The Fog 2005

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Like most remakes, The Fog is pretty unnecessary. Read more

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: The production values are above par, but as in Carpenter's original, seeing ghosts is less scary than imagining them. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: This Fog lacks the one thing the original had -- originality -- but it qualifies as more than a mist opportunity. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: We're meant to be unsettled by digital spectres, reckless Mack trucks, and rotting old pirates who look every bit as terrifying as the guy on the Fisherman's Friend cold-lozenge box. Read more

Paul Malcolm, L.A. Weekly: A film riddled with missed opportunities for good clean scares. Read more

Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: Lock your doors. Bolt your windows. And for heaven's sake, stay away from the multiplex. Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: The fog also does something genuinely eerie: It causes everyone in the cast to deliver dreadful performances and display inappropriate reactions when their friends are drowned, burned, stabbed or thrown into glass display cases. Read more

Mark Salisbury, Time Out: Yet another anaemic horror retread starring a cast of good-looking TV totty. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: Never will you wish more fervently for an Adrienne Barbeau cameo, just for old time's sake. Your prayers will be in vain. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: It's typical of pic's adherence to rigid genre conventions that the very first victims are brazen hotties who are shown drinking, dancing and wearing revealing attire prior to their deaths. Read more

R. Emmet Sweeney, Village Voice: Making concessions at every turn to the youth-horror market, the film slashes the ages of its protagonists by some 15 years, and its IQ follows suit. Read more