Plot: A fog drifts over a coastal town, obscuring the vision of everyone in it. A hapless group of the town's residents must brave the fog before the fog sets its sights on enveloping the globe in a veil of eternal fogginess.Why is this a contender for Best Movie. Ever?
I like the title. The Fog. The film itself I have some problems with. But the title is my favourite of all time. For this reason, it is one of the best movies ever. It starts off reasonably well; Tom Welling returns to his town and revisits old flames and old memories, both good and bad. Maggie Grace is also quite fine as Welling's second half, but as soon as the titular sea-mist rolls in, the drama and tension of the narrative is lost. The fog's main way of killing people is to make them unable to see past half a meter in front of them. You might think that this horror mechanic could be used to create all sorts of situations and creative ways to dispose of expendable characters. Unfortunately, most of the time it just causes people to walk right into killer ghosts. Not only is that overtly random (why are there killer ghosts in the town in the first place?) but it's also too farfetched for my liking. I like my supernatural horror movies to be a little more believable than The Fog.
Best scene: Even Selma Blair's radio broadcaster character isn't immune from the unspeakable horror of limited ability to see into the distance.
Doesn't live up to the potential of its title. But then, what could?
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