The Fog (2005)

A thick mist full of vengeful spirits haunts a prosperous island town off the coast of Oregon, as its inhabitants try to learn their town's dark secret in order to stop it.

Director:

Rupert Wainwright

Writers:

Cooper Layne (screenplay), John Carpenter

Stars:

Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair

Bottom Rated Movies #67 | 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:

island | fog | ghost | leper | ship on fire | 

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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

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Terror en la niebla

Filming Locations:

Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,752,917, 16 October 2005, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$29,511,112, 20 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

Selma Blair was the studio's first choice for Stevie Wayne, but she wasn't offered the part because Julia Stiles was still attached to play Elizabeth. Blair and Stiles had acted together twice before (in Down to You (2000), and A Guy Thing (2003)). Blair was contacted when the role of Elizabeth went to Maggie Grace. Her contract closed with 48 hours, and she started shooting less than two weeks later.

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Goofs

When the truck crashes into the boat, Elizabeth is knocked unconscious inside the truck. After her flashback, she wakes up several feet outside the truck.

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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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Alternate Versions

Theatrical version 100 min. and unrated version 103 min.

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Connections

Features Jeopardy! (1984)

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Soundtracks

Salome's Wish
Written by Jamie Balling, Dan Crombie, Adam Lerner and Jonathan Yang
Performed by The Booda Velvets
Courtesy of Gotham Records
(Played when Nick picks up Elizabeth)

User Reviews

This movie is really good if you're a complete moron

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.