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The Fog

PG-13 Released Oct 14, 2005 1h 40m Horror Mystery & Thriller List
4% Tomatometer 69 Reviews 19% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
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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The Fog is a so-so remake of a so-so movie, lacking scares, suspense or originality.

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Matt Singer ScreenCrush 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed These studios just don't know when to quit while they're ahead. Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Garth Franklin Dark Horizons A boorishly bland supernatural action thriller. Jan 15, 2008 Full Review Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound Even the geography of the film doesn't seem to make sense. Rated: 0/4 Jul 14, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Noah R Wow this one stinks! Cool sink scene though. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/16/24 Full Review Jules N Aucune identité propre sort de ce remake, si le film ne reprend pas les lignes de dialogue de l'original, il reprend les clichés des remakes des années 2000 (visions de l'héroïne, flashbacks, insertion d'une romance qui ne mène à rien) ce qui est censé à la base ajouté de la "substance" au film mais qui le rend dans ce cas là ennuyant. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/14/24 Full Review Demonic S There's absolutely no reason for the hate on this film. It is a very decent remake and is totally entertaining if you like New England ghost stories. I enjoyed it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review Michael B ABSOULITY FANTASTIC REMAKE, The First One Was Good, But This One,Wins The PRIZE, Thank You.⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/05/24 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Producer
John Carpenter, David Foster, Debra Hill
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
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround
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