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Shutter (Widescreen) (Unrated Edition) 
Actors : Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor (II), Megumi Okina, David Denman, John Hensley (II)
Director : Masayuki Ochiai
Studio : 20th Century Fox
by 20th Century Fox
Brand : SHUTTER (UNRATED) (DVD MOVIE)
Release Date : 2008-07-15
Publisher : 20th Century Fox
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0024543523864
UPC : 024543523864
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 32 reviews)
List Price : $29.99
Our Price : $5.90
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Product Description |
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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 |
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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 |
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Surprisingly Suspenseful!! |
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Even though this film was not as good as other remakes (such as the ring and the grudge movies) I did enjoy it quite alot. It had the same sense of dread and quite a few inventive scares provided. I really liked Australian Rachel Taylor in the film. |
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2 1/2 Stars: "What Lies Beneath" meets "The Grudge" |
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In a nutshell, Shutter is nothing new if you're familiar with Asian influenced horror flicks like The Ring or The Grudge. The same scare tactics, the same visual effects, even the same actors! Megumi Okina, who played in main character in Ju-on, portrays the ghostly character in this film. Except for a few, very minor twists, anyone who's seen The Ring, The Grudge, One Missed Call, etc.. can see what's coming a mile away. Not to stay that the overall story or plot is actually bad, but as far as originality goes, this film doesn't even really come close. The acting, which isn't amazing, isn't horrible either. However, I gotta say that Joshua Jackson performances can just be plain boring or lethargic at times. In closing, this film might be a hit with someone who's new to this kind of genre, and who knows, if this movie had been made before a few of these other Asian horror flicks were made, I might be a bit impressed, cause again, this isn't bad of a film. But the fact is that this film is just more of the same stuff that I've seen before, with not enough originality to make it any more memorable than the rest of these other flicks out there, gives me no other choice but pretty much disregard it. |
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Camera at the Ready |
Shutter is an English Language version of the Thai original that is as nuanced as it is diverse. In an attempt to bring some films to English Cinema, the concepts are transposed entirely, sometimes in part.
The Camera of a New York native photographer who is now working in Japan starts to capture the image of the "ghost". The wife is the prime vehicle for seeing the ghosts, and as stated in many of the DVD features ( Commentary etc) the Wife is the way the audience is supposed to see the events and experience the Japanese culture. As I have stated in other reviews, the unrated version has again proven itself to be the de-facto gold standard, since this is a gem of a scare, which supposedly differs from the cinematic piece. It is really not clear if this is the case, and it is just a subjective judgement, but the film seems to suffer to some degree from a non-english speaking Director, especially in the dialogue scenes, but it is clear from the Features that he brings a wealth of spooky experience to the non-verbal material, and it is why this material stands out so very well. It is to this end that the latter part of the film ( past 45 minutes) starts to pick up speed from non-verbal material and where the Director has taken some scenes from the original.
THE DVD:
Great Commentary. Works superbly well... not exactly entertaining, but it is extremely informative. The features are genuinely good, and at points intensely spooky.Its not the Ring, but its extremely good. |
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SHUTTER ...NEEDS TO GET SHUT DOWN!!!!! |
I was very, VERY disappointed in Shutter. Was looking forward to it since I seen the trailer. How can they make the trailer look so good and make the movie so BAD??? LAME & Bord me most this flick!. I love Ghost stories, but this Ghost & scrpit didn't scare me or get me even in edge my seat at least!! Most Ghosts in horror movies have a evil looks and scare, but this one was lame & most the times corny & laughable! I seen the twist coming from a mile away. Most likely everybody did. The acting was average. The last 10 minutes AND ending was REAL laughable & I am still laughing, what the corny ending & B.S they come up with!!! SKIP THIS GARBAGE! C
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A Satisfactory Marriage of "The Grudge" & "Ghost Story" |
This movie's effects aren't as scary as those in either "The Grudge" or "Ghost Story" with Alice Krige. Perhaps that's just because we have seen so much of it before in those two previous movies. Or perhaps that's because the effects themselves aren't quite as inventive or as creepily cowled.
However this movie has a cleaner storyline than "The Grudge" or "The Ring." It has some of the elements of a classic Agatha Christie mystery in that the clues to its resolution are all there, for anyone who doesn't ignore them as incidental to the action.
And even though "Shutter" doesn't deliver quite the on-going frights we've come to expect from thrillers involving Japanese producers/directors - its manifestations all add up to a resolution that's a real shocker. The final images and their imports are bound to haunt you long after the "Shutter" has closed.
There is also good scenery here. Although the lead actors are American and the movie is in English, most of the action takes place in Japan. You get to see a lot of everyday Japan, the ordinary streets and offices that you probably wouldn't get to see as a tourist. In some ways, this movie puts you there even more vividly than "Lost in Translation" did.
The bonus material on the DVD is spread over both sides of the disc, and includes a brief history of "spirit photography." Capturing errant shafts of light on film and interpreting them as the hovering spirits of the dead was quite a craze during the Victorian period. Producing and selling such images remains a going industry in Japan to this day, according to the DVD history.
The commentator on one of these bonus fragments says that making an effective thriller is like strapping viewers into a roller-coaster seat. You want to create music and special effects that act like the click-click-click of the coaster's wheels on its tracks as it climbs, climbs - carrying the captive viewer to the top of an incline. Those clicks clench them in anticipation of the oncoming plunge over the top into the abyss. If that's true, the clicks in this movie aren't quite as pronounced as they might have been - but the plunge over the top is one of the most harrowing ever. |
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