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Eeriest part of film has nothing to do with the fog


But rather when Stevie is making her way down to the lighthouse while listening to the radio promos. Something about this scene has always been extremely unsettling for me—and I love it!

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I also like the opening montage of supernatural events going on.




I'm so happy, 'cause today I found my friends. they're in my head...

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there's also something about a mid-movie sequence in which night is falling and Carpenter shows his signature landscape shots. the music and the scenery combine to make something really great. a bit creepy.




I'm so happy, 'cause today I found my friends. they're in my head...

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Don't forget the eerie fog horn blowing during these dusk sequences.

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The fog horn is such a nice touch and has such a sense of foreboding. I think what makes Stevie walking down the steps to the lighthouse work so well is the sheer emptiness and loneliness of it in such a wide open space. The amount of steps makes it look dramatic but it also looks cold and windy and isolated.

My favourite eerie shot is the opening credit one where the camera rises up over the hill to show the beach at midnight and the title of the film appears. I'd always assumed it to be a day-for-night shot using filters because it's too bright for the dead of night, but the waves and the cold blue-ish hue coupled with the music is magnificent.

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Agree.

Atmospheric creepy!



"A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves."

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For me, the creepiest part is just after the main cast all get to the church. With a slight lull in tension in the music, we get a cut back to Stevie in the lighthouse broadcasting that the fog is "... almost like a wall across the East end of town."

She then looks to her side, and we see the fog creeping over the cliff and down the stairs to the lighthouse as the music flares up again. At this point we see Stevie doing a "I'm gonna die" facial expression. And as the establishing shot the OP talks about clearly showed, with no other routes off that cliff, we know she's right. Unless she jumps into the sea below, she's facing off against whatever horrors the fog conceals.

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Totally agree.... those promos are somehow unsettling as they just repeat over and over in slightly different voices.

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