Shutter (2008)

Directed by

Masayuki Ochiai

Genre

horror film, rape and revenge film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 825 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A newlywed couple moves to Japan after a car accident kills a young girl. The husband sees strange blurs in his photos, and his wife believes it is the dead girl's ghost haunting them.

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What happens

Shutter is a 2008 American supernatural horror film directed by Masayuki Ochiai and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was written by Luke Dawson and is a remake of the 2004 Thai film of the same name. Its story follows newlywed couple Ben and Jane who have just moved to Japan for a promising job opportunity. After a tragic car accident that leads to the death of a young girl, Ben begins noticing strange blurs in many of his fashion shoot photographs, which Jane suspects is the spirit of the dead girl that they killed. The film stars Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, and Megumi Okina. It was produced by Regency Enterprises and was released on March 21, 2008. It grossed $10.4 million in its opening weekend and $48 million worldwide, against an $8 million budget, making the film a box office success, but was negatively received from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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