... the film feels like a made-for-TV movie.
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08/04/08
Shutter (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 4
Rotten:52
Average Rating: 3.4/10
Consensus: Being a remake of a Thai horror film instead of Japanese doesn't prevent Shutter from being another lame Asian horror remake.
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release: Mar 21, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $25,876,782
Synopsis: Treading territory similar to JU-ON: THE GRUDGE (2003), RINGU (1998), and ONE MISSED CALL (2003), all Asian horror films remade for American audiences, SHUTTER is the first English-language film for director Masayuki Ochiai, whose... [More]
Starring: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, David Denman, James Kyson Lee
Director: Masayuki Ochiai
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Reviews for Shutter
Similar to a theme park ride that scares kids, this Asian horror film frightens only newcomers to the genre from which it practically bootlegs.
07/19/08
Shutter the latest photographic enlargement of an Asian horror picture, is clearer and sharper than many of its predecessors, but even the most expert re-touching cannot obscure the fact that we have seen it all before.
07/08/08
Shutter features another pale, scraggly haired young woman a la The Ring haunting our protagonists. Yawn.
06/30/08
paramenei eksisoy, an ohi kai perissotero flyaro ap' tin pigi tis empneysis toy. Apo tin opoia krata episis to megethos ton logikon almaton, oksynontas ta opoy mporei gia na klepsei merikes eykoles fantezi tromares, eno kseperna to prototypo sto epipono t
06/29/08
Workmanlike at best; derivative, predictable and slightly dull at worst.
05/15/08
It’s an effective scary story that depicts women with spirit – on both sides of the divide.
05/15/08
SHUTTER should have been the scariest horror film since THE RING, but instead it was infuriatingly bad. This joins ONE MISSED CALL in the ranks of worst horror remakes of all-time and I highly recommend skipping this one for the original...
04/17/08
Are more of these Asian remakes in the offering? I "Shutter" to think.
03/30/08
What happens is the same as every other J-horror remake only less so, at least in part because it stars Rachael Taylor and Joshua Jackson instead of actual famous people.
03/28/08
Only the punning title distinguishes this one from...other entries in this exhausted genre.
03/28/08
Will the next terror-minded remake involve a possessed telegraph machine or a grudge-minded ox and cart? Neither option could be any lamer than the shock-free Shutter.
03/26/08
Top Critic Suffers from cumulative mediocrity. In other words, there's only so much recycled rubbish you can endure without wanting to take a hostage.
03/26/08
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