one of the best john carpenter movies ever and really violent without showing any blood
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The Fog
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Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 15. -
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Common Sense says
Not much gore, but still too intense for kids.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 15–18
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Fog
Parents need to know that this movie has violence, as ghostly sea zombies slash into living folks with their cutlasses. This happens in quick "shock" edits, which are careful to leave the worst of it to your imagination. Still the director's favorite trick seems to be a nice, shiny blade suddenly popping out of a victim who's been run clean through. The movie is still too violent for kids and tweens.
Read our full review by Charles Cassady Jr.
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how the victims in this movie seem particularly innocent and remote from the foul deed of their ancestors. You could talk about this and the Biblical idea of "the sins of the fathers" and apply it to real events. Putting aside the killer undead lepers for a while, should people a century in the future be held accountable for such atrocities as Pearl Harbor? The Holocaust? September 11? Slavery?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
one of my favorite horror movies ever
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
hilarious "horror" movie
funny stuff. anyone can watch this movie, in my opinion. its just such a funny plotline. haha. i dont really recommend you watch this movie because you might DIE of boredom. funny stuff but its not worth your time.
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
the fog
about a pg by today's standards.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Tame enough for 14 and up.
If this movie opened today, it would definitely be rated PG-13. Strangely, the PG-13 remake has more then double the violence, innuendo, and language then the older R rated version. The remake was very violent with broken glass hitting one guy in the chest, and at least four lengthy scenes where people burst into flames. The original doesn't have anything nearly that violent (except for one scene where a guy is run though with an antique-looking sword, but the scene is over pretty quickly). I should mention that the original version has more drinking then the remake. In one scene several old beer cans are found on a deserted boat, and someone makes the comment that "they were like that every night." Parents should also know that the original version of The Fog has a much scarier ending then the remake. If your family is disturbed by violent scenes in movies, you should watch the original version and skip the remake. But if you consider unhappy endings more disturbing, you should watch the remake and skip the original.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Very boring...
This movie is dreadfully boring. There is no redeeming value to it whatsoever. And this is coming from the mouth of a horror movie fanatic. The plot is confusing and difficult to understand, the acting is bad, and the R rating is as deceiving as junk food. There is hardly any violence at all, and, if any, is mostly in shadow, with very little bloodletting, and no originality whatsoever. Note: if you are a fan of slasher flicks, creature features, or any type of horror/thriller/Sci-fi movies, and have heard about this movie, DO NOT WATCH!!! You will be very disappointed. And as for the rating, they should have kept it at PG, since most kids of at least 11 or 12 should be able to handle it.
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