Shutter

Release Date: March 21, 2008
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Screenwriter: Luke Dawson
Starring: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, David Denman, James Kyson Lee, John Hensley
Genre: Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for terror, disturbing images, sexual content and language)
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Plot Summary: A recent poll conducted by CNN revealed that one third of the people believed in ghosts, and that many of those claim they've seen one. At the same time, interest in spirit photography - events in which images of the dead are caught on film - has never been higher.

The phenomenon is as old as photography itself, dating back to the 1860s. Spirit photography has been riddled with controversy and fraud, yet many believe it to be one of the few methods of capturing ghostly phenomenon that approaches scientific methodology. Magazines devoted to spirit photography proliferate throughout Asia, and new internet sites devoted to the subject spring up every day. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art recently hosted an exhibit devoted to spirit photography, called "The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult."

This intriguing and foreboding subject is a key element of the psychological thriller "Shutter," from executive producers of "The Grudge" and "The Ring." In "Shutter," a newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate, only to learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved - and that a past mistake can lead to an eternity of vengeance.

For photographer Ben (Joshua Jackson) and his new wife Jane (Rachael Taylor), his new assignment - a lucrative fashion shoot in Tokyo - was supposed to be a kind of working honeymoon. With this exotic professional opportunity and the limitless possibilities of a new marriage, Ben and Jane arrive in Japan. But as they make their way on a mountain road leading to Mt. Fuji, their new life together comes to, literally, a crashing halt. Their car smashes into a woman standing in the middle of the road, who has materialized out of nowhere. Upon regaining consciousness after the accident, Ben and Jane cannot find any trace of the girl Jane believes she hit with the car.

Shaken by the accident and by the girl's disappearance, Ben and Jane arrive in Tokyo, where Ben begins his glamorous assignment. Having worked in Japan before and fluent in the language, Ben is comfortable there, and he eagerly reunites with old friends and colleagues. Jane, a newcomer to the city, feels very much like a stranger in a strange land as she makes tentative, unsettling forays through the city.

Ben, meanwhile, has discovered mysterious white blurs - eerily evocative of a human form - that have materialized on an entire day's work from the expensive photo shoot. Jane's concerns escalate as she believes the blurs in Ben's photos are the dead girl from the road, who is now seeking vengeance for them leaving her to die...

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COMMENTS (16)

Posted by:

G3nesis

February 24, 2008

LOL, at the girl (in the "trailer") w/the HUMONGOUS tongue--that's just GROSS!!!;)

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Eugene

February 25, 2008

This WOULD be cool, if the ghosts were so crappily airbrushed into those pictures. Is this a horror movie or a bad Photoshop tutorial?

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Ren

February 27, 2008

i have a feeling that the original thai version is going to be better than this new one.

i suggest anyone see that version first. :)

Posted by:

Nilade

March 1, 2008

I saw the Thai version like 2 years ago. They used a Canon camera in that one. Looks like Pentax paid more money for this one. Thai version really creepy and kinda sad at the same time.

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benny garcia

March 3, 2008

THIS MOVIE IS GOIN TO BE GOOD I SAW THE THAI VERSION AND IT LOOKS THE SAME SO IT HAS TO BE GOOD!! REGGIES ALL DAI

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Rosa Mendez

March 12, 2008

I hope this movie is scary becaise none of the movies i have seen make me scare and i want a really scary movie that it makes me scream and peeee

Posted by:

Dude

March 17, 2008

I'm betting the Thai version will remained the better of the two. Having Joshua Jackson as the lead doesn't help at all since we all know him from various movies and mainly Dawson's Creek. If you get the chance, watch the Thai one first as it is much more creepy having the lead characters be foreign and additionally reading the subtitles adds to the atmosphere. You are more intrigued as the story progresses. I'm not usually into foreign films but the original is definitely worth the time and one of the best foreign horror films I've seen. The Eye (original) is nothing compared to this movie.

Posted by:

REALEPIC

March 18, 2008

OKAY LETS BE HONEST NOW. IF YOU ARE A HORROR FAN LIKE MOST...THEN YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT RATED PG-13. ALL TOO SAD TO READ THESE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW GOOD IS GOING TO BE. LETS BE HONEST HORROR FLICKS ARENT WHAT THEY USE TO BE. WHICH IS WHY I HAVE CHOOSEN TO JOIN WITH A FEW & SOMETHING CLASSIC. ENOUGH OF THESE DAMN RE-MAKES THEN MAKING THEM INTO PG-13. I'VE HAD ENOUGH. TIME TO GO MAKE SOME REAL RATED R HORROR MOVIES. WATCH OUT NOW!

Posted by:

Tiffany

March 19, 2008

where can you watch the thai version of this movie? send me a msg to my email please and thank you! tiffanytsai52783@hotmail.com

Posted by:

dhh

March 22, 2008

It probably goes as is, Thai copies it from the Japanese "The Grudge", which is magnificent and still scares the hell out of me, even today..Jap Version, of course..

American'z still it from everybody..LOL..

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