The Fog (1980)
The dead come back for revenge 100 years after a group of townspeople stole their gold.
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Characters/Groups
Stevie Wayne - Adrienne Barbeau
Elizabeth Solley - Jamie Lee Curtis
Dan O'Bannon - Charles Cyphers
Tommy Wallace - George "Buck" Flower
Ghosts - Ric Moreno, Lee Sacks and Tommy Wallace
Blake's Voice - Charles Nicklin
Children - Laurie Arent, Lindsey Arent. Shari Jacoby, and Christopher Cundey
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Detailed Synopsis
At 11:55 p.m., Mr. Machen tells a group of Children, including Andy (The Fog)|Andy, a story of an event that happened 100 years ago on the son to be same day on the 21st of April in the waters near Spivey Point in Antonio Bay. He continues that a small clipper ship named the Elizabeth Dane floated towards the shore when a fog rolled in. They steered a course towards a light they saw, which turned out to be just a campfire and the ship crashed against the rocks. The ship then sank along with everyone onboard. He says that through generations, fisherman have told the tale that someday, the dead will rise up and search for the campfire that led to their deaths. The church bell rings at midnight and Bennett (The Fog)|Bennett is listening to the radio as he is working in the church. The DJ Stevie Wayne notes it is midnight, the beginning of the witching hour and Bennett tells Father Malone that he is done for the day. Bennett asks if he can get paid and Father Malone tells him to show up two hours later the next day. A piece of the church wall falls down and Father Malone finds a journal inside from Father Patrick Malone written in 1880. He starts to read it starting on the day of 30 April. Stevie wishes the town of Antonio Bay a happy 100th birthday over the radio. Sheriff Simms is listening to the police radio and the pay phones start ringing all over town. A Grocery Clerk is sweeping up the store when he hears something break. The bottles start shaking in the store and at the service station, a gas pump falls out and starts leaking gasoline and cars horns start suddenly blaring. Sandy Fadel walks over to her window and the horns stop, but her tv turns on suddenly. Nick Castle (The Fog)|Nick Castle is driving his truck when he comes across Elizabeth Solley hitchhiking. He pulls over and lets Elizabeth in. She tells him that he is her 13th ride and as they are driving through town, the windshield and windows on his truck suddenly shatter. At the radio station, the phone rings and Stevie answers it. Dan O'Bannon (The Fog)|Dan O'Bannon tells her the position of a trawler called the Sea Grass which is nearing a fog bank. Stevie gets back on the radio and warns the Sea Grass about the fog bank. Al Williams (The Fog)|Al Williams, who is listening on the radio on the Sea Grass, tells Tommy Wallace and Dick Baxter that he would like to meet Stevie some day. Tommy tells them he can't see any fog bank