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Movie shot two times

This sounds interesting: "Carpenter shot the movie almost two times, because he was not satisfied with the original result".

Could be something good to elaborate on if someone knows details. Like, did they go back and do extensive reshoots much later, or did they just keep doing multi retakes. Which particular sections were reshot? Precinct13 00:32, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand it, the reshoots were done after a rough cut of the film was put together and was deemed a disappointment and not scary enough by both Carpenter and the studio. Reshoots were scheduled and had to be completed quickly in order for the film to make its release date. The opening campfire sequence was a new addition, the scene early in the film in which the town is beseiged by poltergeist-like activity was newly conceived, and gorier inserts were shot and edited into many of the murders to make the deaths more graphic.12.162.189.80 20:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Urban Legend tag

This is tagged as part of the category "Films from urban legends," but I've never heard of an urban legend similar to the plot of this movie. If someone knows of this urban legend, I'd suggest putting some information on it on the page (at the bottom, in a separate section). Otherwise, I think we might want to remove that category.

I think the category should be removed. Carpenter said that part of his inspiration for this film came from reading about actual shipwrecks off the California coast, not from an urban legend. He specifically mentioned one incident near Goleta, California in which a ship was lured toward rocks with a false beacon and then plundered after it crashed.

Actually, I'm surprised that nobody has nominated "Films from urban legends" for deletion. A surprising number of the movies listed in this category don't appear to be based on urban legends. People seem to be padding it out with random (mostly) horror films, or they don't seem to understand what an "urban legend" is. For example, I have no idea what urban legends Caspar the Friendly Ghost or Maximum Overdrive are supposed to based on, either. Sullenspice 22:52, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lead paragraph

I reverted the edit by Nreive because it included redundant info and an unnecessary reference to the 2005 remake. As it is, there are already too many references to the remake. Let's not forget that the focus of this article is the original 1980 film. Sullenspice (talk) 16:20, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know it's a bit late in the day to reply to this topic, but I thought it would be necessary to set the record straight. Not long after Sullenspice reverted the lead paragraph, I put the info back in. Take a good look at Wikipedia:Lead and Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Style guidelines#Lead section for an understanding of what goes into the lead. Thanks, Nreive (talk) 10:05, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Organization of the article

I've tried to shape the article, although much more work needs to be done. There was far too much redundant content. I'm still not completely happy with the "Inspiration" and "Analysis" sections--perhaps they can be combined into a single section--but at this point it is more clearly divided into different thematic section than it was before.

Also, people really need to stop peppering this article with references to the remake. There is an entire section devoted to it here, AND it has a separate article. There is absolutely no reason to keep mentioning it in the introductory paragraph. Sullenspice (talk) 21:31, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John, you sly dog

So the article says the female lead was Adrienne Barbeau, "Carpenter's then wife", and the co-producing was done by his "then-girlfriend" Debra Hill. Are both of these true simultaneously? Was Barbeau his wife and Hill his girlfriend at the time the movie was shot? If not, some rewording is in order. If so, some rewording is in order. TomorrowTime (talk) 23:33, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He met Barbeau in 1978 and they were married from 1979-1984. Carpenter went to Stonehenge with his then-girlfriend Hill while promoting Assault on Precinct 13 in 1976. So there is no need for any crossover in time there. It might be no rewording is really needed, but I think it'd be clearer if the two sentences were merged into one or move the bit before the comma in the second sentence to the end of the first sentence. It'd make the timing clearer. (Emperor (talk) 05:02, 26 November 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Reference in Pokémon Black 2 White 2

Might not be relevant, but in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, one of the movies you can make at Pokéstar Studios is "Red Fog of Terror", and the director's name is John Pokénter, a reference to John Carpenter. 96.42.112.136 (talk) 02:44, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

The Plot section describes the ghosts as the crew of a wrecked clipper ship, but then refers to "pirates"; who were they? The same bunch, or some others? Also, are the revenants just after the descendants of the wreckers, or are they out to kill anyone they can find; why are some killed and some spared? What is the link between the people who are in the town now, and the ones there then? The article doesn't make this clear. Can anyone who has seen the film clarify this? Swanny18 (talk) 18:53, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The crew of the Elizabeth Dane were not pirates, they were simply mariners who were afflicted with leprosy. Malone suggests that they have conme back for the descendants of the six original conspirators, though this is muddled a bit when they attack Stevie at her lighthouse (and she had only just moved to Antonio Bay). 2.125.94.245 (talk) 15:48, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Theatrical release

It says that the fog was in theatres for 152 weeks… seriously? Was it actually in theatres for over 2 1/2 years?? This has to be a typo! 2604:3D08:647B:AB00:20BB:6328:CC2C:7B5B (talk) 03:54, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relation to the book of Stephen King?

No mention to the book of Stephen King? Does it mean this film is not based on the book? 85.168.113.56 (talk) 10:24, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]