In this case the technology is Ben's SLR camera, because Ben is a fashion photographer, returned to Japan for a job and honeymoon. Oh, right, the other absurdly hot girl in Transformers) star as Ben and Jane Shaw, newlyweds who run afoul of a dark-haired female ghost that manifests itself via technology. Where has he been?) and Rachael Taylor (hey, I.don't know her. In this particular goddamn film, Shutter, Joshua Jackson (hey, I remember him. Every damn time, I think "it's the last one, finally," and every time I'm wrong, because if there's one thing that the history of horror cinema demonstrates amply, it's that no subgenre is truly gone for good if there's a few more dollars to be wrung painfully out of it. Except this one is actually a remake of a Thai film, but it's pretty much just a Thai rip-off of the J-horror style, and it's set in Japan (the remake, not the original), and there's not such a thing as T-horror, so "another goddamn J-horror remake" will have to do for now. With bland thrills and predictable chills, the functional yet forgettable "Shutter" is one ghost story likely headed for ghastly box-office numbers.I have no idea why it surprises me, but there's another goddamn J-horror remake.
"Shutter" never really distinguishes itself from the other remakes other than the faint awareness that it's the weakest of them all. Much as was experienced with this weekend's equally lifeless "Drillbit Taylor," it's hard not to wonder if Hollywood hasn't drained the well dry or, minimally, simply brought too many J-horror remakes to the big screen in too short a span of time. Virtually every aspect of the film is workmanlike, but the scenes are shot so predictably with moments of silence followed by the obligatory quick scare that is never really very scary. While both Jackson and Taylor are functional as the haunted couple, "Shutter" barely evokes a shudder, wince or chill of the spine. Megumi, not so coincidentally, was involved with Ben during a Japan trip a couple years earlier.Īgain, I must ask.doesn't this all sound just a bit familiar? Rather naturally, all this spiritual warfare leads to anything but domestic bliss for the young newlyweds and Jane tops it all off by figuring out that the woman haunting them is Megumi (Megumi Okina, "Ju-On: The Grudge"). Of course, nothing is as it seems and faster than you can say "Polaroid One-Step" Ben begins to notice odd shadows in images from his fashion shoot. Not long after their arrival, the couple is on a coastal drive when a mysterious black-haired girl materializes out of nowhere and is seemingly run over by the swerving vehicle. In "Shutter," Ben (Joshua Jackson, "Dawson's Creek") and Jane (Rachael Taylor, "Transformers") are newlyweds who find themselves on a working honeymoon in Japan courtesy of Ben's landing a huge fashion-photo shoot in the nation. "Shutter" is merely the latest in a seemingly endless line of Japanese horror remakes, this time the first English-language film from Japanese helmer Masayuki Ochiai ("Infection") and a remake of a 2004 Thai film by the same name. I'd swear I've seen her before.Īmericans freaked out by unexplained psycho-spiritual phenomenon.
Dark-haired, freaky lookin' Asian ghost-chick.
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