I do love a John Carpenter film.

Last night (and today, as I was too tired to watch the whole thing late last night) I watch The Fog for the first time.

At least I don’t remember watching it in my youth.

I enjoyed it thoroughly.

It actually made me jump in two separate parts, which was nice.

And it was more violent than I was expecting. It’s not actually that graphically violent, but there were a couple of moments I did wince.

And that’s a good thing in horror.

I loved how quick and to the point it was too. As with many of Carpenter’s films I’ve seen, it gets straight into the meat of the film and then as soon as it’s resolved it gets out quickly.

I do enjoy a slow-burn character story from time to time. But when it comes to most horror, I do enjoy it when it stays concise and gets to the point fast.

There’s still a couple of Carpenter’s films I’m yet to watch, and “The Thing” that I desperately want to re-watch.

It’s been a while since I was fourteen.

Till then, Tata.