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The Fog (2005)

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Average Rating: 2.7/10
Reviews Counted: 66
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 63

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

Average Rating: 2.8/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 11

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

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John Carpenter's well-remembered thriller gets an update in this remake from director Rupert Wainwright. Nick Castle (Tom Welling) is a charter-boat captain in the small coastal town of Antonio Bay. Castle's ancestors helped to found Antonio Bay, but while the city's mayor (Kenneth Welsh) and the head of the local historical society (Sara Botsford) are spearheading an effort to raise money for a statue that would honor the city fathers, Castle is more interested in seeing the town's rickety

PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: Rupert Wainwright

Written By: John Carpenter, Cooper Layne

In Theaters: Oct 14, 2005 Wide

On DVD: Jan 24, 2006

Box Office:$29.5M

Sony Pictures Classics

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

March 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

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Mildly scary here and there.

October 29, 2005 Comment

Anita Gates

New York Times

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Like most remakes, The Fog is pretty unnecessary.

October 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Associated Press

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Christy Lemire

Associated Press

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Making concessions at every turn to the youth-horror market, the film slashes the ages of its protagonists by some 15 years, and its IQ follows suit.

October 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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R. Emmet Sweeney

Village Voice

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We're meant to be unsettled by digital spectres, reckless Mack trucks, and rotting old pirates who look every bit as terrifying as the guy on the Fisherman's Friend cold-lozenge box.

October 19, 2005 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

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Lock your doors. Bolt your windows. And for heaven's sake, stay away from the multiplex.

October 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Lisa Rose

Newark Star-Ledger

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

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Lame remake of 1980 horror movie.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

A boorishly bland supernatural action thriller.

January 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons

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Garth Franklin

Dark Horizons

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

August 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out New York

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

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

So concerned is the film with contriving at least one gratuitous jump-fright every five minutes that elements like character and story soon become lost in the fog.

July 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

Yet another anaemic horror retread starring a cast of good-looking TV totty.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Mark Salisbury

Time Out

A lousy remake of a not-so-good John Carpenter film.

May 12, 2006 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review

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Bob Grimm

Sacramento News & Review

Don't be afraid.

April 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Simon Crook

Empire Magazine

With dialogue as dorky as the words new screenwriter Cooper Lane stuffed in their mouths, none of the hapless cast members could have sounded convincing.

March 11, 2006 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies

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Bruce Kirkland

Jam! Movies

If you are a fan of the original film, this remake might interest you. It's not badly made. But why was it made at all?

February 25, 2006 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

...the latest in a long line of needless horror remakes..

February 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

The actors do their best, under the circumstances. Welling makes an engaging lead and Grace employs her trademarked wounded, fragile look (that serves her so well in Lost) to good effect and wanders around in her underwear a lot.

February 23, 2006 Full Review Source: ViewLondon

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

A mediocre remake of a 1980s horror movie of the same name which wasn't that good to begin with.

February 22, 2006 Comment

James O'Ehley

SA Movie & DVD Magazine

Another remake bites the dust.

February 14, 2006 Full Review Source: BBC

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Matthew Leyland

BBC

A dull, stupid, boring picture, inferior in every way to the John Carpenter film it remakes, but it's bad for the same reason a lot of effects-driven movies are bad.

February 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

The deleted scenes are mostly superfluous as these things usually are, but two of them really stood out and should have, in my opinion, made their way into the final cut.

January 25, 2006 Full Review Source: Horror.com

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Staci Layne Wilson

Horror.com Source: Horror.com

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Scary, but quite boring. Switched off once or twice and the storyline wasn't really that interesting. Good but not great!

June 23, 2011

Bethany Murphy

Super Reviewer

The fog remake totally ruined a piece of classic Horror cinema. It's curious to me why studios continue to remake classics that cannot be remade cause they're so good. But this remake is awful, nothing good going for it, and a waste of celluloid. For fans of the original, this film is a travesty., a film with no

July 14, 2010