Release Date:
03/21/2008
Directed By: Masayuki Ochiai
The Skinny: A newly wed couple (Joshua Jackson and Rachael Taylor) take a business trip/honeymoon to Japan, only to be pestered by that company's number one export: pale ghost girls with a fondness for electronic devices. Many scares (OK, sound effects, at least) ensue.
The Good: Not to sound too much like, well, us, but there are an inordinate amount of hot women in this movie. Normally you get one hottie in peril and a dead goth girl in a well—Shutter at least took the time to populate Japan with plenty of hot pants and see-through tops.
The Bad: Have you seen The Grudge, The Ring, The Eye, or Dark Water? Then move along, nothing new to see here. Shutter is J-horror Mad Libs that attempts to squeeze terror out of endless sequences of people snapping Polaroids. In the end, it all just amounts to the simplest of Man Rules: You don't break up with crazy.
Creepiest Moment: The twist on Psycho's "Dead Momma in the Chair" jolt is pretty cool. Too bad it's being spoiled in the trailers.
Theater, DVD, or Watch on TNT in Five Years?
You won't have to wait five years.
The Skinny: A newly wed couple (Joshua Jackson and Rachael Taylor) take a business trip/honeymoon to Japan, only to be pestered by that company's number one export: pale ghost girls with a fondness for electronic devices. Many scares (OK, sound effects, at least) ensue.
The Good: Not to sound too much like, well, us, but there are an inordinate amount of hot women in this movie. Normally you get one hottie in peril and a dead goth girl in a well—Shutter at least took the time to populate Japan with plenty of hot pants and see-through tops.
The Bad: Have you seen The Grudge, The Ring, The Eye, or Dark Water? Then move along, nothing new to see here. Shutter is J-horror Mad Libs that attempts to squeeze terror out of endless sequences of people snapping Polaroids. In the end, it all just amounts to the simplest of Man Rules: You don't break up with crazy.
Creepiest Moment: The twist on Psycho's "Dead Momma in the Chair" jolt is pretty cool. Too bad it's being spoiled in the trailers.
Theater, DVD, or Watch on TNT in Five Years?
You won't have to wait five years.