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The Fog (2005)

(2005, Rated PG-13, Horror, Starring Selma Blair, Tom Welling, Maggie Grace)
  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 13.
  • Is it any good?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    Lame remake of 1980 horror movie.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 13–15

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Brutal murders in the past lead to angry ghosts' return, in search of revenge.
  • Violence:

    Assaults involve penetrations (knives, glass shards); the ghosts kill a dog, leaving its mangled body on a pier.
  • Sex:

    Girls in bikinis and underwear attacked by ghosts; brief, golden-lit shower-then-sex scene.
  • Language:

    Mild, including "hell," "damn," and "ass."
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Smoking and drinking (a priest is drunk every time he's on screen).
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Fog (2005)

Parents need to know that this horror movie includes several jump scenes, lots of spooky darkness, and ghosts. None of these are especially effective, but as they are accompanied by a pushy soundtrack, they might make some viewers start. Characters drink, smoke, and make lewd comments; girls in bikinis dance provocatively for a young man with a video camera; and a pretty girl in her underwear is troubled by ghosts in a dark house. A young couple showers together (close-ups of golden wet body surfaces, not particularly explicit) and then has sex, in similar soft golden light and facial close-ups. Victims in flashback scenes are lepers, and their faces are disfigured; their ghost versions are skeletal and ghastly. Violence is mostly penetrative, by glass shards and knives (one character is stabbed in his eyes). Characters are also drowned or nearly drowned; a car tumbles off a cliff into the sea; the fog seeps and creeps; buildings, ships, and bodies burn; and one of the ghosts keeps pounding thunderously on doors.

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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in California
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 5.0

    a must watch show

    hey i watched this movie with my friends and i ad a good time i hope you do also so this movie was good but whaen you see it it well be better

  2. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 1.0

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 4.0

    Chomped my nails

    this movie goes to show what can happen when people do not honor their word. Very vengful, some violence that is in keeping with the movie. (explaination purposes)

  4. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title off for age 13 and give it 0.0

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