The Fog

PG-13

Released Oct 14, 2005

1 hr. 40 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

List

4%

69 Reviews

Tomatometer

19%

100,000+ Ratings

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The prosperous town of Antonio Bay, Ore., is born in blood, as the town's founders get their money by murdering a colony of lepers. But the truth of what they did is concealed from subsequent generations. More than 100 years later, Elizabeth Williams (Maggie Grace), whose family lives in Antonio Bay, returns just as a statue in tribute to the founders is to be unveiled. When a mysterious fog rolls in, Elizabeth and her boyfriend (Tom Welling) soon discover it has vengeful supernatural powers.

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Critics Consensus

The Fog is a so-so remake of a so-so movie, lacking scares, suspense or originality.

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John D

Weak script lacking any depth, decent dialogue, and momentum but let's not lay all the blame on the writer(s); the producers and the director are due their fair share of blame for not exercising a modicum of critical facility.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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Wayne K

While many people nowadays rail against remakes as a lazy cash grab with little to no artistic merit, many seem to forget that the mid-noughties were a particularly egregious time for this phenomenon, with a seemingly never-ending string of classic franchise getting an unnecessary reboot. And right on cue, we have The Fog, a remake of the 1980 John Carpenter film that, like all these pointless redoings, nobody was asking for, but we got anyway. The film is around 1 hour and 40 minutes, and I was bored to tears within the first half hour, so the rest was more of an endurance test than a viewing experience. The Fog is far from my favourite Carpenter film, but it still has his trademark eerie score, tense direction and escalating sense of foreboding. But because director Rupert Wainwright, who, as a sidenote, hasn't directed a film since, doesn't trust his audience to keep paying attention if something doesn't jump out of the screen every 5 minutes, the film is punctuated by musical stingers and irritating jumps scares. All the usual suspects of course: Doors banging, people popping out of nowhere in the dark, sudden screeches, explosions, light suddenly turning off etc. This wouldn't be so bad if the story was compelling and the characters were interesting, but neither of these things are true. It's a lifeless film, directed without an ounce of energy and subsequently dragging on for what feels like 3 hours. To top it all off, it ends on an anticlimax. Whether or not the 1980 version existed, there would still be no reason to watch this whatsoever. Save your time and do literally anything else, even if its housework.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/24

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Awais S

i loved it so much, please make a couple more!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/24

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Glitched G

The Fog (2005) completely ruins the original John Carpenter classic.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/18/23

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Isaac N

I was almost born seeing this movie, love horror movies so much with jumpscare 💯

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/21/23

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Elvis D

Esta recreación no tiene el ambiente terrorífico que caracteriza la versión de Carpenter, pero realmente es una película aceptable y una buena actualización del film original. Relata la historia de una mejor manera, tiene una ambientación oscura que genera buen suspenso y los efectos especiales son bastante buenos, creando mejores versiones fantásticas y surrealistas de los fantasmas. De hecho, en su desarrollo, producción y detalles técnicos si es en cierto aspecto mejor que la versión de John Carpenter, aunque su única falla es no tener ese tono fantasmal y tenso, incluyendo la tétrica banda sonora que caracteriza bastante la versión de Carpenter. Aun así, es una buena película y los que piensan lo contrario están mal. Mi nota para esta película es un 9/10.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/14/23

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Matt Singer

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In a world where John Carpenter's The Fog still exists, I cannot think of a single valid reason to watch this.

Rated: 2/10

Oct 15, 2018

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Never will you wish more fervently for an Adrienne Barbeau cameo, just for old time's sake. Your prayers will be in vain.

Aug 16, 2007

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

The production values are above par, but as in Carpenter's original, seeing ghosts is less scary than imagining them.

Mar 6, 2007

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

These studios just don't know when to quit while they're ahead.

Apr 29, 2009

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Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

A boorishly bland supernatural action thriller.

Jan 15, 2008

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

Even the geography of the film doesn't seem to make sense.

Rated: 0/4

Jul 14, 2007

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Synopsis

The prosperous town of Antonio Bay, Ore., is born in blood, as the town's founders get their money by murdering a colony of lepers. But the truth of what they did is concealed from subsequent generations. More than 100 years later, Elizabeth Williams (Maggie Grace), whose family lives in Antonio Bay, returns just as a statue in tribute to the founders is to be unveiled. When a mysterious fog rolls in, Elizabeth and her boyfriend (Tom Welling) soon discover it has vengeful supernatural powers.

Director: Rupert Wainwright
Screenwriter: John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Cooper Layne
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Revolution Studios
Rating: PG-13 (Disturbing Images|Brief Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 14, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.5M
Sound Mix: Surround

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