The Fog (2005)

When it comes to remakes I'm torn. Sometimes they seem to take an established franchise and update it (like The Amityville Horror or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and other times it takes a classic movie, something that still holds up today and eviscerates it! That's what they did to The Fog!



The story here is basically the same as the original, a small island that's been around for hundreds of years, the three hundred year anniversary of the founding of the island, a "horrible" secret, the ghosts of lepers seeking revenge...blah, blah, blah! If you're a fan of the original, then this update of The Fog will have you cringing, not in fear, in revulsion. The original offered us a sense of isolation and claustrophobia all while standing in the town's square, this update treats the fog as a character in the movie, it chases people, it forms faces, the fear isn't of what's in the fog, it's of the actual fog itself...until the end of the movie, when we realize that somethings in the fog...it's all quite confusing.

Then, to add to the confusion, one of the main characters is drawn into the fog and we see that she's in pictures from the era where the leper ghosts in the fog are from...are you confused yet? Well, if you're not now, then watch the movie!

I'm giving The Fog a half a cigar and that's only to light my way out of this dark and confusing movie and when I say dark, I'm not talking about the mood, I'm talking about the lack of lighting! So, until next time when I'll show you my script for an update of Jaws, where the shark walks up on land and chases people in a modified 'shark car', remember that the best movies are bad movies!