The Fog (2005)

Director:

Rupert Wainwright

Writers (WGA):

Cooper Layne (screenplay)
John Carpenter (1980 screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Mystery | Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

From The Makers Of "Halloween"

Plot:

A quiet seaside town is engulfed by a thick fog precisely one century after a boat sunk just off the coast under mysterious circumstances.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Fog | Ghost | Revenge | Leper

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Nick Castle
Maggie Grace	...	Elizabeth Williams
Selma Blair	...	Stevie Wayne
DeRay Davis	...	Spooner
Kenneth Welsh	...	Tom Malone
Adrian Hough	...	Father Malone
Sara Botsford	...	Kathy Williams
Cole Heppell	...	Andy Wayne
Mary Black	...	Aunt Connie
Jonathon Young	...	Dan The Weatherman
R. Nelson Brown	...	Machen (as Rnelsonbrown)
Christian Bocher	...	Founding Father Patrick Malone
Douglas Arthurs	...	Founding Father David Williams (as Douglas H. Arthurs)
Yves Cameron	...	Founding Father Richard Wayne
Charles Andre	...	Founding Father Norman Castle (as Charles André)

Also Known As:

Le brouillard (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

100 min | Philippines:99 min | USA:103 min (unrated version)

Country:

Canada | USA | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Philippines:PG-13 | Germany:16 | Czech Republic:12 | Sweden:15 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Finland:K-15 | Hungary:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | France:U (with warning) | USA:TV-14 (tv rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | USA:PG-13 (NO. 41468) | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

In between takes in Vancouver, press were granted access to the set. During Selma Blair's interview, director Rupert Wainwright made a joke she didn't like. In response, Blair reached into her shirt, pulled out a rubber "falsie," and flung it across the conference room at the director, deadpanning, "That's the Adrienne Barbeau part of the role."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Andy is running from the fog, the sky is light blue. When he runs inside the house and a shot shows the fog climbing up the door, the sky is black. A shot or two later, the sky is dark blue.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Captain Blake: Elizabeth...

Movie Connections:

Features "Jeopardy!" (1984)

Soundtrack:

Sugar, We're Goin' Down

The WORST!

The worst movie I have ever seen (so far)! It deserves a "1," but I'm saving "1" for the movies they make when I'm 70 years old.

I wasn't expecting much but I thought "at least it will have a few scary parts to grab me." WRONG! As far as I could tell NO ONE in the theatre was scared ONCE -- not even those teen girl screamers that are always at horror flicks. I think everyone was CONFUSED, not scared -- Why the two love interests for Nick? Why was Elizabeth envisioning the past? Why did no one comment on the one guy's face ROTTING? Why did no one care the priest was drunk all the time? Why did it matter that the statue was made incorrectly? Why did the ghosts resort to using GRAFFITI? (and why did they use what looked like paint?)

WHY? WHY? WHY DID I PAY MONEY TO SEE THIS? Instead of paying for this, ask an eight-year-old, heck, make it a seven-year old to tell you a scary story. I GUARANTEE he or she will come up with a better plot, more realistic characters, and scarier scenes than this piece of garbage!