The Fog

1980 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 86,968 VOTES · DIR. John Carpenter

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Overview

Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

Dialogue Timeline — 902 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:02 Enough time for one more story.
00:05:03 Oh, thank you, Bennett.
00:12:52 -Make it? -Yeah. Thank you.
00:15:06 I thought you were off work at 8:00.
00:16:52 All right. I'm drunk enough.
00:21:51 OK, mystery lady.
00:27:17 Yeah. Old Mr. Machen told us ghost stories.
00:29:21 A work of art.
00:31:44 He was complaining about his boat last week.
00:34:24 -Jesus! -I'm sorry, Mrs. Williams.
00:37:27 She was clean two nights ago. I checked her out myself.
00:39:51 My dad picked up the coin, put it in his breast pocket...
00:44:12 There's not much we can do about any of this.
00:47:25 and then it turned into the wood.
00:49:58 She gonna be all right?
00:53:44 Thank you.
00:56:25 Right now it doesn't.
00:58:36 The tri-county weather station...
01:00:45 they ain't gonna like finding me home.
01:06:17 Mrs. Kobritz, get him out of the house! Please! Run!
01:10:10 Come on, do it! Do it!
01:13:21 Richardsville Pike up to Beacon Hill...
01:16:47 Why would they want you?
555:21:03 This is an emergency.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed902
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:01:02
Final line555:21:03

Production Record

DirectorJohn Carpenter
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue$21,448,830
IMDb votes86,968