John Carpenter's classic Halloween opened up some excellent
opportunities for the talented writer/director/composer. One of those was the chance to direct a follow-up to the box-office hit with Halloween II.
While certainly pleased there was a sequel, he declined and chose to do
something new, something fresh, a film that would take him away from the
slasher and give him a chance to bring audiences into the supernatural horrors
that are... The Fog. Scream Factory has taken The Fog, restored it and given it
their widely praised "Collector's Edition" label in their latest
release from the popular line specializing in retro-horror.
When an immense fog begins to cover the quiet town of Antonio Bay,
the fisherman and soon the townsfolk begin to perish for . The
fog, is death to these people and what’s inside the fog is unstoppable. Stevie
Wayne (Adrienne Barbeau, Creepshow, Swamp Thing) is literally in the “thick’ of
things as our damsel in distress radio DJ. She and some like-minded individuals
are looking to get out of dodge as soon as possible to avoid getting a hook through their throats courtesy of the mysterious creatures traveling in the fog.