7.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone (Hal Holbrook) stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie (Adrienne Barbeau) witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth (Jamie Lee Curtis) discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Tom AtkinsHorror | 100% |
Thriller | 25% |
Supernatural | 21% |
Mystery | 15% |
Sci-Fi | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
Mono is dual-encoded
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Shout! Factory has reissued John Carpenter's The Fog in a SteelBook with new artwork (see Screenshot #1). First pressings are limited to 10,000 units, with presumably more on the way. While disc content appears identical to Shout!'s first release, the label has produced a different picture disc (see #s 2 and specifically 19 for a comparison). For my colleague Jeff Kauffman's thoughts on the film and a/v specs, check out his review of the Collector's Edition.
Back and front covers of THE FOG's US SteelBook.
The Fog appears in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1 on this MPEG-4 AVC-encoded BD-50. The main feature boasts an average video bitrate of 30000 kbps. Screenshot #s 3-18 consist of frame enlargements from this transfer.
The Fog's audio options consist of a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 remix (3072 kbps, 24-bit) and the movie's original monaural mix rendered as a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Dual Mono (1698 kbps, 24-bit).
Shout! replicates its extra features from the first release:
I very much like the new artwork spread for Shout!'s SteelBook of The Fog featuring a silhouetted Stevie Wayne in the Antonio Bay lighthouse and the ship marauders rising from the Elizabeth Dane. If you didn't pick up the Collector's Edition or missed out on the first pressings of that release's slipcover, definitely pick up this cool package.
Collector's Edition
1980
Collector's Edition
1980
1980
Limited Editon | Exclusive Limited Edition 7” Black And Blue Merge Vinyl+Poster
1980
Limited Editon | Exclusive Limited Edition 7” Half Blue/Half White with Black splatter
1980
Limited Editon | Exclusive Limited Edition 7” Black And Blue Merge Vinyl+Poster
1980
SteelBook + Collector's Edition | Includes 2 Posters + Enamel Pin Set + Blue Splatter 7" Vinyl + Adrienne Barbeau as "Stevie Wayne" NECA Action Figure
1980
2014
Collector's Edition
1987
2005
Limited Edition
1980
1977
1981
2018
2020
2014
2009
2002
1982
2010
Standard Edition
1981
Unrated
2007
2017
Collector's Edition
1978
2015
Uncut
2013
Special Edition | Includes The Little Shop of Horrors
1963