...Can justice be done without more death?
I seem to have caught up with five years of remakes in the past month or so; The Fog 2005 is a re-make of the 1980 John Carpenter film of the same name. Not having seen the original film, I cannot compare it with this version; however if it is anything ... Read review
From producer John Carpenter comes the all-new retelling of his terror classic, THE FOG. ... more
Tom Welling (TV's Smallville), Maggie Grace (TV's Lost) and Selma Blair (Hellboy) star in this senses-shattering tale of demonic retribution, directed by Rupert Wa...
From producer John Carpenter comes the all-new retelling of his terror classic The Fog. ... more
Tom Welling (Smallville) Maggie Grace (Lost) and Selma Blair (Hellboy) star in this senses-shattering tale of demonic retribution directed by Rupert Wainwright (...
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A peaceful village in Wiltshire is shattered by a disaster which strikes without reason or ... more
explanation leaving behind a trail of misery and horror. A yawning bottomless crack spreads through the earth out of which creeps a fog that resembles no other. Whatever it is it must be controlled.
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A thick fog rolls into the sleepy town of Antonio Bay concealing the ghosts of murdered ... more
sailors desperate to seek revenge on the descendants of their killers. In one night the inhabitants of this town will pay the ultimate price for their forefathers' murderous greed...
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Antonio Bay, California Has Turned A Hundred Years Old And Getting Ready To CelebrateIts ... more
Centennial Year. But As The Residents Of The Small, Quaint Harbour Town Begin To PrepareFor The Festivities A Mysterious Cloud Of Fog Appears Upon The Shore And Begins To Make Its Way Across Town Leaving A Trail Of Horrifying Slaughter Until The Deathly, Dark Secrets OfAntonio Bay's Blood Soaked History Is Finally Revealed. The Fog Is An Incredibly Atmospheric And Effective Ghost Story That Confirms John Carpenter As A Master Of Terror.
Antonio Bay, California Has Turned A Hundred Years Old And Getting Ready To Celebrate Its ... more
Centennial Year.But As The Residents Of The Small, Quaint Harbour Town Begin To Prepare For The Festivities A Mysterious Clous Of Fog Appears Upon Ther Shore And Begins To Make Its Way Across Town Leaving A Trail Of Horrifying SlaughterUntil The Deathly, Dark Secrets Of Antonio Bay's Blood Soaked History Is Finally Revealed. The Fog Is An Incredibly Atmospheric And Effective Ghost Story That Confirms John Carpenter As A Master Of Terror.
Former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. ... more
McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now - for the first time ever - he sits down one on one with award-winning director Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) to offer a candid and intimate journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history.As leader of the world's most powerful military force during this nation's most volatile period in recent years, McNamara offers new and surprising insights into the bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War. Featuring newly released Oval Office recorded conversations with Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, THE FOG OF WAR received critical acclaim for its up-close and personal insider perspective.
Climbing up a mountain Meg and Mog run into thick fog and then bump into something very ... more
strange...Children will love exploring the colours sounds and shapes in the magical Meg and Mog stories which are perfect for sharing or reading alone.
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Production Year: 1980 - Horror - Director: Stanley Kubrick - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
Advantages: I was scared once Disadvantages: Strange special effects, no character development
An island off the coast of the US is about to celebrate the hundreth anniversary of its founding when an unexpected bout of fog strikes, leaving three dead and one seriously injured. Stranger things are afoot; objects mysteriously appear on the seashore, things that seemingly have the magical power to burst into flames despite having been underwater for centuries. Nick Castle and his girlfriend, Elizabeth, slowly begin to piece together the story ... ...that they could set up the island without any of the 'unclean' on it. Now, it seems, the lepers are coming back to seek their revenge by means of the fog...Can justice be done without more death?
I seem to have caught up with five years of remakes in the past month or so; The Fog 2005 is a re-make of the 1980 John Carpenter film of the same name. Not having seen the original film, I cannot compare it with this version; however if ... more
An island off the coast of the US is about to celebrate the hundreth anniversary of its founding when an unexpected bout of fog strikes, leaving three dead and one seriously injured. Stranger things are afoot; objects mysteriously appear on the seashore, things that seemingly have the magical power to burst into flames despite having been underwater for centuries. Nick Castle and his girlfriend, Elizabeth, slowly begin to piece together the story of their forefathers, who allowed the death of a boatful of lepers so that they could set up the island without any of the 'unclean' on it. Now, it seems, the lepers are coming back to seek their revenge by means of the fog...Can justice be done without more death?
I seem to have caught up with five years of remakes in the past month or so; The Fog 2005 is a re-make of the 1980 John Carpenter film of the same name. Not having seen the original film, I cannot compare it with this version; however if it is anything like as bad as this one, I have no particular desire to see the original anyway.
Tom Welling (of Smallville fame) plays the main character, Nick Castle. I say main character because he does appear on-screen most frequently; however, we really don't get to see all that much of him and there is certainly no time for any character development. As it is, he could have walked straight out of the Smallville set and straight into this one - there really is no attempt to make sure that he isn't type-cast - possibly a deliberate plan on the part of the director. He provides eye candy for the girls, but that's about as much praise as I can give him - not that he is at fault for that, he is convincing enough within the confines of his role.
Maggie Grace plays Elizabeth Williams, Nick's girlfriend. Some may recognise her from Lost and she has recently been in Taken, but I have not seen any of her previous work. This isn't a film to separate her from the masses. Like Welling, she is convincing enough in the role, there just isn't very much for her to work with, and her Famous Five-like manner of falling over clues all the time is a bit silly. Selma Blair, an actress I have a great deal of time for, has a small role as Stevie, the presenter of a local radio show. Stevie could have been an interesting character, she is quirky and feisty, but again, is given no room to perform.
I didn't really have any preconceptions about the film before watching it. I suppose I was slightly intrigued to know how a fog could turn into something that killed, but as fog can be very creepy if you're stuck in it in the middle of nowhere, I thought that it was fairly acceptable to be the basis of a horror/thriller movie. Unfortunately, the cross-over between an attack of bad weather and the carnage that this fog leaves behind has not been executed very well here. The fog, for a start, looks fake, more like smoke than any fog I've ever seen. And then the reasons for the fog are never really fully explained. Okay, some people did something terrible a hundred years before - why does that result in a killer fog? If the film had been better made, I probably wouldn't have asked myself that question. As it is, the film leaves a lot to be desired and I didn't think it worked well as a story at all.
Then there are the special effects. I have watched any number of bad horrors with terrible special effects, and have forgiven them because of the period in which they were made, the low budgets or simply because the story and performances made up for it. Here we have a film made in 2005, yet the special effects are really unrealistic, and I'm not talking about the smoke-like fog here. The 'lepers' just look silly, as if they had just walked out of a bad fifties horror film and I just couldn't find them at all scary. The only time I flinched was when an arm reached out to someone through the pipes of a sink - this was actually quite well done because it was so unexpected, but wasn't enough to make me like the film overall.
There is a rating of 15 on the film, which I think is fair. There are a number of deaths, some of them not very pretty, but because the special effects aren't that life-like, they aren't anything like as scary as they could have been. Still, it is worth vetting if you are concerned about your child's film preferences. There is also a dead dog, which could be upsetting for some. I find it really annoying that today's horrors always seem to feature a dead animal - I am sure none are really harmed in the making of the film, but it just seems so unnecessary to me.
There are a number of special features. First a selection of deleted scenes, none of which are vital to the film, but did help reinforce a couple of plot threads for me. Then there are three features, covering subjects such as why the film was re-made (I wasn't convinced), how some bits were changed to up-date the story and how the special effects were made. None of these features are particularly gripping - but then they would probably mean a lot more to anyone who actually enjoyed the film. Finally, there are a number of trailers for films such as The Da Vinci Code and The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
On the whole, I didn't like this film very much. Too much was unexplained, and with the strange special effects, I just couldn't get into the spirit of the film at all. I can find something of merit in most films - and I've watched some rubbish ones in my time - but there really isn't much here at all. I suppose special effects aside, it is visually well-filmed, but not enough to make up for its other failures. Director Rupert Wainwright may have thought he was doing the world a favour by re-making this film; personally, I will he had just left well alone. I have no desire to see this film again, or the original on which it was based. If you really enjoy bad horror, then you might just get a kick out of this; otherwise stay clear.
If you still want to see it, the DVD is available from play.com for £4.99.
Advantages: The DVD can cover quite a distance when thrown Disadvantages: Wooden acting, pants special effects, etc, etc...
...COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO WATCH THE EXTRAS)
Antonio Bay, a small sea-faring community off the coast of California. 140 years ago something terrible happened out at sea. Something concerning a colony of lepers aboard the 'Elizabeth Dane'. A colony who had been promised a piece of land. The existing townspeople did not want them to get ashore...
Present day (well 2005). The people of Antonio bay are preparing to celebrate the founding fathers of their ... ...sea... Stevie Wayne, one of the main characters in the film, is a DJ holed up in the lighthouse. She soon becomes aware that something strange is happening, her weatherman friend is telling her that a fog is creeping inshore. How can this be? The wind is blowing out to sea?
As the fog rolls in the film gathers pace. One by one, strange things are happening. Engines of cars submersed in the fog cut out, dogs roll over and die. A schooner stuck out ...
mongo_bongocat 03.07.2006
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Advantages: some good acting Disadvantages: lots and lots
Having enjoyed the original so much I couldn’t wait to see the remake but was left very disappointed. Having seen comments made on it such as “scarier than the original”, “a must for fans of the first” and “a remake worthy of the original” I had great expectations for it but it was actually in my opinion very poor.
The story is one of a ship full of lepers of the rocky shores of an isolated Californian town is badly wrecked during an eerie bank ... ...the town have purposefully misguided the ship deliberately dooming everyone on board to rid the town of them. Now one hundred years later the ghosts of those on board the ship have returned to exact revenge on the relatives of the town’s people who caused their deaths.
Hidden within a bank of supernatural fog the ghosts trap the people of this remote community intent on killing the direct descendents of the men and women who ordered their ship be ...
daveyray73 01.05.2007
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Advantages: Slightly different plot Disadvantages: Not different enough though!
...came close to deserving it. The first thing you have to ask when reviewing this film is have you seen the original. I have. There's going to be lots of spoilers so lets just dive right in. We have Selma Blair who looks about 13, and is no Adrienne Barbeu. She's playing Stevie Wayne and there isn't going to be any "Chased up the lighthouse" sequence in this version sadly. The boy playing her son looks older than she does, so clearly they picked the ... ...smugglers/pirates/buccaneers (whatever they were in the original) we have a ship full of families with leprosy who have bought land on the island fair & square, their ship is set on fire and they are robbed and killed by the founding fathers of Antonio Island. It seems most people on the island are related to at least one of the founding fathers (I would have liked to have seen the ghosts go up to the black guy, look at him, then ignore him as not ...
atytyut2434 04.08.2008
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Advantages: Selma Blair is the ONLY good thing about this movie Disadvantages: I don't know if i can fit them all in here
The original of 'The Fog' was released back in 1980 and it was genuinely terrifying, still is to this day. When the remake was announced i was actually looking forward to it because i believed that even though the original was a good movie, it could have been improved on. Was it? No. Was there a point to remaking this movie if this is what they had planned. No. Is there anything they did right? Yes, they hired Selma Blair who plays 'Stevie Wayne' ... ...beginning to annoy me!
The movie opens slowly and continues that way for it's entire length. A fog is beginning to descend over the town of Antonio Bay but it's not your usual run of the mill fog. This has something in it, something that will terrify the life out of you...well...hmm. 100 years ago, a ship led by pirates and carrying family members of the pirates was attacked near Antonio Bay's rocky coastline for some reason and the ship was sunk ...
ghost_w1 03.11.2006 (05.11.2006)
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Advantages: special effects Disadvantages: Everything else!
...drawn out story. The original 'the fog' was scary but the new realease to be honest was a bit of a shambles. The story is generally about a thick fog that covers a small town near the sea and people have been killed in the fog, it all revolves around a girl who used to live there and has now come back to the town and thats when the fog begins again. I didnt rate the actors at all. There was no actors in the film that i really recognized and thought ... ...character (Elizabeth Williams) These were the two main characters and really it was not up to standard at all.
I must admit that the special effects were pretty good in this film. The effects of flying knives, thick fog, brocken windows and footsteps. Also the mystery people in the fog was pretty effective and generally realistic. The soundtrack was satisfactory. It didnt really build suspense as some of the songs played were modern, not standard ...
Lovlable2 27.06.2007
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Advantages: Theme tune, characters, and childhood memories Disadvantages: Only 5 episodes on DVD, animation is an acquired taste
If you're a child of the 1980s like myself, I'd be surprised if you don't remember Willy Fog. Although it was originally shown in Spanish in 1983, it was first shown in the UK in 1987 when it was on Children's BBC, and dubbed over in English. I think the series was popular in many countries, I remember watching an episode in Italian when on holiday in Venice!
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John Carpenter is a master of tension and suspense. In the hands of a lesser director, The Fog would have been just another generic horror film, (see the execrable 2005 remake if you don't believe me) but Carpenter instead manages to create an oppressive and unsettling film with his mix of eerily-lit shots, brooding off-screen menace and his trademark pulsing synths that ebb and flow throughout, gradually building up anxiety in the viewer on an almost subconscious level.
The story takes place in the sleepy Californian coastal town of Antonio Bay, a settlement that is said to have been formed in 1880 by a group of men who caused a local ship to be wrecked by lighting a beacon and driving it onto the rocks, causing crew to drown before plundering the ship of gold and using it to establish the town. The local church houses a huge gold ...
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The Fog- feature running time 86 mins.
*****Induction*****
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The fog is a horror film from Director John Carpenter, this is one my favourite films.
The fog is not a blood- soaked, gore filled horror film of usual. It cranks up the tension with suspense, giving it a eerie atmosphere. The film can be slow paced, but this creates a sense of threat, leaving you knowing that the fog hides many dangers. The fog has a life of it's own, it's presences accompanied with threatening music. The film also leaves most of the scares to the viewers imagination.
*****The Story*****
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A man sits by a campfire telling the story of the Elizabeth Dane, a ship that sunk of the coast of Antonio Bay, and of Captain Blake and his crew, who all died.
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Feature Commentary with Director Rupert Wainwright,, Whiteout Conditions,, Remaking a Horror Classic,, Making Of The Fog,, Special Effects Featurette,, Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
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2.35 Wide Screen
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Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
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An island off the Oregon coast is the setting for this salty yarn of ghosts, lepers, betrayal, vengeance, and teen angst. A fog-enshrouded schooner from 1865 returns from the bottom of the sea to wreak vengeance on the locals of the island, and it's up to local DJ Stevie Wayne (Selma Blair), her charter-boat-captain lover, Nick (Tom Welling, from TV's SMALLVILLE), and his wayward girlfriend, Elizabeth (Maggie Grace, from TV's LOST), to save the day. All three are related to the town's founding fathers, with whom the ship-bound ghosts have an ancient score to settle. What that score is no one seems to know, but they need to find out, fast. DeRay Davis (BARBERSHOP) provides comic relief as Nick's lusty first mate, but the real scene stealer here is the fog itself, which is much more animated than in the 1980 John Carpenter original. Thanks to some nice CGI work, it slithers in, around, and under everything. Though gussied up with an angst-rock soundtrack and beautiful young TV actors, THE FOG is, at heart, a good old fashioned ghost story, replete with period costumes and inter-dimensional romance. Director Rupert Wainwright (STIGMATA) is good at capturing little details like the eerie tinkling of deep-sea fishing hooks hung out to dry, and the textures of moisture-beaded shower stall doors. John Carpenter and his partner, Debra Hill co-creators of the first FOG served as producers.
