AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

GL84 Following a gruesome car accident, a newlywed couple in Japan believe that the female victim of the accident has returned as a ghost and seeking retribution against him for a previous incident against her and forcing them to find a way to stop the rampage.This wasn't at all that bad if looked at on it's own as it's actually a rather good entry. One of the best features is that there's just a literal ton of encounters with the ghost, and all of them are handled well enough to earn some great moments. From the first dark-room encounter where he finally becomes convinced of the presence of the ghost, the encounter with the ghost in the boardroom which is another stand-out due to the fantastic innovation of the Polaroid camera allowing for some suspense to be had with the waiting for the photo results to come about, and the interaction that happens once the revelation has occurred is really good, and the later attack alone in the apartment with only the flashing camera to provide any light in brief spurts, the sounds of what's going on making it so fun and creepy that works so well due to being quite long and intense, which makes it stand-out a little more than the quick-shot appearances throughout the beginning. Those quick-cut scenes are also are pretty good, with their being a fantastic collection of banging noises off in the distance, ailing cries throughout the house and different pop-ups everywhere, from a great appearance on a train that results in a fun freak-out to a really creepy scene with the ghost appearing in photos all across the apartment, these are all quite fun and really worthwhile. As well, there's an incredibly fun and enjoyable encounter late in the film through an attack at the house, which has a lot of good points about it, from the creepy ghost action to the great setting and what it signifies for what has happened so far, it's a great scene and really makes a great lasting impression. Even the early car accident here with the ghost appearing in the middle of the road and causing a severe accident comes across as really nice here, being a nice shock jump and done early in the film as well. The last plus is the conversation at the magazine, which is quite fun spilling the basis for the film's mystery and getting it all out in the open with the discussion of what's going on, it makes for some really good times and the photographs along the edges aren't that bad at all. These here all work to make this one quite enjoyable. There oddly wasn't a whole lot really wrong with this one. One of the biggest issues is a lame encounter in a friend's apartment late in the film being way too short for what it was intended to do. This here just doesn't really do much, and just really has a feel to it that makes it come off like so many other efforts in the genre. Of course, the camera angles used here are another factor, as they hide everything during the scene and really making it hard to figure out what's happening. Another small problem is the finale in America, which just feels tacked on and unnecessary as the story had ended nicely in Japan and really didn't have to come back to America for the final twist at all. The last flaw is that the revelation comes way too late to really mean what it could've, and since it's based on a mystery that just comes out of nowhere without really being developed well, making that twist highly unorthodox. Overall, though, this wasn't that bad at all.Rated PG-13: Violence, some Language and sounds of Rape.

SnoopyStyle Photographer Ben Shaw (Joshua Jackson) marries Jane (Rachael Taylor) in NYC. They go to Tokyo for him to return to his job. She's a fish out of water. While driving on a deserted road, she runs into a woman. Both Ben and Jane pass out in the crash. Upon waking, nobody could find the woman. However they start to be haunted by her. A spirit shows up in their photographs and they are hounded by her.It's a horror based on a Thai original that is inspired by Japanese horrors. With photography going digital, this one is on the verge of being obsolete. It's a rather bland horror and not a scary one. There is no new visual ideas in this. I do like the Japanese locations which is made into a cold foreign place. There is something obvious about the final twist although the particulars have some bite. Overall, the movie isn't interesting for too long and never gets that compelling anyways.

DustinRahksi I have not seen the original, so I can't compare the two films. From what I have read on this site, the remake is virtually the same to the original. My biggest complaint was that Megumi wasn't scary at all, she just looks like a normal girl, lets compare her to Kayako from The Grudge, Kayako looks frightening and her classic vocals will haunt you, but Magumi doesn't offer anything scary, all she wants to do is hang around Ben. The acting was bland, much like the script, but thats to be expected. I thought a film like this would have a great atmosphere, but no, they dropped the ball big time. And once again the ghost just wants revenge and then it's done, how's that scary, I prefer the idea of a ghost being a curse and will kill anyone it pleases, thats scary. I guess what happened to Magumi was somewhat disturbing, she was a timid girl and didn't deserve what she got. Now I would bet money that the original was the film I should have watched, because this one wreaks of being designed for American audiences. Give it a watch if you want, don't expect anything good though.

mfnmbessert-224-279128 As much as I wanted to enjoy 'Shutter' and as intriguing as the premise was, this film just fails to deliver on so many levels. The writing is lackluster, and has clearly been written with haste and was obviously doctored by three or more people. The acting isn't terrible, Joshua Jackson has always been convincing, even in a sh**ty role, and John Hensley of 'Fifty Pills' fame is a nice added touch. Rachael Taylor is a beautiful new face to me, but she isn't really anything to brag about, and I feel like she was probably only given the role because of her similarities to Naomi Watts.No real scares to be had here at all, although I suppose if you were watching it alone late at night & if you scare particularly easily, the film does give off a creepy vibe in the scene with James Kyson Lee at the spirit photography office. Although, I must admit, I would much rather skip this film and just watch the episode of 'Celebrity Ghost Stories' with James Kyson Lee in it, because that is actually scary and is actually real.SHUTTER -----5/10.