Wow, what an awful film. It's not just an awful film but a smear on the original John Carpenter film which was, in my opinion, a horror masterpiece. Don't waste your time or money on this movie, buy the original, this version is unwatchable.

To start off the original Fog despite any flaws it may have had (personally I don't think it had any) was a truly brilliant, chilling, and genuinely terrifying horror movie .The movie was also disturbing without being gory which they also got right .The fact that you don't see an ounce of violence in this film yet having your imagination fill in the blanks of the gross mutilation sounds you hear when the victims are killed is a perfect example of how genius John Carpenter was especially back then.The remake however ...well let me get the good out of the way first .Good : special effects were creepy at times I really liked it at the beginning when the fog slowly swirled around the boat then entered it .That's about it for the good .The bad however is too excessive to list here .Bad : the acting especially the female lead who sleepwalked through the film and couldn't act if her life depended on it.The pathetic , boring, and unneeded exposition was also incredibly bad .In the original Fog they didn't need a backstory these pirates were simply evil and would kill anyone including a small innocent child .They made it clear in the original film that they were ambushed and murdered so they came back centuries later to get revenge on the descendants of those who killed them.The TWIST at the end was beyond laughable and it made absolutely no sense nor did the pointless story for that matter.Back to the acting none of the characters were remotely interesting in this film unlike the original where all the characters were immediately interesting .Selma Blair came across as a cardboard cutout and epitomized the words boring and bland.She did NOT do Adrienne Barbereau character in the original film justice period.She was also supposed to be a mother to a young boy but instead of Adriennes completely natural mother Selmas was more of an awkward friend or very distant relative not a mother.The actor who played the priest might as well been in the background considering how uninteresting his character and overall acting was.Now to Tom Welling this was when he was in his prime during the Smallville and Cheaper By The Dozen era .However that being said his acting was absolutely wooden and dull he was essentially lifeless as a character and as an actor it just sucked .Maggie Graces mom in the film also I've seen that actress in better movies and TV shows where she actually proved she COULD act .In this movie however she was the typical mean mom I've seen in so many other movies .The spirits also ?Horrible when I first saw that part under the water and the evil spirit it looked neat .Now mind you that was 2005 when I thought that now I know better.Now seeing it or simply looks like really cheap CGI.To end I would never recommend this movie but I would always highly recommend the classic original that movie is just awesome period .This movie only wished it could have even come close to the original but ultimately it wound up being a complete and utter failure .Oh and one last thing near the end you see the face of a spirit and all I can say is it was hilariously bad looking .You'll see what I mean if you watch it or have watched it.

Let's not sugarcoat this at all… The remake of The Fog by Rupert Wainwright doesn't hold a candle at all to John Carpenter's original. An extended storyline in this film was based off the original revenge plot but it only muddied the waters and made the movie more complicated. Another thing about the remake, where are the townspeople and supporting roles, is there anybody that lives on this island besides the few casted actors and actresses? This leads to the atrocious acting or just completely forgettable roles by the cast, people were solely by their looks instead of talent. As a viewer it's understandable, glamorous, gorgeous actors/actresses might attract people to the theaters but it's no way going to be an impressionable movie in later years.The next thing that is about to be trashed is the special effects of the ghosts that were all extremely phony looking because of poor computer generated imagery. The Fog itself didn't look at all as menacing and the setting and cinematography of the area wasn't portrayed nearly as much as it should have been. The filming location was beautiful and it was a waste not to take advantage of the area more than they could have. The final aspect of the movie that is hateable about the film is the head-scratching ending, like what was the rational and point of this twist other than to make people mad. The bogus story, terrible acting, and lack of scary substance makes The Fog (2005) worthy enough to it's appearances in "worst of lists" as far as remakes go.

This film is not that good but it is not as terrible as everyone makes it out to be. The original was done by John Carpenter. I believe John Carpenter would feel that it was done pretty good justice. It has removed the cheesy pirates that were in the original and replaced it with a more supernatural feel to it. Though some of the deaths in the movie are fairly cheap at times, I feel for a remake it is all around not bad. Anyone who enjoyed horror movies of the 70's & 80's then you want to check it out. I enjoy goofy and great old school horror movies. When a remake is done it should be far superior than the original or at least attempt to. This movie stays very close to the original which I enjoyed. Again this is not a great movie and it is border line crappy but it is not as bad as everyone reviewing it makes it out to be. It's a good Halloween time movie to watch on TV if it comes on. As much as I love John Carpenter I feel this movie is definitely better than the original. Not a lot better but it still is. Don't go out of your way for this but if it's on and it's in the Spirit of Halloween time then give it a watch with a few beers. Take it for were it came from.