Shutter

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Shutter

PG-13

Released Mar 21, 2008

1h 25m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Photographer Ben (Joshua Jackson) and his new bride, Jane (Rachael Taylor), turn their honeymoon into a working vacation when he snags a prestigious assignment in Japan. As they make their way up a mountain road at night, they slam into a woman who suddenly appears in their path. Unable to find her body, Ben and Jane continue onward. Soon, eerie reminders of the accident emerge when Ben sees ghostly images in the photographs he develops.

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Critics Consensus

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

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

The very Thai-specific charms that made the original such an unforeseen, unpredictable delight when I first saw it are almost entirely absent here.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 18, 2018

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Drew Toal

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Tony Horkins

Empire Magazine

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

Rated: 2/5

May 16, 2008

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Amberleigh Jack

Stuff.co.nz

This is a paranormal horror flick with plenty of creep factor and enough, albeit predictable, jump moments in scenes packed with dim lighting to satisfy any desire for a bit of an easy fright this October.

Oct 28, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The latest in a seemingly endless line of Japanese horror remakes.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Sep 23, 2020

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Kevin Carr

Film School Rejects

Consider this movie to be almost as good as The Eye but with less of a coherent story.

Rated: C

Oct 18, 2018

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Rosana B

Remake do maravilhoso tailandês "Espíritos - Você Nunca Está Sozinho", tão bom quanto o original, excetuando se pela redução do efeito sombrio, aqui temos as cores vibrantes de Tokyo, e o efeito surpresa inexistente, porém adorável… Inicialmente senti ranço pelo macho escroto e a esposa que idolatra o alecrim dourado, até que a bendita percebe o quão abençoado era o presente de Deus, é sobre caráter, vingança sobrenatural e misoginia enraizada, adorável e necessário…

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Liam D

Probably the most forgettable movie in the J horror remake boom. If Joshua Jackson (D2: The Mighty Ducks, Americano) the only big star you can get you know your movie has a big problem

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Testm3_void 6

I actually enjoyed this movie. The remake has little scary scenes. The story is different compared to the original, but it is funny to me actually but also good at the same time. It's just my opinion.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/25

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Satin B

Patience is a verttu due to being a very slow burn of the camera flashing... not great for those that hate strobes 😎👎

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/22/23

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The original is better.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/09/23

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MasaHiro X

First thing I'm going to say about this, and it is a positive, Megumi Okina does a good job at least being scary/intimidating, other than that this movie is pretty non existent for majority of its runtime… being a remake of a foreign film, the wise choice would've been to set it in Thailand??? but no, they brought Masayuki Ochiai on board, Masayuki is best known for Parasite Eve (1997) and Infection (2004), he much later directed an entry in the Ju-On film series. Which this means this is set in Japan, solely to match The Grudge… it's non original, tries to do what The Grudge did, brought Roy Lee on board, someone who was keene in the west, especially when it came to The Grudge 1 & 2… the culture shock is non existent as well, yet again this film does an american portrayal of Japanese culture and pretty much says "wow isn't culture weird". That's the impression I get when watching the film, the lighting is so copy and pasted from other horror films, blue, grungy and just non original, a major factor this film/remake suffers from.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/31/23

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Synopsis

Photographer Ben (Joshua Jackson) and his new bride, Jane (Rachael Taylor), turn their honeymoon into a working vacation when he snags a prestigious assignment in Japan. As they make their way up a mountain road at night, they slam into a woman who suddenly appears in their path. Unable to find her body, Ben and Jane continue onward. Soon, eerie reminders of the accident emerge when Ben sees ghostly images in the photographs he develops.

Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Producer: Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Takashige Ichise
Screenwriter: Luke Dawson
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: New Regency Pictures, Vertigo
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Sexual Content|Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.9M
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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