The Fog

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Ominous Fog: The premise of the film. It moves against the wind and causes electricity and phone lines to go dead. Newman, Kim (2011). Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s (Reviseded.). London, England: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-408-80503-9. Okay, this is amazing. 16% of the way through and totally loving it. Chess is a well crafted character and the humor in this book is amazing. Seriously. Aroused by Their Voice: Stevie puts on this type of voice when broadcasting her music. One of the first scenes has the three sailors getting turned on by it. She drops the voice instantly when she has to make an emergency broadcast.

This was a good story that moved along at a nice, even pace. I thought Chess was an interesting character and the supporting cast was strong,too. I liked the diversity and how each of them was so unique. Chess is only 12, which supports my theory that this is most likely a middle grade novel (GR doesn't specify the age level, I initially made the assumption that this was a YA novel, but the writing is more fitting for Middle Grade crowd). The Fog is composed of nanites that were created to clean up pollution on the Earth. After they did that, they were supposed to die. But the nanites learned to create other nanites and decided that humans were the cause of the pollution.

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Ghostly Goals: Plain old revenge. They also declare "six must die" to stand in for the six conspirators who sank their ship - though it's left open if any six will do or if it's the descendants of the conspirators. Fischer, William (November 24, 2022). "John Carpenter's 'The Fog' Is an Ideal Thanksgiving Horror Film". Collider. Archived from the original on November 24, 2022. Hollywood Density: For a man his age, Father Malone sure is strong to be able to carry a large solid gold cross. I was not at once convinced by Kathy. Her character is so unchanging, so immature, unable to learn from mistake after mistake that you can not like her. But how can she not learn? Behrani shows growth throughout the novel. If anything, Kathy shows a degeneration. I do appreciate the moments of internal struggle she shows, but it is hardly enough to redeem her. It always amazes me how one little mistake can lead to such complete chaos. Andre Dubus III keeps adding snakes to the plot until it is all so twisted together that only the sword of Alexander the Great will untie it. Dubus reveals all the characters, even the second tier characters, with such depth that I felt like I know these people. My mind even now is still weighing all the ramifications from everyone’s decisions as if this is an ongoing crisis that is still yet to be resolved.

A book to read when it's bright and sunny because it's not uplifting at all but nevertheless, it is very, very good. I can not believe how much I fell in love with the world in the book. The post-apocalyptic feel, the steam powered technology, the extremely hard life in the slums and how resilient and resourceful Chess and his friends were.James John Herbert, OBE (8 April 1943 – 20 March 2013) [1] was an English horror writer. A full-time writer, he also designed his own book covers and publicity. His books have sold 54 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 34 languages, including Chinese and Russian. [2] Biography [ edit ] The overall story is reminiscent of " The Night Wire", albeit with the news-wire Framing Device updated to a radio show. In the years following its release, The Fog has amassed a cult following, [30] and later came to be considered, as Carpenter opined regarding his creation, "a minor horror classic" though he also stated it was not his favorite film due to re-shoots and low production values. [20] This is one of the reasons he agreed to the 2005 remake. [31] Creativity: 5/5-- Loved the clever references to current pop culture. The characters are in the future when current technology has been destroyed and so they don’t understand current sayings or culture references and they are always misusing them. They also use cash as toilet paper because it is soft. It is so thought provoking about what we value and what its intrinsic value is. I will admit that as the book started, the pacing felt almost glacially slow. But there came a point where I suddenly realized that as Doyle and company where examining all the evidence for whatever forensic answers they could provide, so to was Bradley Harper building a clinical and forensic narrative that became more fascinating with each successive chapter. Suddenly I was HOOKED! I realized that as the Victorian Age moved at a slower pace, so to would the story. But it wasn't bogged down like first impressions suggested.