If You Loved 'Widow’s Bay,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Whether you loved Widow’s Bay from the moment Wyck cranked the hilariously warbly horror alarm in the first episode or you only fully bought in once Patricia was running down the road in her fabulously impractical sweater boots, we can all agree that the Apple TV horror comedy was the summer streaming surprise we all needed. Somehow, this story of a seafaring island community beset by a growing, malevolent supernatural force was simultaneously laugh-out-loud funny and legitimately scary, a balance that’s rarely been done so well, and so consistently. If you’ve watched and rewatched the show (and burned through our suggestions for similar streaming series ), there’s one more movie you should check out: John Carpenter’s 1980 classic The Fog . Like Widow's Bay, The Fog 's Antonio Bay is cursed There is no Widow’s Bay without The Fog . While the show draws on a lot of horror influences, ranging from Scream -style slashers to everything Stephen King has ever published, the key element in Widow’s Bay is the community’s isolation and seafaring history. While it’s not nearly as funny as Widow’s Bay , The Fog has all the chilling, creepy vibe you could want, and the town of Antonio Bay, California is very similar to Widow’s Bay in many ways. Just like Widow’s Bay, Antonio Bay is superficially a sleepy, economically-challenged town whose economy and local culture ar…