The Fog Reviews

Movie Reviews

• Wainwright manages to create some genuine intensity and suspense.

  by [The Dallas Morning News ]

• The Fog comes across as little more than a Halloween episode of a teen soap opera

  by David Mercier [FilmJudge ]

• still a good old-fashioned ghost story

  by Christy Lemire [Houston Chronicle ]

• removes the tension, extinguishes the mood and garbles the originals simple, straightforward story so badly that it's literally laugh-out-loud bad.

  by Keith Breese [Filmcritic ]

• not nearly as terrifying as the original.

  by Brian Marder [Hollywood ]

• not much more than a popcorn night out at the movies

  by Chelsea Bain [Boston Herald ]

• lacks the scares necessary to satisfy its target audience

  by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter ]

• just plain dull remake

  by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle ]

• is never scary

  by [E! Online ]

• is certainly worth passing on

  by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak ]

• is all utterly formulaic and predictable

  by Pam Grady [Reel ]

• fails to heed the basic rule of ghost stories

  by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic ]

• an unecessary remake of the 1980 John Carpenter chiller

  by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News ]

• a silly teen scream pop that hasn't improved with age

  by Tom Meek [The Boston Phoenix ]
• Reviewed by Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland ]
• Reviewed by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch ]
• Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
• Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]
• Reviewed by Steve Newton [Georgia Straight ]
• Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews ]

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