<P> Jamie Lee Curtis, who was the main star of Carpenter's 1978 hit Halloween, appeared as Elizabeth . Commenting on the role and on appearing in another of Carpenter's films, she said "That's what I love about John . He's letting me explore different aspects of myself . I'm spoiled rotten now . My next director is going to be almost a letdown ." </P> <P> Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, and Tom Atkins all went on to appear in the horror film Creepshow in 1982 . </P> <P> Besides the fact that many of the actors in The Fog also appeared in Halloween (and other later Carpenter films), several characters in The Fog are named after people that Carpenter had collaborated with on previous films . </P> <Ul> <Li> Dan O'Bannon is a screenwriter who worked with Carpenter on Dark Star (1974). </Li> <Li> Nick Castle is the actor who played Michael Myers in Halloween (1978). </Li> <Li> Tommy Wallace has worked with Carpenter as an editor, art designer, and sound designer on several of his films in the 1970s and 1980s . </Li> <Li> Richard Kobritz, the producer of Carpenter's 1978 TV film Someone's Watching Me! inspired the name of the character Mrs. Kobritz . </Li> </Ul>

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