Maggie Grace Movie:

Editorial Review:
As remakes go, The Fog has some grisly deaths that gore-mongers will appreciate, and star billing for Tom Welling is guaranteed to attract younger views and Smallville fans; however, the movie will have most horror buffs thinking fondly of John Carpenter's original. A combination of ghost story and slasher thriller, it's a typical example of why remakes are a risky endeavor, especially since the 1980 film does not rank with Carpenter's best. This time, residents of the seaside community of Antonio Island, Oregon, are falling prey to deadly specters that emerge from a spooky fog and are seeking revenge for one of the town's darkest secrets. As the body count rises, Selma Blair livens up this otherwise lukewarm horror pic in the role originated by Adrienne Barbeau, and genre buffs will enjoy in-jokes that refer to the original film and Carpenter's career in general (including one character named "Nick Castle," a reference to one of Carpenter's closest collaborators and fellow directors). Unfortunately, the film's also lost in its own fog of narrative confusion and lack of casting chemistry, but that shouldn't stop die-hard horror fans from checking it out. --Jeff Shannon

The Fog (2005, Rated, Fullscreen)/The Fog (1980, Special Edition) 2-Pk btb Reviews:
ONE BIG TURD!!!
2006-02-02 - This movie made as much sense as a turd in a frying pan and stunk just as bad! Do yourself a favor, buy the 1980 original and save your money.

The cast and story were so unimpressive I was hard pressed not to just throw the dvd out in the fog.

Me and my Foggy memory
2005-12-28 - Certain lapse of memory whether temporary or long-term would try to seep in sometimes, and hopefully not of the permanent kind- which could confuse you about certain movie remakes; and basically when it comes to sequels and remakes ... or is it not our memory but the movie distributors who've deceived us in showing out and issued a preview but then decided to pull the project at the last minute of it - burying them away as if they never were made to begin with. I believe there'd been a THE FOG flick released back in the mid-nineties, or did they? hm, makes me wonder...

Hence is the certain case with this flick that its original goes far back in the age of the '50's b-movie flicks, whence it only goes not as far as the early nineteen eighties for its original directed by the then-hailed movie director John Carpenter. Basically its premise comes from the same classic b-flick THE BLOB which also've seen its day for a sequel and a remake during the same era of the 80's. Hm, makes me wanna check back the remake for the FLY films - which comes as something brilliant somehow at that (although the 50's original still tops of course). HOUSE OF WAX for the most current remake films ever made went as one of the worst.
The plot concerns an anniversary of a certain small town by the lake or sea shore where a fog that kind of resemble one of the biblical plagues in the time of Moses (which killed all firstborn people - read all about it in Exodus chapter 11 (and a little bit on the omen found in Daniel chapter 5?)) haunds the townfolks of what could've been Castle Rock if Stephen King wrote it.

Saw this prior to the time that I made the appointment with KONG (which is great), and right after having seen the latest POTTER flick days after (also on with the cinema's crackling right-channel 'stereo' sound prints which kinda bugs (not to mention and yet i'd state it as such) other than certain termites that could be in the cinema house). This aint' such a bad flick - but nothing extra-ordinary. And incidentally, say the monster in this flick (if you could consider it as such) also made a special apearance on the latest KING KONG flick. Don't believe me? watch 'em both - it's an unannounced conspiracy in the history of Movie-dom.

When will Hollywood emerge from The Fog?
2005-11-25 - I'll give you a simple reason not to watch this movie: The original was better in every way. The other reviews I've read so far seem to be divided into two categories. Poor reviews by those who have seen the original FOG and other Carpenter works, and good reviews by mostly adolescent reviewers who judge the merits of the film by how good-looking the actors are.

There was no need to remake this movie. It has become a cult classic and holds it's own 25yrs later. It marks a disturbing trend in Hollywood where the writing talent seems to have exhausted themselves of original ideas. And greedy studio executives, producers and directors have green-lighted any film that can make them a fast buck.

But I don't blame the director in this case. I blame the original master, John Carpenter. He has come a long way since his earliest hits like The Fog and Halloween. Actually, it's more like he's tumbled a long way. Does he realize that half-assed sequels or remakes like this only hurt his reputation more. Do you remember just how crapy his sequel to Escape From New York- Escape From L.A. was?

I even sent an e-mail to Director Rupert Wainright when I first heard of this remake, pleading with him to give us fans a worthy SEQUEL and not this cheap imitation that we got. Carpenter is complicit in the content of this movie because he was present as an advisor during filming. But it was his indifference to the quality of the story and cast when asked by a reporter that annoyed me the most. He got greedy and allowed this second-rate flick to make it to the box office.

A bit too foggy for me
2005-11-25 - Ok, at what point did the writer decide...you know what John Carpenter's scary version of this film is missing?... yep, a zombie love story , oh... and all that scary stuff from the original....ya, let's not have any of that this time.
By the way, if we could make it more confusing and throw in some lame CGI, that would top the cake..
Note to Hollywood: Please don't destroy any more classics just to rake in on some quick DVD sales! Oh, ya guess what.... there's some artists that you might want to hit up for "new and original ideas" (hint)
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the " SLEEPER " zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz hit of the fall
2005-11-22 - Hey. Want to sleep. Do you have insomnia. Do you like to be bored. If one or all of the three apply to you go see this movie. Otherwise stay away or else you'll leave angry.