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Shutter (2008)

PG-1303/21/2008Horror, Mystery, Thriller1h 25m
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The most terrifying images are the ones that are real.

Overview

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

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    Joshua Jackson

    Benjamin Shaw

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    Rachael Taylor

    Jane Shaw

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    Megumi Okina

    Megumi Tanaka

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    David Denman

    Bruno

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    Elly Otoguro

    Yoko

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    John Hensley

    Adam

  7. Maya Hazen

    Seiko

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    James Kyson

    Ritsuo

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    Yoshiko Miyazaki

    Akiko

A heavy burden. American remakes of Asian horror films have mostly struggled to win grace and favour with horror fans. Shutter is no exception, it has been met with the usual howls of derision, claims of it being pointless, loosing the horror essence of the original and etc. But what for someone like me who hasn’t seen the original? I found Shutter to be much like how I found The Ring, the Naomi Watts starrer from 2002, a very effective chiller with a solid mystery to be unravelled at the core. The ghost is creepy – as are the various photographic links, the scares handled professionally...