DuracellEnergizer said:

I had the reverse reaction, myself - I found Halloween rather dull.

I really couldn't care less about the characters in The Fog, which is the biggest reason why I was so bored by it. Halloween had a great performance by Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis was really likeable in that. The Fog on the other hand had way too many characters in my opinion, and none of them were all that interesting or likeable. Even the bland characters had a point in Halloween (to get killed, basically). In The Fog, it's "Hey, it's Janet Leigh! Hey, it's Jamie Lee Curtis!" but then they barely do anything.