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| Director
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Rupert Wainwright
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| Starring
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Tom Welling
Maggie Grace
Selma Blair |
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| The plot of
The Fog |
A
century ago, a ship carrying a leper colony was
purposely wrecked by the founders of an isolated
Northern California town. Tonight, the ghosts
of those who perished years ago seek to exact
their revenge |
The Fog
Movie Review
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Review by Dustin
Putman:
Every once in a while (alas, "a while" has
come more often than usual this year), a film is released
that just makes you want to throw your hands up in befuddlement.
Such is the case with "The Fog," a god-awful
remake of John Carpenter's atmospheric 1980 chiller
in which the sleepy coastal town of Antonio Bay is besieged
by a thick ominous fog carrying the angry spirits of
a 19th century leper colony. Carpenter, once a master
of suspense back in his '70s and '80s heyday, knew how
to create an undeniable mood, a sumptuous sense of place,
and a straightforward story that avoided overcomplicating
matters or treating its audience like imbeciles. "The
Fog" is no "Halloween," but having just
watched it less than twenty-four hours ago, the film
still holds up extremely well and has a deserved place
in the cinematic echelon of the horror genreThe umpteenth
remake of the past few years, the 2005 version of "The
Fog" scrapes at the bottom of the barrel, beating
the crummy "The Amityville Horror" for its
place as the worst horror update of the year..more..
Review By Scott
Weinberg:
We should have seen
it coming when the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
and "Dawn of the Dead" remakes turned out
to be fairly novel and entertaining: The latecoming
deluge of the also-rans; the rushed into production,
beholden to nothing aside from store-bought name recognition,
amazingly limp an unoriginal remake parade. It was with
the tempered enthusiasm of a cynical horror geek that
I gladly lined up for remakes of "House of Wax"
and "The Amityville Horror" -- and left those
screenings bitter, annoyed, and jonesing for the original
versions. And now comes "The Fog," which is
just about as bad as a movie can be and (somehow) still
earn a wide theatrical release.It all starts out in
workmanlike, if overtly familiar, fashion: The citizens
of Antonio Island, Oregon, are preparing to celebrate
their town's centennial anniversary, but there are some
water-logged secrets floating just beneath the surface.
Seems that this cozy little island town was built on
lies, deceit, and the brutal murder of several creepy-looking
lepers...More..
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