The coastal Oregion town of Antonio Bay is in danger, as a huge fog bank blows in harboring some revengeful spirits.
Remake of John Carpenter's classic ghost film exchanges the subtle, creepy style of the original film for a bunch of CGI effects and a band of teen-pleasing actors. So I guess it's needless to say it just doesn't live up to Carpenter's classic. The 2005 version of The Fog falls into the cliché trappings of many modern horror flicks. The characters are thinly-written and are cast with actors much younger than those in the original film. The "scares" rely on CGI-created violence rather than on suspense or brooding atmosphere. On top of this the stereotypes are many and the film was obviously created to be pleasing to a certain demographic audience.
With that said the remake does feature some decent direction from Rupert Wainwright and screenwriter Lew Cooper does produce an interesting, if flawed, re-working of the plot of the original film.
So, is it as bad as people say? Well, it's no winner but I don't think it's as bad as such lame remakes as The Wicker Man 2006, Black Christmas 2006, When a Stranger Calls 2006, or Prom Night 2008.
** out of ****
Remake of John Carpenter's classic ghost film exchanges the subtle, creepy style of the original film for a bunch of CGI effects and a band of teen-pleasing actors. So I guess it's needless to say it just doesn't live up to Carpenter's classic. The 2005 version of The Fog falls into the cliché trappings of many modern horror flicks. The characters are thinly-written and are cast with actors much younger than those in the original film. The "scares" rely on CGI-created violence rather than on suspense or brooding atmosphere. On top of this the stereotypes are many and the film was obviously created to be pleasing to a certain demographic audience.
With that said the remake does feature some decent direction from Rupert Wainwright and screenwriter Lew Cooper does produce an interesting, if flawed, re-working of the plot of the original film.
So, is it as bad as people say? Well, it's no winner but I don't think it's as bad as such lame remakes as The Wicker Man 2006, Black Christmas 2006, When a Stranger Calls 2006, or Prom Night 2008.
** out of ****