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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. C... read more read more...astle'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 docks and aging sea wall replaced. However, Castle has been too distracted with personal matters to wage a campaign of his own -- he's been having an affair with Stevie Wayne (Selma Blair), a single mom who runs a combination radio station and lighthouse, while his former flame Elizabeth Williams (Maggie Grace) has returned to town to mend fences with her mother and finds herself renewing her romance with Castle. One night, Castle and his first mate, Brett Spooner (DeRay Davis), discover an antique ship's bag filled with treasure, not knowing the salvage came from a ship that sank over a hundred years before. As it happens, there's a terrible secret behind the ship's disastrous fate, and now that Castle and Davis have unwittingly awakened the watery grave, the souls of the ship's crew and passengers have come back to claim their revenge in the form of a thick and impenetrable fog. The remake of The Fog proved to be one of the last projects for producer Debra Hill, who also worked on the original film; Hill was fighting cancer when work began on the film, and she died shortly before filming commenced. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Rupert Wainwright

Release Date: October 14, 2005

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DVD Release Date: January 24, 2006

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  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    Scary, but quite boring. Switched off once or twice and the storyline wasn't really that interesting. Good but not great!
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    August 6, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    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 fi... read morelm is a travesty., a film with no creative value whatsoever. The reason that remakes are so bad is that they cast teen idols inb the roles of the characters to hopefully and successfully attract a teen audience. In this remake, you have many stars that may appeal to a teen audience, and in does. I overheard my sisters friends (who are teenagers) talk about how good this film is, teens today don't know shit aboiut great horror titles, and they always seemed suprised vand insulted that these are remakes, and when we the film connoisseurs say the originals films are better, they refuse to believe it. Some remakes are good, I'll admit, but most fail, and this remake certainly fails. It's good on special effects only, but doesn't do anything as good as the original did. This film is simply bad. Poor cast, copied plot, and poor directing should make this film drown in actual fog.
  • SirPant
    June 25, 2010
    SirPant
    This is another 'painted by numbers' remake of a superior horror film. The back story was explored a little more which was nice but all the suspense and feeling of impending doom from the original were missing. The ending was farcical and stupid. Don't waste your time!
  • deano
    May 16, 2010
    deano
    This ghostly thriller remake is average as the leper colony ghosts were not scary. They were all see through, and instead of a giant fishing hook.
    There are two good things though. There is one pretty shocking death scene that was cool and there were some cool cinematography sho... read morets.
    Horror remake of 1980's The Fog.
  • 3niR
    March 4, 2010
    3niR
    So not scary. They tried hard.
  • ScoopOnline
    December 10, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    I saw the Original with Jamie Lee Curtis didnt liked it neither the Remake. The Original was a tiny bit stupid with those eyes coming out of the fog. I thought it was Horror turned in to a SciFi
  • stormyweather980
    September 11, 2009
    stormyweather980
    Not bad, nothing great, so about average.
  • middleeasternfilms
    November 9, 2008
    middleeasternfilms
    Superman fights a ghostly gang of old sailors whose backstory is complete bullshit and in reality were a group of murdering backstabbing assholes. Horrible acting all-around. The story makes very little sense, but with the deleted full flashback scene I finally understood it and ... read morewould give this movie a full star-and-a-half extra if they would've left it in. But they cut it. This movie sucks so bad not even Selma Blair is worth a shit in it.
  • TheMachinist
    August 26, 2008
    TheMachinist
    An extremelly failed attempt to scare people. First of all, I hate these remakes. That just proves that the filmmakers have nothing original to show you. Second, why did they do a remake of a very poor "classic". The original was just as stupid and non-scary as this one. But it ... read moredidn't suck ass...

    The acting is awful, there's no tension in the film and it just bores the hell out of me. Avoid.
  • CrookedlittleB33
    May 17, 2008
    CrookedlittleB33
    Didn't read into it enough to watch more than I saw...

    Too bad, nifty story though.

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Critic Reviews

Andrea Gronvall
March 6, 2007
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader

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

Anita Gates
October 29, 2005
Anita Gates, New York Times

Mildly scary here and there.

Christy Lemire
October 29, 2005
Christy Lemire, Associated Press

Like most remakes, The Fog is pretty unnecessary. Full Review

R. Emmet Sweeney
October 27, 2005
R. Emmet Sweeney, Village Voice

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. Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
October 19, 2005
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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. Full Review

Lisa Rose
October 17, 2005
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

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

Kyle Smith
October 17, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post

I was held in suspense throughout The Fog, aching to learn the answer to its central riddle: Why would any one remake such a crummy movie?

Jami Bernard
October 17, 2005
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News

The fog also does something genuinely eerie: It causes everyone in the cast to deliver dreadful performances and display inappropriate reactions when their friends are drowned, burned, stabbed or thro... Full Review

Frank Scheck
October 17, 2005
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

Add one more to the list of unnecessary horror remakes.

Joe Leydon
October 17, 2005
Joe Leydon, Variety

It's typical of pic's adherence to rigid genre conventions that the very first victims are brazen hotties who are shown drinking, dancing and wearing revealing attire prior to their deaths. Full Review

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  • Spooky update of the John Carpenter classic about a quiet seaside town terrorized by mysterious "weather". With Tom Welling, Maggie Grace?  Answer »
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  • This film opens with John Houseman telling ghost stories to a bunch of kids late one night on the beach. The eerie story he relays tells of a terrible mistake involving the community and in particular the lighthouse which had directed a ship to its watery grave.  Answer »
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