The Fog (Remake)
| release date | October 14 2005 |
| studio | Sony/Revolution |
| director | Rupert Wainwright |
| writer | Cooper Layne |
| starring | Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, DeRay Davis and Rade Serbedzija |
| rating | PG13 |
| site | sonypictures.com/movies/thefog/site |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
13 Comments
a new low for horror. i hope someone can pull us out of this mess.
This is by far the worst movie I’ve seen in a very long time!!! I’d give it a zero if I could! Definitely NOT recommended!!! Watch the original!
Terrible to say the least!!!
Who farted? Horror remakes continue their streak of faliure with this turd-burglar. Tom Welling proves he can’t find range past Smallville, and the director proves he, well, doesn’t know how to direct. I hated this at about the three-minute mark and it only got worse. Proof that CGI is no substitute for guys in makeup. I would rather clean a public restroom than watch this again.
complete fuckin bullshit!!! I want my 5 dollars back.
Sucked not even Tom Welling did not even make it better.
Excellent could of been done better.
As good as the original but not so scary but even with that this film managed to avoid the classic PG13 crap and had its violent scenes so im very cool with it.
What the hell happened with this movie it was absolutely perfect,scary and violent so why critics and those retarded shit faces called fans of the original didnt liked(WELL)just because its PG13 doesnt means its a bad movie like prom night you people just hated it from the beggining because it was PG13 so if you didnt like it go watch the unrated version its better.
Another bashed good remake who got hated from the beginning only because it was PG13 but even with that it is still perfect
I know its fucking PG13 damn it but it was really goood anyway it was a really fun time.(The unrated version is way more bloody)
“Allow me to save you $8 by offering something you can do at home that is just as entertaining as watching this movie. Go get a load of whites and throw it in your dryer. Now, add in one red sock. (Make sure everything’s dry so you don’t end up with a bunch of pink laundry.) Now, hopefully you have the kind of dryer that has the clear window in front. If you do, start the load and watch the laundry spin around. Every time you see the red sock pretend to be scared.
That’s it. That’s the equivalent to seeing this movie. As entertaining as watching your laundry dry and every bit as scary as a red sock.
Others have already punched all the holes in the plot (or complete lack thereof) that are necessary. I won’t beat that dead horse. As mentioned, the acting was completely mailed in. The CGI was hokey, stilted and throw in in a lot of scenes unnecessarily. This wasn’t just a really bad movie, this was a really bad horror movie. Most horror movies these days suck to one degree or another, but this moving distinguishes itself as being among the worst of the worst. Seriously, save yourself the time and energy and steer clear of The Fog. I haven’t seen a horror movie this bad since I saw the remake of The Haunting.” –holder_MD, imdb.com
The original The Fog is a classic in my eyes, and had a good sense of dread about it as well as building suspense. This lacks in both of those, as well as acting and thrills in general. It just wasn’t good.
If you liked this movie (or any other PG-13 remake for that matter), you must really miss “dawson’s creek”. I’ve got good news for you though, “90210″ is coming back. Now that’s a scary ass remake.
what the F*^^%$%*(&(& was this
The original is a true classic that will never die. this is a textbook example of a bad result of an attempted remake.
i turned it off half way through
This was the most boring piece of shit ive ever seen in my life. it was so incredibly gay it got me into a reallly bad mood after i saw it, and it actually was one of those movies that makes you think after you saw it ” wow I am a fuckin loser, I really had nothing better to do with my life than watch this movie, I really wish I could get those 2 hours back” The most pathetic excuse ive probably ever seen.
oh, and I can only give a 2/10 i dont know why. this would have gotton – 5
Can’t hold a candle to Carpenter’s version.
Boring. I found this to be really boring and slow. It had some cool ghost effects, but nothing else in the film was physically appealing. It tries so hard to be scary, but it’s very obvious what’s gonna happen. It was way too predictable, and the ending is one of the worst i’ve ever seen. The fact that one single thing that is so pointless stopped the whole thing, just makes the movie more worse than it actually was. This was the third occasion i have tried to watch it and finally got through it. It is so boring and the pacing is so slow, there really is no point to it.
The plot could’ve been really successful in giving decent scares, but the way the scenes were set-up it was made too predictable. The ending should’ve been worked on alot more to make it really potentially scary.
The acting was actually decent with “Slema Blair” being the highpoint. Her role, although supporting was very well acted, and was the most realistically portrayed. “Tom Welling” and “Maggie Grace” were just as equal as eachother, and were neither bad or great.
Overall “The Fog” tries to hard to be scary, and the stupid ending really makes the film seem worthless. My ratins is 2/5.
i have only one word to sum it all up SUPER CRAPA FUCKA RIFIC EXPEALA BULLSHIT
Haha thats what happened when i saw this movie. It was still ok tho even knowing that the acting was just awful.
By far the worst remake yet!!!! completely terrible! 0 out of 10!
I didn’t like the classic, and I hate the remake even more. Corny American teenagers running around the place, with stupid acting and a lame plot, The Fog is a disaster. It isn’t scary, exciting, fun or even worth watching. Infact, I wouldn’t even reccomend touching the damn thing in a store. Please avoid.
1/10
Again, c’mon guys, it wasn’t all that, but 1 skull? That’s harsh. Make it like 2.
Couldn’t even finish it.
Just like Rob Zombie remaking Halloween no one can remake any John Carpenter movie including Vampires.
This Remake was a HUGE disappointment. Why would you try to even make a Remake of a John carpenter? John Carpenter did produce some parts of this film but he didn’t have full control of the film itself so it did kinda suck. People are running out of Ideas but Remaking Horror Classics is just boring. They should get a spark of inspiration if they want a good Horror. So overall this is pretty crap.
I never found the original to be all that great, and this remake succeeded in being even worse. Why some big shot said “Yeah this is good” is beyond me. Thank God Welling was still able to keep his Superman job. This remake was just too dumb and headache inducing.
BAD! Really bad!
John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980) is a memorable horror film, though not a perfect one. Among the films considered to be his “classics,” it is, by his own admission, the one with the largest possibility for improvement. I loved that film, not so much for its effects, and it’s not a very scary film, but the story that it tells of a leper colony being betrayed by the founders of a quiet, island town, that returns after one hundred years in a thick fog to exact revenge upon the descendents, is a fantastic backdrop to a ghost story. If any horror movie could be improved with modern technology, with the potential to be greater than the original, it is this one.
What a profound disappointment, then, is this clichéd, boring remake. Though the basic story remains the same, save a few tweaks, all other elements have been dumbed down and tamed for the middle-school crowd. The film is a perfect example of the same manufactured, generic, formulaic celluloid that is continuously churned out of the Hollywood horror factory, complete with beautiful actors in their underwear, ready for the teenage consumer market.
In addition to the IQ, the film has also lowered the ages of its main protagonists, which works only to its detriment. Instead of the everyman Tom Atkins who is easy to relate to and identify with, we get the handsome, jockish Tom Welling, who adds nothing to the film and who unfortunately has no screen chemistry with the female lead, played by Maggie Grace. The characters are paper thin and are made to fit their stereotyped roles, including the token black friend who exists only for comic relief. The plot half-heartedly follows the tired checklist we have come to expect from modern horror. Other problems persist, such as that the film cannot seem to decide on the motive of the mist and the final scenes will leave the viewer dumbfound and feeling cheated. Truly, the script does not attack our sensibilities or comfort zones like horror should, but only our intelligence. It is remarkable how not at all frightening or interesting this movie is. There is nothing for which to recommend its viewing.
I have very little interest in the fashion world, but I am aware that designers will create budget-friendly, off-the-rack clothing based upon their top-of-the-line, thousand-dollar pieces. Movies such as this remind me of those identical, ten-thousand-of-a-kind blouses. They are of a lesser quality and made for the maximum amounts of consumer’s possible, marketed as the latest thing when really they’re like the same crap they sold you twenty years ago. Most buyers know they are not paying for the best. Unfortunately, though, too many young people being introduced to horror will not know that this new version may have capable CGI and a hot blonde, but it is a poor, dollar-store level film when compared even to its flawed original. It is New Coke. Please, if you must see one, stick with the recipe that worked the first time around.
F
this movie was not great at all. to go buy this movie is a waste of cash. it did have good actors and some pretty good graphics but a horrible plot line
This movie isn’t what anyone is looking for. It’s sad to see a great movie be remade into garbage. Most of the movie had very little to do with the original. I don’t think anyone liked this movie and they shouldn’t. Especially with the extra cheasy effects and the low effort put into making this movie.
Utter garbage.
not as good as the original but i actually enjoyed it
Terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE remake with a horrid new story, shitty acting, boring soundtrack, a totally unscary fog, and of course it has no tension, no suspense, no atmopshere. Crap.
The original was great…this had potential and they ruined it.
FUCK!
THE WORST remake ever. THE biggest letdown ever. The dumbest horror film ever. Biggest waste of an awesome story, ever. Nothing scary about it, nothing creepy, and they barely explained a damned thing. No ominous legend like the first one. Rupert Wainwright should be made to walk the plank into a school of sharks after stabbing the genre in the back with this. I watch it and I just get angry at the near mockery. Zero skulls.
A real mess of a film. There are so many possibilities and different things you could do with the originals concept; its perplexing and stunning to say the least how the screenwriters could have come up with such an unimaginative, by the numbers and ultimately dull film. Avoid.
Just bad.
Terrible. don’t watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I won’t even waste my time or yours with a rundown of the things wrong in this movie, it is a PIECE. OF. SHIT!!
Oh my God, that movie is terrible, I can not recommend to anyone, not even my worst enemy.
Stupid movie…but Tom Welling