John Carpenter’s horror classic The Fog gets a comic book sequel this week as Massive Publishing and Sumerian launch their newest series; check out the official preview of The Fog #1… Forty years after the events of THE FOG (1980), this comic series tales a supernatural horror story that reconnects several surviving characters and/or their […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 22 – The Fog (1980)
The Fog, 1980. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh, and Hal Holbrook. SYNOPSIS: A small fishing town is enveloped by a mysterious fog, bringing with it the vengeful spirits of the mariners killed in a shipwreck 100 years prior. After omitting him from last year’s October Horrors, […]
Vice Press and Grey Matter Art release limited edition John Carpenter posters by artist Matt Ferguson
Vice Press and Grey Matter Art have announced the release of a new set of quad-sized art prints for John Carpenter’s The Fog, Escape From New York, They Live and Prince of Darkness, created by British artist Matt Fegurson for the films’ 4K restorations. From today, for one week only, collectors will have the chance […]
A Beginner’s Guide To John Carpenter
Tom Jolliffe continues his series of beginner’s guides to legendary directors with a look at the work of John Carpenter… What with the recent Halloween reboot in the cinemas, a 40 year anniversary for his original classic, and a series of gorgeous new 4K transfer releases for some of his other cult classics, now would […]
Hollywood’s Unhealthy Obsession With Movie Ratings Needs to End
Harrison Abbott on Hollywood’s unhealthy obsession with movie ratings and why it has to end… From a sanitised Die Hard sequel to an R-rated Star Trek, when it comes to ratings Hollywood is incapable of leaving well enough alone. The Dark Age of PG-13-ification Alien Vs Predator, The Expendables 3, World War Z, Max Payne, […]
John Carpenter’s The Fog, Escape from New York, Prince of Darkness and They Live receiving 4K restoration releases
StudioCanal has announced the upcoming release of 4K restorations of the John Carpenter classics The Fog, Escape from New York, Prince of Darkness and They Live, which will screen theatrically before arriving on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD this autumn. Antonio Bay, California has turned a hundred years old and is getting ready to celebrate its […]
