Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Strange things begin to occur 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.
- sea
- small town
- ship
- gold
- beach
- prophecy
- sword
- narration
- beheading
- fog
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Adrienne Barbeau
Stevie Wayne
Tom Atkins
Nick Castle
Jamie Lee Curtis
Elizabeth Solley
Hal Holbrook
Father Malone
- Janet Leigh — Kathy Williams
- Nancy Kyes — Sandy Fadel
- Ty Mitchell — Andy
- John Houseman — Mr. Machen
- James Canning — Dick Baxter
- Charles Cyphers — Dan O'Bannon
- John F. Goff — Al Williams
- George Buck Flower — Tommy Wallace
- Regina Waldon — Mrs. Kobritz
- Jim Haynie — Dockmaster
- Darrow Igus — Mel
- Directed
- John Carpenter
- Written
- John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 1,791 ratings
- Studio
- AVCO Embassy Pictures, EDI, Debra Hill Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
