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The Fog. The problem is with the fog. It must have seemed like an inspired idea to make a horror movie in which clouds of fog would be the menace, but the idea just doesn't work out in "The Fog," John Carpenter's first thriller since " Halloween ." The movie's made with style and energy, but it needs a better villain.
Oct 14, 2005 · The Fog is a so-so remake of a so-so movie, lacking scares, suspense or originality. The prosperous town of Antonio Bay, Ore., is born in blood, as the town's founders get their money by murdering ...
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- Rupert Wainwright
- PG-13
- Tom Welling
Surprisingly, bloodshed is at a minimum, and there are only a couple of deaths in the entire film, eschewing HALLOWEEN's incessant body-count fatality. Instead, THE FOG is a slow-moving, subtle and creepy ghost story, well played and very well directed. 9/10. A First Rate Ghost Film.
The descendant Nick Castle (Tom Welling) owns the Castle & Son, a fishing charter company, using his vessel Seagrass for tourism in the Antonio Bay. When his girlfriend Elizabeth Williams (Maggie Grace) returns to the island, coincidently a huge fog appears with weird noises and killing locals.
Rated: 4/5 Jan 29, 2020 Full Review Cody Leach Cody Leach (YouTube) The Fog is a neat twist on the classic ghost story. Carpenter achieves a palpable sense of dread and atmosphere and his score ...
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- John Carpenter
- R
- Adrienne Barbeau
Oct 14, 2005 · The Fog: Directed by Rupert Wainwright. With Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, DeRay Davis. 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.
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- Horror, Mystery
- Rupert Wainwright
- 2005-10-14
Oct 22, 2018 · Review: The Fog. The Fog is pivotal to the cementing of director John Carpenter’s aesthetic. by Chuck Bowen. October 22, 2018. John Carpenter’s The Fog opens with a quotation from a famous Edgar Allan Poe poem: “Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?”. A profound expression of Poe’s depression and alienation, the poem ...