Nick Castle (The Fog)

Nick Castle

Background

Nick Castle is a fisherman in Antonio Bay, California. He doesn't believe in luck. Nick's father was a fisherman who ran a trawler out of Whitely Reef.

During the events of The Fog (1980) played by Tom Atkins

Nick is driving his truck when he comes across Elizabeth Solley hitchhiking. He pulls over and lets Elizabeth in. She tells him that he is her 13th ride and as they are driving through town, the windshield and windows on his truck suddenly shatter. Elizabeth shows Nick her drawings and tells him she plans to hitchhike all the way to Vancouver. A shadow knocks on the front door, but leaves before Nick answers it, at exactly one o'clock. The next day, Nick and Elizabeth walk to the dock and Nick asks the Dockmaster where Al Williams is. They go out on Ashcroft's boat and they find the Sea Grass. Nick notices that all the glass on Al's boat has been shattered. As Nick is telling Elizabeth the story of the Resa Jane ship, the eyeless body of Dick Baxter falls on Elizabeth. The body of Dick is brought back on Ashcroft's boat. Dr. Phibes tells Nick that Dick's body is full of algae and silt. Dick's body rises from the table and writes the number 3 on the ground before collapsing. Nick takes his drink the Bartender had poured and calls Stevie Wayne, who had just mentioned a fog rolling in, and asks her about it. She tells him she saw the same fog yesterday and it appeared to be glowing. She goes on the radio to tell her listeners where the fog is heading and Nick drives his truck, along with Elizabeth in that direction.

Stevie goes on the radio and asks anyone to help Andy. Nick drives up to the house with Elizabeth and saves Andy and they drive away. Stevie continues to relay the path of the fog over the radio. She tells people to drive to the old church, which Nick does. Nick, Elizabeth, Andy, Kathy Williams, Sandy Fadel and Father Malone go to the basement. Father Malone reads a journal and finds out that his ancestor stole the gold from the townspeople and used it to make a golden cross, which he finds in the church wall near where the journal fell out. He walks towards the Ghosts carrying the golden cross and calls for Blake. The Ghost of Blake grabs the golden cross and then he and the other Ghosts disappear and the fog slowly recedes.