Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Adrienne Barbeau
The fog kills the sailors as well as the local weatherman and Andy Wayne's nanny, all descendants of the town founders. Stevie Wayne is trapped by herself in the lighthouse/radio station as the fog rolls in.Eventually, a group of survivors, namely Elizabeth Solley (Jamie Lee Curis), Andy Wayne (Ty Mitchell), Father Malone (Hal Holbrook) Cathy Williams (Janet Leigh) and (I think) Nick Castle (Tom Atkins) convene in Father Malone's church. They hole up in Father Malone's study, and the Fog surrounds them. They decide that Father Malone must be the only one of the six still alive, and Father Malone take the cross from his study (Whats left of blake's gold) and goes out into the church, which i now inhabited by the fog, now in human form. He hands overthe cross to the ghost of Blake and the fog recedes. Meanwhile, Stevie is fighting off the ghosts with a fishing hook, and the fog recedes just before they kill her. All except father Malone drive down to Antonio Bay. Stevie starts broadcasting a warning about the fog from the station. Father malone is killed by the ghosts who return, thus completing their revenge.
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Continuity mistake: While Father Malone is drinking his wine you can still see the cork laying on the table. He finally gets up to try to catch Bennett before he leaves and the cork has mysteriously put itself back into the bottle. (00:05:00 - 00:05:45)
Stevie Wayne: I don't know what happened to Antonio Bay tonight. Something came out of the fog and tried to destroy us. In one moment, it vanished. But if this has been anything but a nightmare, and if we don't wake up to find ourselves safe in our beds, it could come again. To the ships at sea who can hear my voice, look across the water, into the darkness. Look for the fog.
Trivia: When Father Malone discovers the journal, at the beginning of the movie, he opens it to a full page of text. We only see it very briefly but if you pause the film it appears to be some sort of joke. Here's a couple of extracts I could make out: "writing dumb shit in this fucking movie.." "...big tits, tatoos (sic)..." (00:06:41)
Question: I was wondering if there was supposed to be any connection between the six original conspirators and the victims one hundred years later? Obviously Father Malone was a direct descendant of one of the conspirators, but what about the other five? I thought maybe it was about roles, like a priest, three fishermen, a weather man and an old lady, maybe? Or was it just any six people who had to die? That doesn't seem to make sense because the zombies were going to kill Stevie and her son and the people at the church. Maybe they would have stopped after six were dead, I don't know. I also doubt that the six who died were all relatives of the six conspirators, what are the odds of the three fishermen all being relatives of the conspirators and being on the same boat? Anybody got any ideas?
Chosen answer: From what I've gathered from listening to the DVD commentary there is no connection between the six that must die and the original conspirators (Father Malone aside). I've always found it quite silly that fog, which is seen roaring down the streets of town, seems hell bent on getting the main charaters and not bothering anybody else in the town.
If one reads the novelization of the film, it's revealed that the six were descendants of the original six conspirators. Although it wouldn't apply to the movie, it's an interesting plot point.
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