The Fog (1980)As we've been discussing, horror in the eighties would become more and more about the special effects: Baker, Bottin, Savini and others would rise to fame for their mastering of the magical arts. Popular directors would employ them to create wonderous visions of gore and gruesome madness. 1980 was at the beginning of that transition as directors began to feel this shift.
John Carpenter would hire Rob Bottin to create his monster(s) for The Fog. While this film isn't about the gore, that would come with Carpenter's The Thing a few years later, it does illustrate the rise of the effects artist and how they would come to shape the face of horror. Here, however, the influence is subtle.
The Fog stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Tom Atkins and Hal Holbrook.
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