of TV work in the '70s before working with Carpenter, a regular on crime dramas like Harry O (1973-76) and Serpico (1976-77), the latter starring David Birney in the Al Pacino title role and later star of Carpenter's TV movie Someone's Watching Me (1978).
@@LarryFleetwood8675 Atkins did day-playing work on early episodes of"The Rockford Files" as Lt. Diehl. He also played a thug in "The Owl And The Pussycat (1970). Also "Harry O" came out in 1974, not 1973.
@@Madbandit77 The pilot counts too the first one's '73 and filmed in '72 although Atkins came on board later in the series it's still the correct official years for the show, as mentioned.
You guys have the best reaction videos on YT. It always seems like you're genuinely engaged with the movie, and not just waiting for a chance to make unnecessary comments. Always a pleasure to see a new clip show up!
If someone hasn't already said, it was filmed, the lighthouse part at Point Reyes Lighthouse/Inverness, CA. Been there a few times. It's about a half a mile up to the lighthouse from parking and 333 steps down and back up. It about killed me when Mom and I did the climb back up. 😅 This is one of my fave movies of all time. Glad you watch older movies like this. ❤
The old man at the campfire who tells the story of Captain William Blake, is played by John Houseman. Who was the founding Director of the Drama Division at Juilliard. He taught Kevin Kline, Patti Lupone, Christopher Reeve, Robin Williams said Mandy Patinkin.
Another terrific reaction for you both. Samantha continues to make deep points in how she see's the film. Love the discussion between you both in the review/reflect part after you did the react part. Thank you both :)
Hal Holbrook (Father Malone) is known for portraying the elderly Mark Twain in a one man show starting in 1954, when he was just 29. He continued with it until 2017. I probably first saw his Emmy winning performance on tv in 1967 when CBS presented Mark Twain Tonight. It’s well worth watching.
The lighthouse is Point Reyes Lighthouse which is just north of San Francisco. Other shots include Stinson Beach, also right near there. Just north of Point Reyes is Bodega Bay, which is where Hitchock's The Birds takes place and was filmed. It's a beautiful area that also does indeed get a lot of fog and has an overall moody setting great for ocean views and also horror movies
Yes! You guys covered one of my all time horror favorites! The way the car headlights come on at the gas station (in the beginning) kind of reminded me of John Carpenter's Christine (based on the Stephen King novel).
Father Maloane and the female DJ and the lead from the Fog. Are all in Creepshow by King 1982. King is also in one of the four short stories. Check out Creepshow II 1987 also.
You can visit the lighthouse/radio broadcast center at Point Reyes National Seashore, just an hour north of San Francisco on the coast. It's just as beautiful today as when this was filmed!
Great reactions & scream.😉 The movie was filmed in Bodega Bay, Point Reyes National Beach & one other location in California. Did u guys realize that the assistant to Janet Leigh's character is the same actress who played Annie, the sheriff's daughter & Laurie Strode's best friend in HALLOWEEN?😊 I thought Jamie Lee Curtis did scream or cry out when the body fell on her or when the guy came walking @ her in the morgue/hospital. Another movie in which Jamie Lee Curtis acts w/her mother is HALLOWEEN H2O. Can't remember any other times. U guys have probably already watched HALLOWEEN II. I just wanted to say it basically picks up where the last movie left off. I always liked this movie & am glad u guys watched it. Can't wait to see your next reaction.😊
The character of Nick Castle in The Fog was named after actor/director Nick Castle, who played Michael Myers in Halloween and co-wrote Escape from New York with John Carpenter. The character of Andy's babysitter, Mrs. Kobritz, was named after producer Richard Kobritz, who had previously produced the Salem's Lot TV miniseries, and would later produce John Carpenter's Christine. Carpenter and Kobritz had previously collaborated on Carpenter's 1978 television film, Someone's Watching Me! John Carpenter had a habit of naming his characters after people he knew. Michael Myers in Halloween was named after the head of the now-dissolved British company Miracle Films, which distributed Carpenter's 1976 film, Assault on Precinct 13. The character of Laurie Strode was named after an old girlfriend of John Carpenter's.
This was filmed in the town of Bodega Bay, CA, which was also where Hitchcock's The Birds was filmed. You should've recognized it also as the location of I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Only 3 movies scared me as a kid Alien, Demon Seed(1977) and The Fog. Compared to modern movies it is tame but I like that it allows your imagination to run riot by only partially showing what /who is in the fog. The town ancestors stealing the gold and the revenge plot make for a great final scene with the glowing red eyed pirate taking his gold and the last life. Glad you guys enjoyed it.
Hell yes, I just rewatched this one recently. Love the concept of sea ghosts invading land. Hal Holbrook as the drunk priest gives one of my favorite performances in a horror movie (you might remember him as the old man who bonds with Tony Soprano in the hospital after he gets shot by Junior). And of course, Janet Leigh is so great playing a character who's just as blind to what's really going on as her character in Psycho, and about twice as unlikable.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing this reaction! Very few RUclipsrs have watched "The Fog" and it's a favorite of mine -- so atmospheric and so very different from most of that era's horror films.
John Carpenter is a genius when it comes to the movie's he makes, as how he does the music to them. Makes them that extra special on how the scene & music go together from an action to an horror movie he does, especially the instruments & sounds he uses. GENIUS!
"Filming took place from April to May 1979 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California (interior scenes) and on location at several other cities in California, including Point Reyes; Bolinas; Inverness; and the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre."
Point Reyes Lighthouse in Point Reyes, CA. I live nearby in Sonoma County and have been to the lighthouse. It is a fantastic day trip, and yes it will take most of a full day to see the Lighthouse but the view is utterly spectacular. There is a 280 degree view of the open ocean when you are standing down at the lighthouse. If you ever come to CA, this is definitely a must see.
I got to see this on the big screen, at an Irish Halloween film festival. It’s slightly underrated, but a terrific ghost story. I believe John Carpenter got inspired by a fog that descended when he visited Stonehenge (whilst in England to promote Halloween). He’s also the guy that Father Malone wants to come in later 🎃
We all had multiple portable radios back in the day. It was a way of life.. so much so portable radios would be in flashlights and ice chests, kids toys, boom boxes, clock radios always had 9 volts in them cuz power outages in the neighborhood were not an excuse for being late for work when ur clock reset... It's funny to think about now. There were even cases mmercials on TV with 800 numbers to call to buy this bs lol
This is a ghost story come to life! Am ensemble cast: Tom Atkins Adrienne Barbeau Jamie Lee Curtis Charles Cyphers Hal Holbrook John Houseman Janet Leigh Nancy Loomis. This movie is an homage to 1970's disaster films.
I have never seen this movie before. This is the first time that I am watching this movie. I am really enjoy this movie and I am learning a lot about this movie a lot. I am so glad that I am watching this movie with you guys.
One of the actors on the boat in the beginning is a friend of mine. He says Carpenter originally filmed him being strangled by a ghost but decided it wasn't violent enough. Carpenter had a rubber head filled with stage blood manufactured by SFX and had the ghost stab it in the eyes instead.
I watch this 20 times a year in addition to April 21st. It's definitely a favorite of mine. I always believe the 6 people who get killed are specific in they're related to the ones responsible for the murders 100 years earlier. Perhaps I'm wrong and it's left ambiguous just as The Thing.
I only watch once a year. It's my Halloween favorite. I want to think the people killed are related but why are Andy and Stevie targeted? They are new arrivals to Antonio Bay.
I thought about that, too and not really an answer do I have. Kinda like how The Thing is ambiguous. I can't understand why when they're being attacked in the church near the end, Blake leaves, but then returns a short time later to kill Malone. Oops, I forgot to kill his grandson, better make him # 6. Maybe it could be "6 Must Die", the related ones, ALSO whoever else gets in our way. It'd be like Myers going after Laurie, he wants to kill her and whoever else he can get to. That's why I love John Carpenter, so many possibilities and theories. I wish I had a better answer instead of the cliché.
@@joeyrogers7017 I agree with the "collateral damage" people who are encountered. They're just bonuses because the ghosts are so angry lol. But they won't stop until the 6 descendants have been taken care of, or 12 midnight of next day.
This isn't Carpenter's best film, but it's probably my favorite one. It's such a perfectly done ghost story. From that great opening with John Houseman telling the tale around the campfire, it's just a joy to watch. Carpenter is the best at conveying steading mounting dread and atmosphere.
7:09, Adrienne Barbeau was married to John Carpenter from 1979-1984. She voiced Catwoman in the BATMAN ANIMATED SERIES. She was married to Billy Van Zandt, brother of rock star Steven Van Zandt, who was in The Sopranos.
Jamie Leigh was a last minute addition to the cast. I don't remember if someone told Carpenter or Jamie Leigh did but was told she wasn't getting much work after Halloween. So he put her in the film to help her out.
One of my favorite Classics. Glad you appreciate them. Great story, Carpenter is genius. 2 more of my favorites, The Changeling, and Ghost Story. Both great stories.
this is filmed near where i live point reyes national seashore and its one of the most beautiful places in the world...the light house is crazy and on low wind days you can hike down to it, luckily there are rest stops along the way lol
The lighthouse is in Point Reyes, Ca. The lighthouse is decommissioned but it's a major tourist destination although walking down to it is not recommended for people with heart conditions, and no one is allowed to walk the steps when the wind is too high
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The guy playing "Bennett," the church caretaker, is none other than director John Carpenter himself in a cameo role. His character's name is "Bennett Tramer," after the character in Halloween that Laurie Strode confessed to having a crush on.
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I already told them above slow joe.
This is filmed in Point Reyes California. I’ve been to this lighthouse, walked the stairs and even whale watched from the light house railing. All of the coastal scenes and the outside of the lighthouse are Point Reyes. Those stairs are very long and difficult to take along with high winds but OH SO BEAUTIFUL
That scene where Father Malone appears out of the darkness didn't just scare your wife, Mr. TBR Schmitt. When Janet Leigh's character cries out, "Jesus!" she wasn't acting. Hal Holbrook scared the hell out of her in that scene. 😂
First time we watched this as teens my G'F was stroking my arm. She leapt up like a cat taking a considerable chunk of my hair with her.
@@o0pinkdino0o Damn. 😂
I didnt know that but rewatching the scene you could see it in her face.
It's strange though. John Carpenter says in the audio commentary that the scene was darkened in post production.
@@ironhide238 Yeah, but Holbrook still came up right behind her, and Leigh apparently didn't even see him. lol
Total respect for your appreciation of older films and especially for how you don't focus on the "outdated" special effects. 👍👍
Too many film reactors love to pick apart the visual effects in older films, which is quite annoying. They should be more like you two and enjoy the films!
They keep trying to show how much they "know" about cinema and are totally unaware it turns out being the total opposite...
That's how you can tell who truly appreciates film and who doesn't.
Agreed.
Yeah, too many reactors are entitled about modern movies and effects. They think modern movies actually look good, but really they are just synthetic now.
That’s why I follow and patronize TBR Schmitt Channel. Just honest, unpretentious, extremely clever reactors.
John Carpenter and his then-girlfriend and filmmaking partner Debra Hill were coming off the huge success of Halloween and wanted to go in a different direction for their next film, more of a traditional ghost story. They came up with the idea of The Fog when they were in England in 1976 promoting Carpenter's previous film, Assault on Precinct 13. They were visiting Stonehenge and they both saw an eerie looking fog that seemed to glow from the inside, and they both wondered what could be inside it. They drew inspiration from the old E.C. horror comics like Tales From the Crypt, where ghosts and the undead would often return to exact revenge for some past injustice.
Actually, when JC made this film, he was dating star Adrienne Barbeau.
@@clarencewalker3925 Yes, I know. Carpenter and Hill were dating during the making of Assault on Precinct 13 and Halloween. They broke up when they began work on The Fog. Carpenter married Barbeau after making The Fog.
Also not forget he directed her in Someone's Watching Me (1978).
Interesting. That would have been around the time that James Herbert wrote his second horror novel The Fog, which starts after an Earthquake in Wiltshire - near Stonehenge.
@@clarencewalker3925I think they were fairly newly married by this point.
My parents took me to see this in the theater back in 1980. The next morning when I was getting ready to walk to school, it was foggy. Normally, I would cut through the woods on the way to school. Not that morning, I went the long way!
as a 10-11 year old in the early 80s', this movie was nightmare fuel for me. Anytime I would see a glowing light under my bedroom door at night, I thought the FOG ghosts were coming to get me.
One of if not the best opening scenes in cinematic history for a horror movie and the music is also well done. An all time horror classic.
The Fog and The Thing have arguably the best opening scene music.
I have always wanted to start a RUclips channel called "Art of the Introduction" which would feature how the opening sequences of movies can make or break them. My plan was to spend time on that channel explaining why you need a good invitation to a movie, and also to say why fantasy movies need longer, more elegant intros, often with voice-overs and why Superman the Movie (first one in the 70s) needed an intro involving several framing devices (basically the more absurd the story premise, the more effort the narrator has to go to - check out the relatively lengthy, baroque introductory sequence for Henson's "the Dark Crystal".).
But my very last video in the series would have been about why the intro to the Fog is my favourite movie introduction of all time....
Yup best ghost film in my opinion my favorite horror film of all time
This is a great “ghost story” movie, plus it’s cool to see Jamie Lee Curtis act alongside her mom, Janet Leigh
And reunited with her Halloween friend, Annie!
Janet is also on Halloween h20 with her daughter. With a cool call back to psycho
Hey! I'd forgot John Carpenter himself made a cameo in this movie @3:25 And the teenage girl that played Annie on Halloween makes an appearance @6:05 and throughout the movie. The Fog lighthouse is called the Point Reyes Lighthouse located in Marin County, Northern California.
and the weather man is the sheriff from halloween
JC loves working with the same group of people!
@@rddav1 Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers, Peter Jason, Dennis Dun, Tom Atkins (bad ass), Adrienne Barbeau, Sam Neill, Stacy Keach, Mark Hamill, Keith David (cool bad ass), Pam Grier, (another cool bad ass), Kurt Russell, the late Victor Wong, Donald Pleasence, Darwin Joston, Harry Dean Stanton, Frank Doubleday and George "Buck" Flower are part of Carpenter's stock company.
@@rddav1 you think he's the only one? James Cameron does the same thing. At least 4 people from the Terminator movies were also in Aliens. A lot of directors do this. They know the actors, get along with them, etc
Eastwood did that too, many of the same actors and crew.
I adore this film. It's stylish, tense, dripping with atmosphere and Dean Cundey's cinematography is gorgeous.
Agreed watched it late at night and was so Into it from the start campfire scene
I love how this is a genuine horror movie with the “pirate ghosts” we all know and love from Scooby-Doo.
I thought it was similar to the Garfield Halloween special, with the spooky pirate ghosts coming out of the fog...
They would have gotten away with it too...
The difference is that these are actual ghosts. The ones in Scooby Doo were (usually) just human criminals in disguises.
"It's that old geezer, Ebenezer!"
@@Rocket1377so it's in the '90s direct-to-VHS canon. Probably right between the voodoo werecats and evil wizard American Tim Curry.
One of my favorite guilty pleasures. This film has a unique atmosphere all it's own. Love the setting, the soundtrack and the overall mood. And I LOVE Adrienne Barbeau! 😍
One of my favorite carpenter flicks. This and prince of darkness. Love them. The score is incredible and the atmosphere is haunting.
it is one of my favorite flicks too
POD is the best!
Prince of Darkness is insane!
John Carpenter's films have held up so well decades later. He just made great movies you can watch over and over.
Prince of Darkness is hammy, but has so much creativity and brilliance under the surface.
The Storyteller is played by John Houseman. He was a producer for Orson Welles. He had no acting aspirations but in the Seventies, he was asked to do a movie, "The Paper Chase" for which he won an Oscar. He was in his sixties. A first time for everything. And Father Malone's assistant was played by a young John Carpenter. AND...Captain Blake, the ghost, was played by FX master Rob Bottin.
Houseman played Rick Schroeder's grandfather on the sitcom, "Silver Spoons". He was also the driving instructor in "The Naked Gun".
@clarencewalker3925 John Houseman was also a Shakespeare actor, he played the driving instructor in "Naked Gun".
Houseman got the role the old fashioned way... he EARNED it. If you get it you get it 😉
also Houseman was memorable in Rollerball and Three Days of the Condor (both 1975).
Also the doc was played by Darwin Joston, Napoleon Wilson in 'Assault on Precinct 13.'
The ghost of Blake, the leader of the ghost crew of the Elizabeth Dane, was played by makeup effects artist Rob Bottin, who provided the special makeup effects for The Fog, and would later reunite with John Carpenter to do the special makeup effects on The Thing. Bottin also did the makeup effects for The Howling (taking over for Rick Baker, who left the production to work on An American Werewolf in London), and had previously worked on Star Wars doing makeup effects for the Mos Eisley Cantina scene, where he also played the tallest player in the Cantina band. Bottin would later design the effects for Robocop and Total Recall, the latter of which earned Bottin a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1991.
He also created the amazing makeup for Tim Curry in Legend, and the equally amazing puppets in Innerspace. The guy is a legend in the film business.
Robocop, total recall, it's a shame how guy's like him,Rick Baker, Phil tippet were pushed out of the industry by the reliance on cgi
Bottin, Baker and Savini... the FX masters
@@garypasquill2355 Yep, it is a shame. Rick Baker said he retired from being a special makeup effects artist for just that reason. CGI had taken over.
@@zatoichi1 Don't leave out Dick Smith and Stan Winston.
John Carpenter had a cameo. He was the church janitor in the beginning.
Fun Trivia:
--Stevie (Adrienne Barbeau) spends virtually all her screen time in her lighthouse/radio studio, and doesn't interact with the rest of the plot (beyond being the "voice on the local radio"). Barbeau was married to Carpenter when this was made.
--Tom Atkins' character "Nick Castle" is named after the actor who played Michael Myers in Carpenter's previous movie, Halloween.
--The first fisherman who gets killed is played by George Buck Flower, a regular in Carpenter's films.
--The movie was filmed in Marin County, California (i.e. just north of SF)
A underrated John Carpenter film, glad you guys are reacting to it. Another Carpenter film I recommend is Assualt on Precinct 13(1976)
Precinct 13 is my fave Carpenter film, anyone who hasn’t seen it yet needs to check it out asap
@@konowd and the music is awesome
Saw it at a revival screening years ago, looks great on the big screen, and indeed, Carpenter’s scores are great
A great movie. It stuck with me for a long time after I saw it for the first time. Great vehicle for Darwin Joston (Dr. Phibes - LOLs - in The Fog). "Got a smoke?"
@@raputathebuta Napoleon Wilson
Well, since you asked, the filming of The Fog took place from April to May, 1979. Interior scenes were filmed at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California. The lighthouse scenes were filmed at the Point Reyes Lighthouse in Northern California. The exterior scenes of Antonio Bay were filmed in Bolinas and Inverness in Marin County, California, and the scenes at Father Malone's church were filmed at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles.
plus a little easter egg for fans of The Birds
I've been looking forward to this one!
The location of the Point Reyes Lighthouse on the California Coast, along with the shot of Stevie walking down the long staircase is probably one of, if not my very very favorite locations and shots in a movie.
Horror stuff aside,
it's such a BEAUTIFUL location and shot.
Definitely have to be physically fit to go up and down all those stairs!
It's such a remote location as well. One thing I love is how Carpenter makes it clear how isolated this small California costal town is, with all those shots of the empty, open countryside. This town might as well be the last one on earth with how cut off they are when the ghosts show up.
@@w1975b Facts.
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Agreed. It's such a unique location. Beautiful.
Classic film. Filmed at Point Reyes Lighthouse and in nearby Inverness CA. The dock scene was filmed in Bodega Bay, where Hitchcock filmed "The Birds."
Thought that was Bodega Bay.
Love the Fog. This film is masterfully done and creates a constant feeling of suspense throughout that keeps you on edge which is why the jump scares work so well. This is the one horror film along with the Exorcist that scared the crap out of me as a kid in the 80s. I love Adrienne Barbeau desperation calling for someone to help her son then simply trying to warn people to save themselves. Really wish they would do a sequel.
I watched this one for the first time last year and I enjoyed it so greatly. The atmosphere is second to none. I wish more horror utilized coastal/nautical horror.
I saw this when I was about 10 in 82. Scared me for a long time when we had fog. My best friend dad was getting vhs movies as they came out and we found then hidden in his shop. Also watched what we thought was another horror movie based on the name, behind the green door. Lol
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The green door? Was it scary? 🫣🤔😆
@@baileyboy3021 i highly doubt it. I'm guessing from the way samhainn said it that the movie was a porno
@@Necrowolf81was a joke.
Tom Akins (Who played Nick Castle) is one of those actors I am used to seeing (mostly on TV) but whose name I always have to look up. He was good in Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, the Halloween movie that has absolutely *_nothing_* to do with the Halloween series. It's massively underrated because it's not a slasher film and that surprised the audience too much.
Tom Atkins is an asset in everything he's in. His film credits are like a greatest hits of 80s cult films.
Halloween 3 has to be the most underrated, misunderstood horror film of all time. 🎶Four more days to Halloween, Halloween, Halloween..!🎶🤗
Atkins did a lot of TV work in the '70s before working with Carpenter, a regular on crime dramas like Harry O (1973-76) and Serpico (1976-77), the latter starring David Birney in the Al Pacino title role and later star of Carpenter's TV movie Someone's Watching Me (1978).
@@LarryFleetwood8675 Atkins did day-playing work on early episodes of"The Rockford Files" as Lt. Diehl. He also played a thug in "The Owl And The Pussycat (1970). Also "Harry O" came out in 1974, not 1973.
@@Madbandit77 The pilot counts too the first one's '73 and filmed in '72 although Atkins came on board later in the series it's still the correct official years for the show, as mentioned.
You guys have the best reaction videos on YT. It always seems like you're genuinely engaged with the movie, and not just waiting for a chance to make unnecessary comments. Always a pleasure to see a new clip show up!
Agree 💯 percent!
I love how Samantha refers to John Carpenter as "the kid". John Carpenter came out of the womb looking 70, lol.
This and The Changeling are probably My two favorite ghost movies
If someone hasn't already said, it was filmed, the lighthouse part at Point Reyes Lighthouse/Inverness, CA. Been there a few times. It's about a half a mile up to the lighthouse from parking and 333 steps down and back up. It about killed me when Mom and I did the climb back up. 😅 This is one of my fave movies of all time. Glad you watch older movies like this. ❤
1:42 “I would assume fog” 😂 Yes Daniel! Love you guys lol
MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE MOVIE, BEEN TO ALL THE FILMING LOCATIONS
The old man at the campfire who tells the story of Captain William Blake, is played by John Houseman. Who was the founding Director of the Drama Division at Juilliard. He taught Kevin Kline, Patti Lupone, Christopher Reeve, Robin Williams said Mandy Patinkin.
A John Carpenter horror classic, yes.
Its the crunch sounds when the ghosts kill that gets me , makes me shudder every time .
This really creeped me out when I was a kid...and I LOVED it!
Another terrific reaction for you both. Samantha continues to make deep points in how she see's the film. Love the discussion between you both in the review/reflect part after you did the react part. Thank you both :)
I saw this at the drive inn when I was 18. And of course it was freezing and very foggy. Scared the crap out of everyone there that night.
My first Carpenter film! Saw on TV back in the 80s, and about two weeks later...we had fog in my hometown.
I still blame John.
This was a masterpiece of a horror film to me. The best classic ghost story in my opinion. The whole opening set the atmosphere and never looked back.
Hal Holbrook (Father Malone) is known for portraying the elderly Mark Twain in a one man show starting in 1954, when he was just 29. He continued with it until 2017. I probably first saw his Emmy winning performance on tv in 1967 when CBS presented Mark Twain Tonight. It’s well worth watching.
7:26, Charles Cyphers played Sheriff Leigh Brackett in Halloween, Halloween 2, as well as the Warden in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.
And the police detective in Someone's Watching Me (1978).
“Oh! what are you doing, Baxter? They are literally RIGHT OUTSIDE! Someone help” I loved both of your comments and reactions throughout all of this!
17:13 “DAMN THEM ALL!!!” 💀🧟♂️😨
I loved this scene with the tape player.
Big Trouble in Little China is also John Carpenter. As well as Escape from New York.
Cool reaction as always Schmitt & Samantha, you both have a good night
Some movies are scary but movies that feel eerie like The Fog leave a greater impression on me
The lighthouse is Point Reyes Lighthouse which is just north of San Francisco. Other shots include Stinson Beach, also right near there. Just north of Point Reyes is Bodega Bay, which is where Hitchock's The Birds takes place and was filmed. It's a beautiful area that also does indeed get a lot of fog and has an overall moody setting great for ocean views and also horror movies
DAMN. My childhood nemesis. Scene on fisherman's boat... still rough. Neat.
Yes! You guys covered one of my all time horror favorites!
The way the car headlights come on at the gas station (in the beginning) kind of reminded me of John Carpenter's Christine (based on the Stephen King novel).
Father Maloane and the female DJ and the lead from the Fog. Are all in Creepshow by King 1982. King is also in one of the four short stories. Check out Creepshow II 1987 also.
You can visit the lighthouse/radio broadcast center at Point Reyes National Seashore, just an hour north of San Francisco on the coast. It's just as beautiful today as when this was filmed!
Great reactions & scream.😉 The movie was filmed in Bodega Bay, Point Reyes National Beach & one other location in California. Did u guys realize that the assistant to Janet Leigh's character is the same actress who played Annie, the sheriff's daughter & Laurie Strode's best friend in HALLOWEEN?😊 I thought Jamie Lee Curtis did scream or cry out when the body fell on her or when the guy came walking @ her in the morgue/hospital. Another movie in which Jamie Lee Curtis acts w/her mother is HALLOWEEN H2O. Can't remember any other times. U guys have probably already watched HALLOWEEN II. I just wanted to say it basically picks up where the last movie left off. I always liked this movie & am glad u guys watched it. Can't wait to see your next reaction.😊
The character of Nick Castle in The Fog was named after actor/director Nick Castle, who played Michael Myers in Halloween and co-wrote Escape from New York with John Carpenter. The character of Andy's babysitter, Mrs. Kobritz, was named after producer Richard Kobritz, who had previously produced the Salem's Lot TV miniseries, and would later produce John Carpenter's Christine. Carpenter and Kobritz had previously collaborated on Carpenter's 1978 television film, Someone's Watching Me! John Carpenter had a habit of naming his characters after people he knew. Michael Myers in Halloween was named after the head of the now-dissolved British company Miracle Films, which distributed Carpenter's 1976 film, Assault on Precinct 13. The character of Laurie Strode was named after an old girlfriend of John Carpenter's.
This was filmed in the town of Bodega Bay, CA, which was also where Hitchcock's The Birds was filmed. You should've recognized it also as the location of I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Been watching you folks for a while now. Get so excited when you watch an old favorite!
Only 3 movies scared me as a kid Alien, Demon Seed(1977) and The Fog. Compared to modern movies it is tame but I like that it allows your imagination to run riot by only partially showing what /who is in the fog. The town ancestors stealing the gold and the revenge plot make for a great final scene with the glowing red eyed pirate taking his gold and the last life. Glad you guys enjoyed it.
This is absolutely my favorite John Carpenter movie, hugely underrated
Hell yes, I just rewatched this one recently. Love the concept of sea ghosts invading land. Hal Holbrook as the drunk priest gives one of my favorite performances in a horror movie (you might remember him as the old man who bonds with Tony Soprano in the hospital after he gets shot by Junior). And of course, Janet Leigh is so great playing a character who's just as blind to what's really going on as her character in Psycho, and about twice as unlikable.
And always good as a villain too like in Magnum Force (1973), Capricorn One (1978) or The Star Chamber (1983).
Samantha’s scream had me laughing for a good five minutes 🤣
One of my favourite opening sequences of all time, made even better by the ominous pan over the deserted bay.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing this reaction! Very few RUclipsrs have watched "The Fog" and it's a favorite of mine -- so atmospheric and so very different from most of that era's horror films.
John Carpenter is a genius when it comes to the movie's he makes, as how he does the music to them. Makes them that extra special on how the scene & music go together from an action to an horror movie he does, especially the instruments & sounds he uses. GENIUS!
Nancy Kyes plays Sandy Fadel she also was Annie on Halloween. Charles Cypers is Dan O'Bannon, he was Sheriff Brackett on the Halloween franchise
"Filming took place from April to May 1979 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California (interior scenes) and on location at several other cities in California, including Point Reyes; Bolinas; Inverness; and the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre."
One of my all-time favorite movies. The Blu-ray looks fantastic! I’m so glad you chose to react to this one. 🤍 Samantha’s screams had me rollin’ 😂❤
This is Carpenter's greatest film in my opinion. Halloween's story was lacking, and The Thing was a remake. so this is his number one.
Point Reyes Lighthouse in Point Reyes, CA. I live nearby in Sonoma County and have been to the lighthouse. It is a fantastic day trip, and yes it will take most of a full day to see the Lighthouse but the view is utterly spectacular. There is a 280 degree view of the open ocean when you are standing down at the lighthouse. If you ever come to CA, this is definitely a must see.
I met Adreinne Barbeau some years ago at a local airport. Really nice lady! Got her autograph too! Love this movie! One of my faves!
I got to see this on the big screen, at an Irish Halloween film festival. It’s slightly underrated, but a terrific ghost story. I believe John Carpenter got inspired by a fog that descended when he visited Stonehenge (whilst in England to promote Halloween). He’s also the guy that Father Malone wants to come in later 🎃
Much better movie then I remember from seeing it before when I was younger .... your usual great job Guys
We all had multiple portable radios back in the day. It was a way of life.. so much so portable radios would be in flashlights and ice chests, kids toys, boom boxes, clock radios always had 9 volts in them cuz power outages in the neighborhood were not an excuse for being late for work when ur clock reset... It's funny to think about now. There were even cases mmercials on TV with 800 numbers to call to buy this bs lol
This is a ghost story come to life!
Am ensemble cast:
Tom Atkins
Adrienne Barbeau
Jamie Lee Curtis
Charles Cyphers
Hal Holbrook
John Houseman
Janet Leigh
Nancy Loomis.
This movie is an homage to 1970's disaster films.
How?
I have never seen this movie before. This is the first time that I am watching this movie. I am really enjoy this movie and I am learning a lot about this movie a lot. I am so glad that I am watching this movie with you guys.
One of the actors on the boat in the beginning is a friend of mine. He says Carpenter originally filmed him being strangled by a ghost but decided it wasn't violent enough. Carpenter had a rubber head filled with stage blood manufactured by SFX and had the ghost stab it in the eyes instead.
Love this movie, watched it as a kid way back when, and loved it. Lost count how many times I've seen it, but the suspense holds up to this day.
I watch this 20 times a year in addition to April 21st. It's definitely a favorite of mine. I always believe the 6 people who get killed are specific in they're related to the ones responsible for the murders 100 years earlier. Perhaps I'm wrong and it's left ambiguous just as The Thing.
I only watch once a year. It's my Halloween favorite. I want to think the people killed are related but why are Andy and Stevie targeted? They are new arrivals to Antonio Bay.
I thought about that, too and not really an answer do I have. Kinda like how The Thing is ambiguous. I can't understand why when they're being attacked in the church near the end, Blake leaves, but then returns a short time later to kill Malone. Oops, I forgot to kill his grandson, better make him # 6. Maybe it could be "6 Must Die", the related ones, ALSO whoever else gets in our way. It'd be like Myers going after Laurie, he wants to kill her and whoever else he can get to. That's why I love John Carpenter, so many possibilities and theories. I wish I had a better answer instead of the cliché.
@@joeyrogers7017 I agree with the "collateral damage" people who are encountered. They're just bonuses because the ghosts are so angry lol. But they won't stop until the 6 descendants have been taken care of, or 12 midnight of next day.
Wasn't that one of the plot points in the remake? I might be wrong...I've only seen it once & that was more than enough self-torture.
I watched the remake one time and it was too much. Selma Blair just does not make a good Stevie Wayne.
My congratulations to the writer...n' director too!!!...😎😎😎👌👌👌👌👌
This is my favorite John Carpenter movie. The true ghost story told in front of the campfire still gives me chills.
Tom Atkins, Adrienne Barbeau and Hal Holbrook are also in Creepshow.
It's funny to see how many actors in this movie were also in Halloween films.
This isn't Carpenter's best film, but it's probably my favorite one. It's such a perfectly done ghost story. From that great opening with John Houseman telling the tale around the campfire, it's just a joy to watch. Carpenter is the best at conveying steading mounting dread and atmosphere.
LOVE this film. Carpenter rules!
Love this movie the feeling of dread and impending terror stays with you from start to finish keeping you on the edge of your seat to the bitter end.
This is one of my favorite John Carpenter movies. I am so happy you finally watched it on the channel.
Two great Jamie Lee Curtis movies: Trading Places and A Fish Called Wanda. Both comedies.
Scary as hell…😖😱.. don’t forget to watch the Prince of Darkness 😖
Prince of Darkness is a crazy film.
Don’t forget his film, In the Mouth of Madness! Good bookend to Prince of Darkness.
7:09, Adrienne Barbeau was married to John Carpenter from 1979-1984. She voiced Catwoman in the BATMAN ANIMATED SERIES.
She was married to Billy Van Zandt, brother of rock star Steven Van Zandt, who was in The Sopranos.
She was also played Bea Arthur's daughter on the sitcom, "Maude".
Jamie Leigh was a last minute addition to the cast. I don't remember if someone told Carpenter or Jamie Leigh did but was told she wasn't getting much work after Halloween. So he put her in the film to help her out.
Fun review as always! Thank you for presenting THE FOG in its original Panavision widescreen aspect ratio.
Great film! I particularly love the taped idents from the radio station - so retro & groovy ☺️
Yes... I've been waiting for you to watch this ❤
yeah you gotta see THEY LIVE! 🙂
Always loved this one. It's thick with atmosphere.
Adrienne Barbeau was John Carpenter's wife at the time and this was her first Feature Film.
And I really enjoy all of your reactions to all of the movie.
One of my favorite Classics. Glad you appreciate them. Great story, Carpenter is genius. 2 more of my favorites, The Changeling, and Ghost Story. Both great stories.
this is filmed near where i live point reyes national seashore and its one of the most beautiful places in the world...the light house is crazy and on low wind days you can hike down to it, luckily there are rest stops along the way lol
The Fog was filmed in Inverness, California and the area around The Point Reyes Lighthouse
The lighthouse is in Point Reyes, Ca. The lighthouse is decommissioned but it's a major tourist destination although walking down to it is not recommended for people with heart conditions, and no one is allowed to walk the steps when the wind is too high