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To be clear, this is not great. It's low budget, wooden, and campy in cringy ways, but it's not a total loss. The characters are easy on the eyes, and some of the dialogue scripting was both intentionally and unintentially humorous. There are some nice cars that either unapproriately trashed the budget or were just borrowed from friends to show off a bit, because really that was their only purpose in the film during their feeble attempt to outrun killer fog. We get a little exploitation in both skin, costuming, and slasher elements, and there's a post credit scene to check out. Yes this is low ranking b rack stuff, but I found some entertaining elements for what it was. ..and I've seen plenty worse with less to offer.

Snoozefest at best, why oh why was this happening? The only redeeming quality about this movie was the soundtrack. The special effects were ok. Fog city dissipates as you're watching this movie and so will you into slumber as you are watching it. What a silly premise of hysteria and survival. So much paranoia in one film, all you can ask while you are shaking your head is people really this stupid. Writers need to make horror movies more believable than the viewer can empathize with the main character better. These group of friends made all the wrong choices and it left you feeling like can this movie hurry up and go off, I have to clean the toilet.

Wooden acting? Check.

Ridiculous premise? Check.

Nonsensical decisions made by nearly every character? Also yes.

This is like a high school drama club was given too large of a budget and decided "cars and boobs are cool!" and built random scenes around that.

This was a complete waste of time, not even deserving a "so bad it's good" accolade.

I have seen films with nearly no budget outperform every aspect of Fog City in every way. This is the definition of someone being provided funding that should have NEVER been given money to make a film.

I feel like our current movie cycle is getting close to the direct-to-video quality we experienced in the 80's. A few diamonds in the rough, but mostly barely-watchable garbage.

This is one of those 'lets get all women in the film either topless or in a pushup bra' types. What attracted me was that this said there was no CGI. After watching it, it really didn't need any CGI - it's just fog and some blood. People get trapped in a house by the fog - the fog doesn't do anything, but they think it will so they barricade themselves in and, well, weird things happen. Not really weird, they just kind of go crazy. They definitely had a drone, because they have too many drone shots, but I don't think any tripods were used and at times, the lighting just washes everything out. I would choose another moving if you're looking for a horror flick.

And try to star in a horror movie... it doesn't go very well. The acting is bad, the directing is weird, and the whole idea has already been done multiple times. Fog takes over a town and makes people go crazy. Fog takes over a town and brings monsters. Fog takes over a town and everyone dies. How many more fog movies need to be made? I really don't even know what would make this movie 'better'. Maybe in another decade, when there aren't a dozen 'fog' movies and TV shows. Maybe if there were better actors or a decent director... maybe. Idk. 1 star. Boring cliche movie. I'd rather watch Scary Movie for the dozenth time - at least those ones are funny and know not to take themselves too seriously.

Genuinely one of the worst films I've ever seen.. this guys films are absolutely terrible. I've had the 'pleasure' of muck,kill her goats and now this fog city. Why have I watched all 3? Curiosity....they must improve right?? No ,wrong ...they show no improvement what so ever. All 3 are incredibly tedious..nothing happens and when it finally does you've lost all patience anyway. Terrible acting...terrible story..fog city consisted mostly of boring shots of fog floating through the air. The 'punch line' to the story is laughable. As a fan of independent and low budget horror I strongly urge you avoid this like the plague. I honestly don't have a single positive thing to say about this or any of his films for that matter.

I've been looking forward to this since saw trailer and the poster a while ago.

It's filled with very sexy actresses. Dressed provocatively so the director knows what he's doing with regards to that at least. Ha ha.

But the script is the big let down here. It has so many plot holes.

Also.

Aren't these people all meant to be best friends??

Even before the nasty Fog arrived they were all so bitchy and nasty to each other?? Constantly making awful remarks and slagging each other off?

I refuse to believe these people would hang around with each other if dislike each other this much.

So badly written characters.

Why are they dressed as schoolgirls. And why didn't the rich girl change out it work clothes for the 'party' ??

How many times did she fall off that balcony? Ha ha ha.

The FX were good but not nasty enough for me. The acting passable for most part, especially working with such dodgy dialogue. Edited ok except the falling off balcony. Smh.

Wilhelm scream was amusing to hear.

How did the cop not see her in basement when he shined the light right on her?

It's not a terrible film. Yes of course could have been better writing and the ending was silly but worth a watch for sure. Far far worse out there.

Did I mention the women were all hot?

Who put the bucks up for this?

Two girls in tiny schoolgirl uniforms and driving a Lambo get stuck in a mess. As this movie started I thought it must be a comedy because at the start one of the girls beats u two meatheads for no reason whatsoever adn the sound effects that are used are from a Three Stooges short!

Alas, it is not. At least not intentionally. The sex scenes start early just as the fog comes in. The acting throughout is wooden.

Unfortunately the director has no clue how to create tension. Or, frankly direct. There are endless scenes of foliage and a warehouse for no reason. And the kids spend 15 minutes saying "let's drive away" without doing anything.

It's a horrible movie that should never have been made.

Lately in mainstream horror, we've been lucky to have such elevated stories that are sure to make future cult classics. Yet the fun thing about horror, isn't that it doesn't require it to be a "good movie" for it to be enjoyable. One of my favorite activities with friends is putting on a movie and making commentary on it to make each other laugh.

After digital cameras became readily available, the b-horror genre turned into cringey uncomfortable tales in heavy blue tints. It made the films lose its warmth (narratively and temperature wise). Bad dialogue and cheap kills weren't fun anymore, they were doing too much without success. They weren't camp because they weren't having fun and taking themselves too seriously. What Steve Wolsh does is bring back the camp that was so prevalent in cheesy 80's flicks. The characters aren't serious, the dialogue isn't serious, even the plot isn't supposed to be taken THAT seriously. It's supposed to be about an evil fog people.

I bought this film via DeathbyVHS (not an AD, just a shoutout) where I was able to watch it on VHS for maximum 80's aesthetic. The film is set during modern time, but has that attitude from the late 20th century.

I won't spoil the ending, but it's pedal to the metal.

How can I give this anything less than a five, when I was dying laughing. It starts a bit slow and cringy, but it gets incredibly stupid so fast, I barely noticed. It goes from 0 to a 100 in a single scene. Well, technically it idles at 75.

5 "friends", maybe 7 or 6, who cares, go to some secluded house to do something I forgot about. During the night, they hear a siren and orange fog starts enveloping the area. They immediately panic, start talking how about they are all going to die, blame some nearby factory which belongs to one of the girls' family, start grilling her about what secret chemicals her father is making there and we are still at the point when the movie makes "sense".

If you are looking for a funny horrible film to watch with buddies, this is it. It starts going and never stops. After a certain point, every single action and word coming out of anyone's mouth is incredible. Like literally, not credible. Your brain will have trouble processing the information and will employ laughter as a defence mechanism.

A Spoiler-free Review

This skinemax-grade movie is about sexually-active young people losing their clothes while sealed in a house with a gun, an axe, and a role of duct tape being the only things to protect them from daddy's deadly vape cloud outside.

It's not good. It's not fun.

Well, actually, it is kind of fun.

Sometimes you'll forget why you weren't having a good time. Other times you'll remember why and come back around to having a bad time. But, then, something will happen and... am I having a good time? What's going on?!

It's silly. It's gross. It's gratuitous. It's cheesy. If you have an uncle no one likes visiting with, this might be one of his favorite new movies.

If you're looking for a 4-out-of-10-star skin and horror flick, this is going to be your jam!

-Josh from Loathsome Things: A Horror Movie Podcast.

After watching the director's previous film Kill Her Goats and seeing that this was his follow up released within the same year, only several months later. Expected roughly more of the same but an improvement. Both films are about similar in quality as they aren't very good and are obvious flaws. The characters acting isn't strong and there are flaws in the written portion. For instance these characters are meant to be friends but very easily and quickly betray one another and it made it seem like they weren't really close in the first place.

A majority of the film takes place with these seven friends locked in a house together while there is a mysterious orange fog outside. They all seem to think this fog is poisonous or harmful but don't explain why. Of course in its finale the lead innocent girl because psycho and starts killing each person unprovoked one by one. Throughout this occurrence, there wasn't any build up suspense. Everything simply felt obvious. And the end twist wasn't anything great or clever.

Not even worth considering, for your own sanity, watch anything else. Actors can be forgiven for the abysmal dialogue, but the director/writer should seriously seek another field of employment, movie production is NOT for them. After watching 15 minutes of this fumbling mess, I decided to create an account just to save my fellow horror movie enthusiasts. I entered with an open mind for "Fog City," but it turned out to be more of a smog city-confusing, dense, and ultimately suffocating experience. I asked AI to write a review as I have better things to do on a Friday night, and it's truly 100% accurate without even needing to watch it - The plot was as foggy as the "dollhouse" this takes place, with characters wandering aimlessly through one cliché after another. The supposed "scares" were telegraphed from miles away, leaving no room for actual suspense.

The acting was wooden (I read some reviews, and this word stuck out, I'm guessing it's the "go-to" word for AI bad reviews. No more creativity even in "creative" writing. We are doomed as a species without realising it, good luck to the next generation.), with characters making decisions that were utterly nonsensical. The dialogue was cringeworthy, filled with lines that no real person would ever say (and really, REALLY bad jokes). And let's not even get started on the special effects, they looked like they were lifted straight out of a 90s B-movie. (I literally thought they used a doll house but nope, it actually was to scale, what the hell)

In the end, "Fog City" is a horror film that will haunt you for all the wrong reasons. Save yourself the agony and steer clear of this cinematic disaster.

I get it, the acting is not good, but I see the potential. In better acting hands this could be above average. The writing could be better, but I see the potential. The music was really good. This gives me 90's early 00's vibes. The girls are cute and I love that Steve Wolsh isn't afraid of nudity and gore. The practical effects are refreshing. I enjoyed the ode to John Carpenter. I don't usually like independent stuff, but I dug it. I hope Wolsh makes more movies. They are getting better. If you're looking for top notch polish, this isn't it. If you're looking for a throwback that shows some potential, this could be right up your alley.