2 months ago 14th May 09:31
Menacing and ghostly, Shutter is a clever and stylish psychological thriller that revolves around an attractive, young American couple starting out married life. They are traveling from New York to Tokyo, where Ben (Joshua Jackson), an up and coming photographer, has a prestigious fashion assignment.
His wife, Jane goes along too. But the honeymoon she was anticipating never happens and the Japanese adventure is anything but romantic: the couple is involved in a car crash as soon as they arrive. It appears that they have killed a Japanese woman, but when they look for her, she has apparently vanished.
The strange woman proceeds to haunt the couple appearing in all their photographs and it becomes clear that there is nothing random about the ghostly incidents that follow.
Masayuki Ochiai has directed a film that is compelling to watch. The story is strong and frightening, the characters are set firmly in reality and the paranormal core of the film is fascinating, examining the controversial phenomenon of spirit photography.
Tension builds throughout the film, which unfolds, layer by layer, with unexpected and grimly chilling results.
Ochiai uses color and light to great effect and by setting his story in Tokyo he exacerbates the unease and disorientation the leading characters feel, finding their way in a foreign city as frightening events take over their lives.
Shutter is based on the 2004 Thai film of the same name, which was directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom.
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