Shutter 2008

Genres: Western

Director: Parkpoom Wongpoom, Banjong Pisanthanaku

Actors: Miyako Yamaguchi, Kei Yamamoto, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Joshua Jackson

Country: USA

Duration: 89:00

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A remake of the original 2004 Thai film by directors Banjong Pisanthanakum and Parkpoom Wongpoom, Shutter follows its North American predecessors, in translating horrific tales of haunting and
persecution, and reshaping them to suit Western audiences.
In this latest outing, American career photographer Ben Shaw (Joshua Jackson, Pacey from TV's Dawson's Creek) and his new bride Jane (Aussie actress Rachael Taylor, last seen in last year's
Transformers) move to Tokyo, Japan, so they can enjoy their honeymoon and start new careers. On their way to their honeymoon, they hit a gloomy looking girl in her nightgown (seemingly standing in the
middle of nowhere for the simple purpose of advancing the plot and foreshadow evil to come), causing them to crash. Once they come to, the girl is gone and no trace of an accident remains. How odd.
Ben starts on a lucrative contract with a large Japanese conglomerate, which is seeking his services for various photo shoots. Having lived there previously, Ben reconnects with old work friends,
while wife Jane explores the city, taking in its sights and rich culture.
While perusing some pictures from their honeymoon, Jane notices some unusual light flickers appearing in the background of each pictures, and approaches her expert hubby to check whether this is a
defect with their camera. At the same time, some strange occurrences start happening to the couple: creaking doors, otherwordly muffled voices, and so on. How odd things are getting.
Soon the newlyweds start struggling to understand and explain why these off occurrences are happening around them, and all pieces of evidence (captured on photo, that is) lead to a former lover of
Ben's. Why is this happening? What caused it? Does this amount to enough of a story to support its own premise?