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The Fog

  • 2005
  • 16
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
39K
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The Fog (2005)
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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.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.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
    • John Carpenter
    • Debra Hill
  • Stars
    • Tom Welling
    • Maggie Grace
    • Selma Blair
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    39K
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    • Director
      • Rupert Wainwright
    • Writers
      • Cooper Layne
      • John Carpenter
      • Debra Hill
    • Stars
      • Tom Welling
      • Maggie Grace
      • Selma Blair
    • 502User reviews
    • 131Critic reviews
    • 27Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins

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    Maggie Grace in The Fog (2005)
    Selma Blair and Cole Heppell in The Fog (2005)
    Tom Welling in The Fog (2005)
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    Tom Welling in The Fog (2005)
    Tom Welling in The Fog (2005)
    Maggie Grace in The Fog (2005)
    Selma Blair in The Fog (2005)
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    Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, and Cole Heppell in The Fog (2005)
    Selma Blair, Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, and Cole Heppell in The Fog (2005)

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    Tom Welling
    Tom Welling
    • Nick Castle
    Maggie Grace
    Maggie Grace
    • Elizabeth Williams
    Selma Blair
    Selma Blair
    • Stevie Wayne
    DeRay Davis
    DeRay Davis
    • Spooner
    Kenneth Welsh
    Kenneth Welsh
    • Tom Malone
    Adrian Hough
    Adrian Hough
    • Father Malone
    Sara Botsford
    Sara Botsford
    • Kathy Williams
    Cole Heppell
    Cole Heppell
    • Andy Wayne
    Mary Black
    Mary Black
    • Aunt Connie
    Jonathon Young
    Jonathon Young
    • Dan The Weatherman
    R. Nelson Brown
    R. Nelson Brown
    • Machen
    • (as Rnelsonbrown)
    Christian Bocher
    Christian Bocher
    • Founding Father Patrick Malone
    Douglas Arthurs
    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)
    Rade Serbedzija
    Rade Serbedzija
    • Captain William Blake
    • (as Rade Sherbedgia)
    Matthew Currie Holmes
    Matthew Currie Holmes
    • Sean Castle
    Sonja Bennett
    Sonja Bennett
    • Mandi
    • Director
      • Rupert Wainwright
    • Writers
      • Cooper Layne
      • John Carpenter(1980 screenplay)
      • Debra Hill(1980 screenplay)
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Though credited as producer, John Carpenter described his involvement thusly: "I come in and say hello to everybody. Go home."
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Nick Castle: Holy shit.

    • Alternate versions
      Theatrical version 100 min. and unrated version 103 min.
    • Connections
      Featured in Feeling the Effects of 'The Fog' (2006)
    • 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 reviews502

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    This is a film that's not concerned with characters, not concerned with story, not concerned with atmosphere, and I'd even go so far as to say it's not concerned with even formula. It's focus is one thing, and one thing alone: spectacle. After all, this isn't the small independently financed ghost story from 1980 – oh no, it can afford explosions, flashy CG effects, and bodies flying through windows every chance it gets. It wants to show you the flashy screen distractions it purchased with its larger budget.

    Yes, this is the Mission Impossible of cinematic horror remakes. But apparently the new Fog could not afford the "horror" as in "horror movie" as in "why am I watching this counterintuitive genre film?" Early in the film, the fog first appears out of nowhere overtaking a small fishing ship where two guys and two girls would be doing something naughty except for the tiny detail that they live in a PG13 film. So, instead, the girls are dancing and the black guy has a video camera. Right. Not that I have anything against PG13 horror (the 3 good ones), but when every inch of the celluloid is screaming for an R rating, don't water it down.

    Moving on: after the fog mysteriously materializes out of nowhere, making all the boat's equipment go haywire, the party's over. The girls are inside the ship's bridge, the guys are out on deck where an old sailing vessel came out of the fog and vanished. The fog gets the girls first and, are you ready for this, throws their bodies through a window. Ghosts in the fog go through the trouble of throwing bodies through windows.

    It's a thing called subtlety. This film does not have it.

    Wait, I'm not through – it's not enough for a man to burn to death. Oh no, his smoldering skeleton has to fly through a door, across an entire room, and crash into equipment. And the film's climax? Lots of shattered glass. Flying CG glass. An old man thrown through yet another window, magically pushed across a street, and into a cemetery. Not to mention more fire.

    Did it occur to anyone on this film that "hey, maybe we should pull back a tad before this reaches ridiculous levels?" Or, I dunno, "Maybe our effects shouldn't be exponentially more developed than every other aspect of this film." Yes, the effects are the Fog's strong point. I'll skip the story criticism out of pity, and simply say that the Fog brings nothing new to the overused flashback device. It's not bad, just mediocre. And sadly, juxtapose to the two leading performances in the film, I wanted to stick with the flashbacks and forget about the characters in the current time line. The acting, wow, to quote Colonel Kurtz, "the horror, the horror." Tom Welling and Maggie Grace, our leads, demonstrate their knowledge about acting, and curiously made me question whether or not they actually know how to act (I'll reserve my judgment for now.) They know to look left, to look up, to look sad, to look happy, to make eye contact, and yet they never emote. Through the entire film the audience never sees the characters Nick Castle and Elizabeth Williams. We see Tom Welling and Maggie Grace making semi-appropriate faces and gestures to match the mood and scenarios they find themselves in. And I use the phrase "semi-appropriate" deliberately because throughout the performances both actors are clearly suppressing smiles even in their most horror strickened, soul tearing, depressing moments. You know, like the type of acting you'd expect from TV commercial actors? Like Jason Ritter from Freddy Vs Jason.

    Maybe they didn't care. Maybe they didn't try. Considering the roles handed to them (and everyone else on the film) I can't say I'd blame them were that the case. Nick is supposed to be something of a renegade stoic youth, his own man with his own business, unbound by the history books or silly traditions. Elizabeth is supposed to be the girlfriend looking for the answer to her nightmares, looking for her place in the world. Spooner is the goofy token black guy. Stop me when this sounds familiar.

    Truthfully, I found myself longing for the film to explore the role of the torn alcoholic Father Malone (one of the background character) than spend any more time with Nick and Elizabeth. Or perhaps even his dad, city official Tom Malone. Unlike the two lead characters, these men showcase a few hints at psychological depth – even if those hints were nothing more than an overused writing device. At the very least the actors playing them display a conviction in their parts.

    Perhaps the most intriguing character in the film, also the most underused, comes in the form of Stevie Wayne played by Selma Blair. Who, interestingly, plays the character of a jaded disc jockey. Yes, an actress playing an unenthused woman is the highlight, the inspiration, and arguably the most vibrant performance in the entire movie simply because there within lies an actual character.

    Because when Selma Blair looks up from behind her mic and sighs, the audience actually gets the sensation that that's what the character, Stevie Wayne, would do. Tom Welling and Maggie Grace, they look up at a cued time because that's what the director has told them to do. They are actors acting, but Stevie Wayne is real.

    One of the few genuine characters in the film.
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    • Oct 20, 2006

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 14, 2005 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sis
    • Filming locations
      • Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Revolution Studios
      • Debra Hill Productions
      • David Foster Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $18,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $29,550,869
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,752,917
      • Oct 16, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $46,201,432
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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