John Carpenter has an incredible batch of movies, but unlike many of his contemporaries, several of his movies were not successes when released. That means he has movies that fans love but not movies that have been widely accepted by mainstream audiences, and these are movies that deserve more love. The Fog was a box office success, but it was seen as a critical disappointment for Carpenter at the time. After The Thing's failure, Carpenter was a risky name for Hollywood, even though his movies ended up becoming cult classics. This movie, above all other John Carpenter movies, is bigger and better than its reputation as a cult classic might suggest.