Product Description

A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can never escape the past as a ghost continuously haunts them! System Requirements:Running Time: 86 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/DEMONS UPC: 024543523864 Manufacturer No: 2252386

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4919 in DVD
• Brand: SHUTTER (UNRATED) (DVD MOVIE)
• Released on: 2008-07-15
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Japanese
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .10 pounds
• Running time: 90 minutes

Amazon.com
Based on a 2004 Thai horror flick, this surprisingly effective Hollywood remake is actually set in Tokyo. That's where newlywed hubby Joshua Jackson has taken bride Rachael Taylor (Transformers) for an ill-advised honeymoon. They hit a woman standing in the middle of a spooky road, after which all sorts of ghosts seem to emerge from Jackson's camera (he's come to Japan for a fashion-photography gig). Can our plucky heroine, a fish out of water in a confusing city, find the answer to this haunted puzzle? Well, yes, but she won't like what she finds. Shutter is distinguished by director Mayasuki Ochiai's compositional eye, which favors the empty, creeped-out spaces in which ghosts might dwell. The movie also gets into the phenomenon of "spirit photography," which suggests that the dear departed make their presence known as white flashes in snapshots. That stuff's kind of fun; unfortunately, Ochiai's ear for dialogue is as clunky as his eye is sharp, and Jackson and Taylor are saddled with some truly unfortunate exposition. The actors don't leave much of an impression either, although Megumi Okina (leading lady of Ju-on: The Grudge) is sufficiently spooky as a woman who will not be ignored. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews

Worst horror movie I have seen in a while.
This movie was so pathetic it's beyond pathetic, entering a stage of ultimate patheticness that could be pooled together to annihilate the entire planet.

There is nothing, NOTHING, scary about the "scary girl" in this movie. Compared to The Ring and The Grudge girl she is really a joke. All the "scary" moments are nothing but cheesy and stupid, and the actors are unlikeable at best. Very VERY formulaic story also.

The only scary thing about this movie is the resulting suicidal tendencies that develop as you become willing to do anything to escape the torture of watching it.

Shutter
After reading some reviews I went out and rented this to see what I thought of it. I think it was ok but could have had a little faster pace to it once you first see this womans ghost. I have to say HELL YEAH to the new wife for leaving her husband after finding out his dark secret in the end tho. Good for her. A definite rent before you buy to make sure your gonna like it before you spend the 20 or 30 dollars.

Enough Asian Remakes Already...
The only thing worse than reading a book that is 300 pages that should have been 200 pages is watching a movie that is 100 minutes long, that felt like 3 hours long, that should have been 60 minutes long. Wait, there is something worse...trying to watch a HORROR movie an having to sit through two lame pseudo-sex scenes before anything HORROR related even starts to happen. Shutter is based on a good premise gone wrong by trying to translate it for an American audience. I am no fan of all these Asian-remake horror flicks. It was done right ONCE with The Ring...let it go. Another problem...how could an actress who was good in Transformers have totally forgotten how to ACT??? I won't even mention the rest of the cast, becasue they were clueless. The only saving grace of this movie was the ending, not just becasue it was over, but becasue it was actually good. That is the ONLY reason it gets two stars. Too bad you have to sit through the rest of this garbage to get to the ending. WASTE OF TIME!!!