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Shutter (2008)

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Reviews Counted:58

Fresh:4

Rotten:54

Average Rating:3.5/10

Consensus: Being a remake of a Thai horror film instead of Japanese doesn't prevent Shutter from being another lame Asian horror remake.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for terror, disturbing images, sexual content and language.

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... 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 career has been primarily within the horror genre. The result is another potent ghost story able to conjure up feelings of dread through a single longhaired, poker-faced female apparition. Newlywed New Yorkers Ben (Joshua Jackson, THE SKULLS) and Jane Shaw (Rachael Taylor, TRANSFORMERS) have traveled to Tokyo, where photographer Ben is investigating a potentially lucrative job opportunity. While driving on a dark road at night, the couple runs over a mysterious woman who seems to appear out of nowhere and can't be found after the accident. Over the next few days, Jane goes sightseeing while Ben works, only to see strange apparitions that also appear on the photos she takes. After Ben's photos show the same ghostly forms, he confesses that he knows something about the woman they ran over, but it may be too late to stop her trail of terror. Another Hollywood remake of an Asian horror film, SHUTTER has a tricky lineage: the 2004 original was made in Thailand, while this version is U.S.-financed, but shot mostly in Japan. By setting the film in Japan, director Ochiai retains an element of exoticism for American audiences, which also allows Ben and Jane to be out of their element, à la DON'T LOOK NOW. As the menacing spirit, Megumi, Megumi Okina is adept at conjuring fear with a simple glare in a minimal but effective performance. SHUTTER doesn't stretch the boundaries of horror cinema, but it provides a handful of decent shocks and a couple of crowd-pleasing gross-outs, all within the limits of a non-restrictive PG-13 rating. [More]

Starring: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, David Denman, James Kyson Lee

Starring: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, David Denman, James Kyson Lee, John Hensley

Director: Masayuki Ochiai

Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Screenwriter: Luke Dawson
Producer: Taka Ichise, Roy Lee, Doug Davison
Composer: Nathan Barr
Studio: Fox 2000 Pictures

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  • A picture-perfect honeymoon develops into a snapshot of terror in this bone-chilling shocker from executive producers of The Grudge and The Ring! Soon after New York newlyweds Ben (Joshua Jackson) and Jane (Rachael Taylor) arrive in Japan for Ben's latest photography assignment, they discover disturbing, ghostly reflections of a young woman in their own photos. This inexplicable "spirit image" may be connected to Ben's past, but she's determined to provide the couple with a horrifying future of relentless vengeance from which there is no escape!
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    ...an absolutely redundant piece of work...

    Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
    05/28/09
    David Nusair
    David Nusair
    Reel Film Reviews

    Out of the list of horrible remakes I've experienced in 2008, "Shutter" really isn't the worst one I've seen yet, but it sure does suck enough to rank up there...

    Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
    10/11/08
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Cinema Crazed

    ... the film feels like a made-for-TV movie.

    Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
    08/04/08
    Lucius Gore
    Lucius Gore
    ESplatter

    Similar to a theme park ride that scares kids, this Asian horror film frightens only newcomers to the genre from which it practically bootlegs.

    Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
    07/19/08
    Bruce Bennett
    Bruce Bennett
    Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

    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.

    Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
    07/08/08
    Steve Biodrowski
    Steve Biodrowski
    Cinefantastique

    Shutter features another pale, scraggly haired young woman a la The Ring haunting our protagonists. Yawn.

    Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
    06/30/08
    Christian Toto
    Christian Toto
    Washington Times

    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

    Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
    06/29/08
    Joseph Proimakis
    Joseph Proimakis
    Movies for the Masses

    As pretty and bland as its lead actors.

    Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
    06/20/08
    John Beifuss
    John Beifuss
    Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

    Yeah, this movie is a must avoid.

    Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
    06/18/08
    Austin Kennedy
    Austin Kennedy
    Sin Magazine

    Workmanlike at best; derivative, predictable and slightly dull at worst.

    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
    05/16/08
    Tony Horkins
    Tony Horkins
    Empire Magazine

    Workmanlike at best; derivative, predictable and slightly dull at worst.

    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine Australasia | comment Comment
    05/15/08
    Tony Horkins
    Tony Horkins
    Empire Magazine Australasia

    It’s an effective scary story that depicts women with spirit – on both sides of the divide.

    Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
    05/15/08
    Margaret Pomeranz
    Margaret Pomeranz
    At the Movies (Australia)

    It's all rather predictable, and often irritatingly derivative

    Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
    05/12/08
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    Urban Cinefile

    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...

    Full Review Source: Bloody Disgusting | comment Comment
    04/17/08
    Brad Miska
    Brad Miska
    Bloody Disgusting

    The latest in the downward spiral of remakes

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    04/01/08
    Jason Morgan
    Jason Morgan
    Filmcritic.com

    Are more of these Asian remakes in the offering? I "Shutter" to think.

    Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment 1 Comment
    03/30/08
    Linda Cook
    Linda Cook
    Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

    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.

    Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
    03/28/08
    Tim Brayton
    Tim Brayton
    Antagony & Ecstasy

    No one needs a telephoto lens to see what's coming in Shutter.

    Full Review Source: Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | comment Comment
    03/28/08
    John Wirt
    John Wirt
    Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

    Only the punning title distinguishes this one from...other entries in this exhausted genre.

    Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
    03/28/08
    Jim Lane
    Jim Lane
    Sacramento News & Review

    Really, what's the point? It's a business deal rather than a movie.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    03/27/08
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid
     
     
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