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The Fog Reviews

2005

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An island off the Oregon coast is the setting for this salty yarn of ghosts, lepers, betrayal, vengeance, and teen angst. A fog-enshrouded schooner from 1865 returns from the bottom of the sea to wreak vengeance on the locals of the island, and it's up to local DJ Stevie Wayne (Selma Blair), her charter-boat-captain lover, Nick .. Read more

Starring	Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, Kenneth Walsh
Director	Rupert Wainwright
Genres	Horror

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- Yet another anaemic horror retread starring a cast of good-looking TV totty â" Tom Welling from âSmallvilleâ,... read more on Time Out
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- - Mark Salisbury
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
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  A poor movie, watch the original instead!
  
  A poor movie on the whole, but not as terrible as many reviews have made it out to be. John Carpenter’s original wasn’t a classic itself, and left ... read more »
  
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  - DJM666
  - 271 reviews
  - Walsall
  - 26 Feb 2006 at 11:40
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  Prefer the original
  
  Very slow paced & not half as good as teh original version had to switch off half way through.
  
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- - a customer
  - Durham, England
  - 29 Dec 2011 at 15:10
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  Prefer the original
  
  Very slow paced & not half as good as teh original version had to switch off half way through.
  
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- - a customer
  - Durham, England
  - 29 Dec 2011 at 15:10
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  Just rubbish
  
  My partner who is big Carpenter fan warned me about watching this film, and he was right it was dreadful an absolute insult to the original. I turned it off ... read more »
  
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- - Viperbunny
  - 3 reviews
  - 25 Apr 2011 at 18:43
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  it was a little to far fetched
  
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  this film was ok,,,not as scary as the adverts said,,,
  
  it was ok to watch but then towards the end got a little silly,,and far fetched and bit hard ... read more »
  
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  - Leeds
  - 26 Oct 2010 at 19:29
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  worth a watch
  
  i really enjoyed this film but i did go in with the attitude it was going to be rubbish and was pleasantly surprised its a chuckle with a scary twist dont ... read more »
  
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- - nickinackinoo
  - 21 reviews
  - totton
  - 18 Aug 2010 at 17:55
- - 0
  - 1
  A little foggy in places...
  
  Oh dear....
  
  Now I haven't seen the original 'The Fog' so went into this with open eyes and high expectations. I was sorely dissapointed!<... read more »
  
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- - Sarbs
  - 119 reviews
  - Essex
  - 26 Apr 2010 at 13:25
- - 0
  - 0
  A shadow of the John Carpenter Version
  
  This pales in comparison to the older original John Carpenter scare-fest. This update of an old classic, expels the eerie and creepy atmosphere, so craftily ... read more »
  
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- - Rhinogeezer
  - 5 reviews
  - Oldham
  - 22 Mar 2010 at 16:22
- - 0
  - 0
  Standing The Test Of Time
  
  The Fog is ageless and stands up to te best of horrors. this film can still scare the pant of you
  
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- - ARCHER
  - 9 reviews
  - Merseyside
  - 21 Mar 2010 at 11:48
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  - 0
  Must See
  
  This movie was so good! The story line was excellent and with a unpredictable ending. I watched it six times :-)
  
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- 873034
- - a customer
  - london
  - 16 Mar 2010 at 13:49
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  fog
  
  great film but not as good as the original
  
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- - templar
  - 1 review
  - acton
  - 06 Feb 2010 at 16:07
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  A poor movie, watch the original instead!
  
  A poor movie on the whole, but not as terrible as many reviews have made it out to be. John Carpenter’s original wasn’t a classic itself, and left ... read more »
  
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  - DJM666
  - 271 reviews
  - Walsall
  - 26 Feb 2006 at 11:40
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  Let s hope the FOG comes for whomever made this film. UTTER CARP
  
  Take one classic horror.
  
  Remove all believeable characters.
  
  Remove all memorable set pieces.
  
  Remove claustraphobic atmosphere.<... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - drown_the_cast_and_infect_the_director, ocean
  - 10 Jul 2006 at 08:21
- - 11
  - 2
  I haven't the foggiest idea why I just watched this film
  
  Why, oh why, would anybody want to watch this film? It is absolutely terrible. It isn't even scary, and just bores you throughout. Don't even think ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 26 Feb 2006 at 23:06
- - 13
  - 9
  Not bad, enjoyable
  
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  this was pretty good, better than i expected. the end puzzled me though. how does kissing a ghost turn you into one??? my fave bit was how the vicar was killed... read more »
  
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- - ROS BURRAGE
  - Stockton, Norfolk
  - 11 Jan 2007 at 10:25
- - 8
  - 3
  Like a big smelly fart following people around . . . . .
  
  Storyline goes big cloud (like a big smelly fart) follows that girl from lost and some other people around - they are scared and they draw pictures of scales (... read more »
  
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- 265953
- - Noddy
  - Toyland
  - 19 Jul 2006 at 21:46
- - 6
  - 1
  The original was better and i cant even remember it
  
  I remember only one scene from the original and that was at the end and it has stuck in my memory ever since. The new film however will not, its same old, same ... read more »
  
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- 212061
- - Michael Lock
  - stevenage
  - 27 Feb 2006 at 16:45
- - 7
  - 5
  sent back on thursday
  
  will I be allocated a new film on monday? Not if recent form anything to go by
  
  is anyone else getting pissed off by this service
  
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- - a customer
  - Scotland
  - 15 Oct 2006 at 23:56
- - 3
  - 0
  well - better than first thought - just!
  
  Ok, i was not expecting much from this film, but to my surprise was better than most critics have said, ok not exactly scary, not great, bland in parts, but ... read more »
  
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- - MJL
  - 43 reviews
  - Coventry
  - 05 Jul 2006 at 23:59
- - 3
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  Hide this film in the fog
  
  You can’t beat the original to this remake. I thought the film started off really well great acting but towards the end I felt that they ran out of budget... read more »
  
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- - Playford
  - 22 reviews
  - Rochester
  - 10 Jan 2007 at 09:41
- - 3
  - 0
  Sexist Drivel
  
  This film is sexist drivel with the usual horror film camera angles scanning up and down bodies of women wearing underwear/bikinis etc while the men remain ... read more »
  
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- 411305
- - Helen Taylor
  - Reading,UK
  - 12 Feb 2007 at 16:38

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- The Fog
  
  An island off the Oregon coast is the setting for this salty yarn of ghosts, lepers, betrayal, vengeance, and teen angst. A fog-enshrouded schooner from 1865 returns from the bottom of the sea to wreak vengeance on the locals of the island, and it's up to local DJ Stevie Wayne (Selma Blair), her ...