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The Fog
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27 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 9 out of 16
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    50
    This new Fog floats in on the fumes of the 1980 John Carpenter original, but the surprise is that it's arguably better.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    50
    It's virtually indiscernible from any other contemporary horror film except for, well, the fog.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    50
    The production values are above par, but as in Carpenter's original, seeing ghosts is less scary than imagining them.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    40
    Director Rupert Wainwright fails to bring any style to the material, not producing a fraction of the suspense or wit generated by Carpenter in the original even while working with a far lesser budget.
  5. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Malcolm
    40
    Nothing comes together after the first ten minutes.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Anita Gates
    40
    Mildly scary here and there. It does not play by all the horror movie rules (e.g., the black guy always dies first). And the cast is good-looking.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    40
    Unfortunately, interest lags between the grisly deaths, and, worse, none of the characters generates rooting interest.
  8. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    38
    If the characters were more interesting, the long, long buildup to their night of ghostly reckoning might be suspenseful rather than tedious.
  9. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jason Anderson
    38
    Most of The Fog will seem drearily perfunctory even to those viewers who don't know Carpenter's version, which itself emulated the elegant gloom of Val Lewton's horror pics of the 1940s.
  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: R. Emmet Sweeney
    30
    Making concessions at every turn to the youth-horror market, the film slashes the ages of its protagonists by some 15 years, and its IQ follows suit.
  11. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    30
    Less fun than "Cry_Wolf" and "Venom," if that's possible.
  12. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    25
    The fog also does something genuinely eerie: It causes everyone in the cast to deliver dreadful performances and display inappropriate reactions when their friends are drowned, burned, stabbed or thrown into glass display cases.
  13. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    25
    I was held in suspense throughout The Fog, aching to learn the answer to its central riddle: Why would any one remake such a crummy movie?
  14. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    16
    Selma Blair, the one vibrant actress in a cast of colorless screamers (including Tom Welling from Smallville and Maggie Grace from Lost), takes Adrienne Barbeau's old role.
  15. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Michael Ferraro
    10
    It's too mediocre (and PG-13) to be classified as a horror film, too inane to be taken seriously and too uninteresting to be bothered with.
  16. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    0
    Such a monumentally bad remake of such an exceptionally chilling genre favorite.
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3.0 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 18 out of 23
  1. AutiTakahashi
    1
    The movie industry has come up with some truly brilliant villains that shook our emotions and took over our nightmares. And then there's the rest of the pack, which are so laughable you’d wonder how they escaped from the circus and found their way in a horror movie. We all unfortunately remember the maniacal hotel room in "1408." Leave that room, and you still won't be safe, for the evil elevator in "The Shaft" will consume your soul. Leaping off a window won't help, 'cause M. Night Shyamalan's villainous air will catch up to you, and eventually, your unguarded lungs. Flee to Antonio Island, and there you will come face-to-fog with the fog in… "The Fog." This is an awful movie. By now, I would normally mention enough plot holes, technical errors, and logical fallacies to prove my point, but do I really need to? Trying to prove that "The Fog" is a terrible movie is like trying to prove that the sky is blue, that the grass is green, that global warming is… Anyway, it is a waste of time, and in this case, a waste of words in a review. But I've already started, so I'll give it a shot. Read more here: http://localmoviereview.com/fog-2005/… Full Review »
  2. ryanlopez1997
    4
    This movie is very creepy and has some intense scenes, but the vast majority of it is talking and is very **** boring, so dont watch this piece of ****… Full Review »
  3. Photon
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. This is what happens when you take a simple, yet effective concept and stuff it full of loose ends, forced romance, political correction and lame special effects. Even the concept itself is entirely lost. Where did that ominous, glowing fog go that chased people through the streets in the original? In the first film, the settlers took advantage of the fog to lure Blake and his crew into a trap on the rocks, hence their symbolic return IN the fog. In this remake, their ship was raided and set on fire. Where's "The Fog" in that?… Full Review »
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