Monday, September 3, 2007

gHoSt PhOToS : SHUTTER Movie Review


Country : Thailand

Year: 2004

Genre: Horror

Running Time: 1H33

Distributor: Panasia / Tartan

Date reviewed: 05/28/05

Producer: Yoophet Suosawao
Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
Cast: Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana, Unnop Chanpaibool



How much you can fight for your love? Would you consider it love if any concern doesnt feel or even show? Have ever ghost turns into your life? This is how Thun the photographer where his girlfriend Jane and him finding to solve the mysteries cross to their life. This was started when the couple came from drinking party with Thun closest friend, along way home an accident on the road happen, with Jane hitting a girl. Tun does not allow her to help the girl and they ran away leaving the girl lying on the road. When Tun reveals his latest pictures, he finds some mysterious shadows, while the couple is systematically haunted by the ghost of the girl. Whereas they find out with the images taken from Thun picture a girl along her back, was his former shy and weird girlfriend Natre, and was raped by his friends, an echoing voice of help which he never heard, the saddest part of it, he kept it secret. Natre got insane and took suicide, her soul still seeking for justice, one by one she never stop bothering the people who did the raped to her.


SHUTTER film emboss with 'ghost photos' , that supernatural thing truly exist the directors use the allegedly real photos (credited at the end of the film) which show the blurry faces gawking behind their living relatives. The concept is at the same time silly and potentially spooky: the problem is, spooky photos have already been done to death in the past 30 years, ever since THE OMEN; and the original RINGU has reminded us of that as well. Imperfections of the eye and the secrets hidden in the grainy images were suitable bases for films ranging from Antonioni’s artsy BLOW OUT to some great movies by Dario (DEEP RED) Argento and Brian (DRESSED TO KILL) de Palma.

24 comments:

Punishment said...

Scary movie, makes my hair raise and my nerves malfunction. :D

camiLLe_01 said...

The best horror movie of all time. Don't you dare to watch this movie alone.

Corlock said...

Awesome movie and prosthetics...One great scary movie

Janna said...

I like this movie, makes my heart jump.

tvfanatics said...

unforgettable movie..i think the most scariest part is when he discover that the girl is actually on his shoulders which explain his neck pain.

Jian said...

WOW! This movie can give you chills even while watching in day light.

celebrity said...

This movie sent chills on me. The scene on stairs really scares me.

Jian said...

hahaha... yes you are right. It scared me a lot.

Anonymous said...

its one of the horror movies that gave me goosebumps.i was scared really. for me, its scarier than other asian horror movies like the ring and grudge.

black_hat said...

the ending of the movie still hunts me, the hurting of the neck is cause by the ghost, very creepy.....

Anonymous said...

thE best part was whEnhE was Lo0king at
the cLass picture of her friend,tHe face Lo0ked back at him!haha.

Vampiressa said...

WOW awesome Asian movie!!! 10+

revilolee said...

THAI HORROR ROCKS!!! This movie was awesome, but I actually liked ALONE better. Research it! I can't wait until it reaches the US bc it will be a classic!

Rakesh said...

Awesome film. I really mean it. To this day.. this has been the only film thats scared me.

Anonymous said...

Gimme some more Thai!
Shutter and many other asia-horror-pro's are better than most of the us-productions!!1

and shutter would be the 1st video to push my sound to 7.1 around me ;-)

juhhUUU hurt meee!!1 :D

Anonymous said...

i love this movie!! <3
at a certain moment they say something like "you've let the dead in" or something like that.. but i don't remeber anyore.. does anyone know what i mean? :s

thanks, x.

Anonymous said...

I made a mistake to watch alone at home.....was unable to sleep well for 2 nights...

"Shutter"-I liked it very much though...

Makaila said...

You write very well.

Anonymous said...

It's the greatest horror movie i have ever watched,compare shutter to ju-on and the ring,they certainly paled in comparison,when watching ju-on and the ring,i find myself figeting in the cinema,hoping for the movie to end,as i was bored to death by their lameness,but when i was watching shutter,i was hoping for the same thing,but for reason entirely different,my balls cannot take the scary part anymore,haha,so till today,i have only watched the movie twice,once in the cinema,and once on dvd!wonderful movie 5 star out of 5

heru said...

yeap, i just gotten the dvd to scare myself once more. Makes you wonder whats around your office and your room....

Komik Videolar said...

Awesome film. I really mean it.
Videolar

Anonymous said...

Does anyone have the Discography or OST for this movie? I really wanna know

rohit said...

shutter z undoubtedly the best hooror flick ever 2 b made..... hatss off 2 d cast and crew...

Buy DVDs Online said...

It was a pretty good horror movie! You can even think it's going to be that scary!

Good Post!