I was pretty amazed at how much I really enjoyed this movie. I mean, I know that it spends more time than it needs to with all the "background story" (which could have satisfied my curiosity in a fraction of the time, let's be honest) but there's something interesting in the way it's paced: it plods carefully along and doesn't really pick up, even during the climactic scenes -- very much like The Fog itself.
Adrienne Barbeau is pretty convincing for the first half of the movie as a radio DJ, but less so later on when she's "trapped" in the lighthouse. Jamie Lee Curtis also makes an appearance as a hitchhiker who falls for a sea captain and also finds herself in Antonio Bay this fateful night. While not a particularly scary film, there is a nice level of suspense accompanied by some excellent storytelling. No big surprise the priest ended up being more involved than you'd think, too...
Score: 8.5/10
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