Shutter (Unrated)

Name: Shutter (Unrated)
Released: 2008-3-21
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor

Shutter (Unrated)

NR
1h 30m
2008

age 15+

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A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after an eerie accident in which they believe they may have hit a young girl with their car. Fearing the manifestations may be connected; they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

Director:

Masayuki Ochiai

Producer:

Taka Ichise, Roy Lee, Doug Davison

Writer:

Luke Dawson

Cast:

Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

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

Reviews

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

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

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

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

It's worth wartching if you favor the style, but can also satiate horror fans that just want to be scared and experience something (slightly) new.

Shutter, which attempts to do for cameras what The Ring did for videocassettes, what Pulse did for computers, and what The Grudge did for grudges.

August 16, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 15+

Common Sense Says

Bad script, so-so scares mar Asian horror remake.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this horror movie includes some graphic violence, including the bloody effects of a ghost's assaults on victims. There's also a jarring car accident; a leap from a balcony that has a hard, bloody ending on the sidewalk; and a camera eyepiece that pierces a character's eye. The ghost appears repeatedly in shadows and scares people. A sexual assault appears in photos and a flashback scene. The movie also includes some sexual imagery, showing women in bras and panties, as well as naked backs. There's some language and drinking, and a scene shows men agreeing to put a date-rape drug in a woman's wine.