The Film: A small US coastal town is overrun with malevolent spirits who drift in with a rising, spooksome mist.

It's a great example of stylish, atmospheric Carpenter work, even though it was shot on a shoestring by today's standards.
 
Carpenter Chats: "I came up with an idea before i connected it to a ghost genre - an idea of fog," he told Rolling Stone on the set.

"It's a frame in which to do certain cinematic things with ghosts. You don't really see ghosts as much as you think you see them. The fog moves around, it glows, it comes under doorways, through windowpanes, through your clothes…"

Remade? Our eyes! Our poor, abused eyes! The awful new version slithered on to screens in 2005 and was largely panned, then ignored by audiences. Thank goodness.