The Fog (2005)

The inhabitants of Antonio Island, off the coast of Oregon, are about to unveil a statue honoring the four men (Castle, Wayne, Williams and Malone) who founded their town in 1871. Nick ... See full summary »

Director:

Rupert Wainwright

Writers:

Cooper Layne (screenplay), John Carpenter

Stars:

Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

The inhabitants of Antonio Island, off the coast of Oregon, are about to unveil a statue honoring the four men (Castle, Wayne, Williams and Malone) who founded their town in 1871. Nick Castle is one of the descendants of the men, and owns a fishing charter company, using his vessel, the Seagrass, for tourism. When his girlfriend Elizabeth Williams returns to the island after spending six months in New York, a bizarre series of events begin to occur, including several gruesome deaths and the presence of a mysterious fog. When Elizabeth slips in Nick's boathouse and falls into the sea, she finds an old journal from 1871, written by Patrick Malone, one of the town's founders. It tells how a man named Blake bought half the island for use as a leper colony. While bringing his people to Antonio Island in their clipper ship, the Elizabeth Dane, Blake is betrayed by Castle, Wayne, Williams and Malone. The four men locked Blake and his people in the vessel, stole their money and possessions, ...

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Plot Keywords:

fog | critically bashed | island | fishing | journal | 

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Taglines:

Their PAST Has Come Back To HAUNT THEM

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Fog - Nebel des Grauens

Filming Locations:

Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$11,752,917 (USA) (14 October 2005)

Gross:

$29,511,112 (USA) (18 November 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Debra Hill Productions, David Foster Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 103 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the remake was announced, rumors circulated the Internet that Charisma Carpenter had been cast as Stevie Wayne and Jessica Biel as Elizabeth. Later reports stated Carpenter was deemed too old for Stevie Wayne and Biel simply did not want to do any more horror films. Similarly, reliable websites announced that Chris Isaak had signed on to play Nick Castle, which was completely untrue as the character was rewritten to be in his mid-twenties.

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Goofs

When Stevie goes into the lighthouse to work, the bulletin board in the background shows her son's drawings and pictures. They're in different places in the next shot. When they catch fire, they're in different places again.

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Quotes

Tom Malone: [to Nick] You tell your pal, when he thaws out he better have a damn good story.

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Crazy Credits

In loving memory Debra Hill

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Connections

Referenced in The Big C: You Can't Take It with You (2013)

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Soundtracks

Feels Just Like It Should
Written by Jay Kay (as Jason Kay), Derrick McKenzie, Matt Johnson, Sola Akingbola and Rob Harris
Performed by Jamiroquai
Courtesy of Epic Records/Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
(Played on the radio station during the cut to the boat party scene)

User Reviews

Avoid this movie at all costs.

I saw this opening night and let me tell you. The first hour is so bad that at least a half dozen people got up and left. The lady behind me puked half way thru the movie as well (I think because the movie made her nauseous). The last 1/2 hr does have some cool cinematography but not enough to save the film from the horrible creation it is. Bad acting, horrible script writing, stereo- typical characters with less than 1-dimension. Leave well enough alone (the 1980 original). ___SPOILER BELOW____ The best (funniest) part of the film comes when the lead lady watches a videotaped segment of some murders and we see the hilarious reaction of guy who hid in the freezer. "Just chillin'" he was. :-)

We also get an infamous horrible script writing one-liner "What's going on here?".... see if you can spot it.