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 Shutter (2008) 

What grade would you give this film?
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 Shutter (2008) 
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Shutter is a 2008 American remake of the 2004 Thai horror film of the same name. The remake was directed by Masayuki Ochiai, and was released on March 21, 2008.

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Well, it was better than One Missed Call. :sleep:

It obviously doesn't compare to the original, with is the crème de la crème of Asian horror. Nothing comes close to topping it. But this, this remake, it felt like a better sequel to The Grudge than the freaking Grudge 2 did. And hell, the remake didn't even have one of the better scenes in the original, when the PODAGC (pissed off dead Asian Grudge chick) was next to the car and then showed up here.

There's absolutely no reason to see this, really. It fails in every single imaginable way and obviously doesn't compare to the original.

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Just go rent the original instead.

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Why is it always the boyfriend who kills an ex that comes back to kill him?

Why not a girlfriend who kills an ex that comes back to kill her?

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Why is it always the boyfriend who kills an ex that comes back to kill him?

Why not a girlfriend who kills an ex that comes back to kill her?



Because the overwhelming number of murders of that kind entail the guy killing the girl, DUH.

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It pales in comparison to the original in terms of being scary, but it's not that bad. Just typical Asian horror remake stuff. I liked it more than The Eye, actually.

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I thought about it a little bit more, and I think I was too quick giving it zero Twizzlers. It's not THAT bad, I just had more hate cause of how much I luv the original. I think it's at least a 1 Twizzy movie, which is still pretty bad.

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I thought this was much better than The Eye, but still not great, very similar to The Grudge

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I actually found this surprisingly enjoyable, probably because I've never seen the original. It's certainly better than a great deal of the horror films released as of late - and a huge step up from The Eye earlier this year. It has a creepy and effective atmosphere and I liked Rachael Taylor's performance. It's not exactly scary, but I enjoyed it for one reason or another. The ending was ridiculous though. B-


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They somewhat made the story uninteresting and quite boring, they left out one of the best scenes of the original and they gave away the ending far to early focusing to much Jackson's shoulders. The dead girl wasnt even creepy looking.

I was kinda disappointed, i wasnt expecting it to be better than the original but the trailer looked great.

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1/10 -> F

Awful from start to the end. Not a single redeeming thing. The picture of the ghost sitting on top of his shoulders is possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen in a horror movie.


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Did you see the original be.redy? Its well worth a look. As for this I just refuse to watch it.

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I haven't. I might check it out.


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Eh, I have seen both and while the older Shutter is great and obviously much superior, having seen the remake first, I'm sure, spoils A LOT of the enjoyment of the original anyway since they did a lot of things shot-for-shot (just often devoid of tension).

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Shot for shot you say? Eh...


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Shot for shot you say? Eh...


Not shot-for-shot, no....but the main scares are the same. More effective, but the same composition and all.

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Hopefully the shot the the ghost sitting on his back is not laugh inducing.


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It still kind of amazes me how this remake of one of the scariest horror movies ever could turn out so....unscary? The thing is that with shot-for-shot remakes, you lose all the points for originality, but if you do it to a good original, you at least get the same effect, at least partially. Shutter, the original film, is scary as hell. It is atmospheric, creepy, well-told and frankly surprising as far as the ending twist goes. The remake contains almost all the same scares, same scene and same resolution (which is of course not as surprising this time around). And yet, unlike a similar shot-for-shot remake Quarantine, it doesn't get close to capturing the original film's tension and dread.

I am not exactly sure where it went off the rails. It is obvious that it was directed by a director with a complete lack of vision or interest to deliver anything other than a quick cash-in. The cast is less than stellar with Joshua Jackson and Rachael Taylor being the film's lifeless leads. The cinematography is nice at times, yet fails to evoke the same kind of tension as the original's. It's just...the ingredients are there, but the chemistry just doesn't work. The only reason the film is actually not horrible is because the original is SO good that filming the remake shot-for-shot still gives the movie enough reasonably creepy moments, even though they never get close to those of the original. I remember leaving the theatre the day I saw the original Shutter and being creeped out just by thinking about it for the next few days. In the remake's case I started forgetting it the very same day. It is entirely possible to recreate the original film and yet retain most of the suspense if the source material is really good and the directors don't totally screw it up "reshooting" it. Apparently it was too difficult in Shutter's case.

It is not an awful film and I suppose it's not a disappointment either since I never expected much of it anyway. But it just stuns me how someone could take an original this good and just remake it taking the suspense out of the most crucial scenes. One of the few good things about it was the idea to set the film in Japan, but they don't even play enough with that idea.

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