twist of fait accomplis

The Fog, 1980
Director: John Carpenter
Availability: Easy (on special edition DVD)

After the success of Halloween, John Carpenter was looking to make a ghost story with more implied horror and less of a slasher element. Carpenter brought in his one-time beau Adrienne Barbeau and called in Jamie Lee Curtis, who had just made a name for herself in Halloween. This underrated film was actually one of Carpenter's top five, due to it's eerie atmosphere and lighting. If you like your horror creepy, but not graphic, The Fog is great fun a good way to start off a month's worth of horror flicks.