The Fog

KEV - NFT · 4th March 2005, 11:32 PM

i have just read that they are going to remake john carpenters The Fog.

i loved the original so i hope the remake will be just as good.

has anyone else heard about this....or seen the original

~smack · 4th March 2005, 11:38 PM

I remember being scared by the original when I was younger, but saw it again not too long ago and thought it was daft, good but daft. Much love for John Carpenter, I'm a big fan of his films. Remake probably won't be scary at all though.

RealR · 4th March 2005, 11:51 PM

Is that the same as the book?

Some weird fog drives people insane and they all go around trying to kill each other

KEV - NFT · 6th March 2005, 05:19 AM

no i don't think it is...well from what i can rememeber it's a fog that comes to a ceratin town and has done on a ceratain day every centuary and there is things living inside the fog and if u get traped inside the fog u die........it has been ages since i have seen it........i have got to watch it again

pixelsink · 6th March 2005, 12:43 PM

The book is better. The film isn't the same as the book.

The original movie told the story of a dark secret that returns to haunt the Pacific fishing community of Antonio Bay on the 100th anniversary of the town's charter. Carpenter sets the mood in the film's prologue, which features grizzled old sea salt Mr. Machen spinning ghost stories for a group of local children. For his final tale, he recounts the legend of the Elizabeth Dane -- a ship which crashed 100 years ago against the very rocks upon which the children are sitting.

Meanwhile, as the clock strikes midnight on the fateful anniversary of that disaster, eerie phenomena begin to plague the town as a dense fog bank creeps toward the bay. Seeming to appear from nowhere and emitting a ghostly glow, the fog surrounds a small trawler filled with drunken fishermen, who glimpse the vague outline of a decrepit sailing vessel before being brutally killed by shadowy figures brandishing hooks and swords....

Rupert Wainwrights version will involve a storyline that was described verbally in the first film, and because of new special effects possibilities, the Fog will be an actual character.

*Lyndsey* · 7th March 2005, 12:42 AM

original was fun...i hope they dont remake it tho, its not really something i can imagine remade well...

pixelsink · 7th March 2005, 09:40 AM

its not really a re-make. More of a prequal

4th March 2005, 11:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
KEV - NFT Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: dundee Posts: 1,379	The Fog i have just read that they are going to remake john carpenters The Fog. i loved the original so i hope the remake will be just as good. has anyone else heard about this....or seen the original

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4th March 2005, 11:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
~smack Excuse me, who are you? Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,139	I remember being scared by the original when I was younger, but saw it again not too long ago and thought it was daft, good but daft. Much love for John Carpenter, I'm a big fan of his films. Remake probably won't be scary at all though.

4th March 2005, 11:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
RealR Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,140 Band: They are make believe	Is that the same as the book? Some weird fog drives people insane and they all go around trying to kill each other

6th March 2005, 05:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
KEV - NFT Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: dundee Posts: 1,379	no i don't think it is...well from what i can rememeber it's a fog that comes to a ceratin town and has done on a ceratain day every centuary and there is things living inside the fog and if u get traped inside the fog u die........it has been ages since i have seen it........i have got to watch it again

6th March 2005, 12:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,728 Band: Carbon	The book is better. The film isn't the same as the book. The original movie told the story of a dark secret that returns to haunt the Pacific fishing community of Antonio Bay on the 100th anniversary of the town's charter. Carpenter sets the mood in the film's prologue, which features grizzled old sea salt Mr. Machen spinning ghost stories for a group of local children. For his final tale, he recounts the legend of the Elizabeth Dane -- a ship which crashed 100 years ago against the very rocks upon which the children are sitting. Meanwhile, as the clock strikes midnight on the fateful anniversary of that disaster, eerie phenomena begin to plague the town as a dense fog bank creeps toward the bay. Seeming to appear from nowhere and emitting a ghostly glow, the fog surrounds a small trawler filled with drunken fishermen, who glimpse the vague outline of a decrepit sailing vessel before being brutally killed by shadowy figures brandishing hooks and swords.... Rupert Wainwrights version will involve a storyline that was described verbally in the first film, and because of new special effects possibilities, the Fog will be an actual character.

7th March 2005, 12:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Lyndsey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sundee Posts: 5,285	original was fun...i hope they dont remake it tho, its not really something i can imagine remade well...

7th March 2005, 09:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,728 Band: Carbon	its not really a re-make. More of a prequal