#blame this on me watching The Lighthouse last night lol

[akascow]

cliche like 30s sailor iwa with a mermaidman tattoo on his bicep that ppl get to remember their girl while traveling but its just oikawa in a shitty costume doin a sexy lil pose and iwas crew mates genuinely cant tell who it is even tho iwa walks around with pride showing it off ehehe

#iwas like im getting that tattooed omg bet and oikawas like no fucking no you wouldbt dare then iwa walks in the next day w it and oikawas #like omfg you did it and iwas like i did it and oikawas like i hate you and iwas like omg ditto #<< lh #oikawa #iwaizumi #iwaoi #blame this on me watching The Lighthouse last night lol #i love sea shanties about their girlfriends it sounds so cool and they make me think of this #like Whale of Tale from 10000 leaks under the sea or whatever that movie was called lol i had that song on my 2008 PINK MP3 PLAYER #yk i have homework go look up Whale of a Tale from 20000 leagues under the sea bc i love that song i wanna share it

[theshoutfactory]

**A Look Back at THE FOG**

We continue to celebrate our 5-Year Anniversary by looking back and reflecting at select titles in our colorful catalog. Today's spotlight: Carpenter’s THE FOG

CLIFF MACMILLAN (Blu-ray Producer / Acquisitions): It was great to have Dean Cundey join us for the color correction on this film. He never liked the color correction that had been done on the film on previous releases. He wanted the film to be darker and have a more bluish tint. I think the film is even moodier now with his approved transfer.

JEFF NELSON (Senior Marketing Manager): Since THE FOG is my favorite film of all time, this will be a lengthy one so thanks for letting me indulge a little bit…

I caught this film on the ABC Night at The Movies premiere in 1982 at age 10 and it captivated me immediately. It didn’t scare me as much as the original Halloween (which I had seen the year prior) but from the beginning of the Avco-Embassy swirling logo to its final shock frame I just somehow to took more to its story of supernatural revenge, seaweed-drenched dead sailors and glowing, attacking fogbanks. Whenever it would air for years later I would watch it—once even at Midnight on Oct 31. I love it frame by frame but the scene where the fog rolls down the hillside towards the lighthouse will always give me the goosebumps.

It was the first VHS I bought and the first CED disc (who remembers that?) I purchased too. Had the soundtrack, the book and even a video poster. I distinctly remember wanting to break some sort of movie-watching record but I stopped counting at around 100 times when I was about 17. God knows how many times I has seen it since, likely hundreds more. I once told John Carpenter this and he laughed and said “Dude, you’re sick.” LOL. I replied back: “You only have yourself to blame.” :)

You can only imagine my surreal state of shock then when many years later I would end up at a company that was putting out my favorite film on Blu-ray where I was partially responsible for its course. Talk about a full circle moment!

The artwork phase was the most challenging. Originally I had commissioned someone who really knew the film to do the work but the creative wasn’t coming up to the precedent we had been setting with earlier releases and we had to move course in another direction with artist Justin Osbourn. The day I had to come to terms with letting the original artist go was hard one and it actually brought me to tears. (This is how passionate we sometimes are here on job.) Sometimes the more you love a project, the harder it can become because you feel the pressure of wanting to please other fans of the property, let alone yourself.

Despite that moment there were many more dream-come-true ones that played out. I got to meet Jamie Lee Curtis (shout out to Sean Clark for this – and who was responsible for us getting a rare interview with her), Tom Atkins, Dean Cundey (thanks to Killer POV for this) and Tommy Wallace. My favorite though was bringing Adrienne Barbeau down to Comic-con and being able to sit next to her at a panel and her being a damn good sport when I did my “Steve Wayne” impersonation. Another memorable moment was when Kristy Jett (formally of Fright Rags) and myself got to sit in quietly on the new audio commentary that Michael Felsher and Clark conducted with Atkins, Wallace and Barbeau. Geek Heaven right there folks!

So if you made it this far, thank you! Our release is still one our top-selling titles and still continues to do well. Very very proud of it. I once met Debra Hill years ago before she passed on and sheepishly approached her to tell her how much this film meant to me. She couldn’t have been more kind and was genuinely appreciative. I think of that special exchange every time I watch the film now...and I am humbled and grateful to have played a small part in its legacy in its home entertainment form.

One last tidbit: Did you find the Easter Egg on the menu by now? Thank you Cliff for including that to bring out the 10 year-old in me every time I see it.

THE FOG can be purchased @ https://www.shoutfactory.com/…/…/the-fog-collector-s-edition or other fine online retailers.

#the fog #scream factory #shout! factory #jamie lee curtis #Adrienne Barbeau #John Carpenter