Product Information
Newlywed New Yorkers Ben (Joshua Jackson, THE SKULLS) and Jane Shaw (Rachael Taylor, TRANSFORMERS) have travelled to Tokyo, where photographer Ben is investigating a potentially lucrative job opportunity. While driving on a dark road at night, the couple runs over a mysterious woman who seems to appear out of nowhere and can't be found after the accident. Over the next few days, Jane goes sightseeing while Ben works, only to see strange apparitions that also appear on the photos she takes. After Ben's photos show the same ghostly forms, he confesses that he knows something about the woman they ran over, but it may be too late to stop her trail of terror.Product Identifiers
ProducerTakashige Ichise, Doug Davison, Roy Lee
EAN5039036038423
eBay Product ID (ePID)65726763
Product Key Features
ActorRachael Taylor, Megumi Okina, David Denman, Joshua Jackson, James Kyson Lee, John Hensley
Film/TV TitleShutter
DirectorMasayuki Ochiai
LanguageEnglish
Run Time82 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2008
FormatDVD
FranchiseShutter
FeaturesA Ghost In The Lens featurette\A Cultural Divide: Shooting in Japan featurette\The Director: Masayuki Ochiai featurette\Deleted scenes \Commentary \A History of Spirit Photography featurette\Create Your Own Phantom Photo featurette\The Hunt For the Haunt: Tools And Tips For Ghost Hunting featurette, Widescreen
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerNathan Barr
Executive ProducerArnon Milchan
Additional InformationTreading territory similar to JU-ON - THE GRUDGE (2003), RINGU (1998), and ONE MISSED CALL (2003), all Asian horror films remade in America, SHUTTER is the first English-language film for director Masayuki Ochiai, whose career has been primarily within the horror genre. The result is another potent ghost story able to conjure up feelings of dread through a single longhaired, poker-faced female apparition. Newlywed New Yorkers Ben (Joshua Jackson, THE SKULLS) and Jane Shaw (Rachael Taylor, TRANSFORMERS) have travelled to Tokyo, where photographer Ben is investigating a potentially lucrative job opportunity. While driving on a dark road at night, the couple runs over a mysterious woman who seems to appear out of nowhere and can't be found after the accident. Over the next few days, Jane goes sightseeing while Ben works, only to see strange apparitions that also appear on the photos she takes. After Ben's photos show the same ghostly forms, he confesses that he knows something about the woman they ran over, but it may be too late to stop her trail of terror.<BR>Another Hollywood remake of an Asian horror film, SHUTTER has a tricky lineage: the 2004 original was made in Thailand, while this version is U.S.-financed, but shot mostly in Japan. By setting the film in Japan, director Ochiai retains an element of exoticism for Western audiences, which also allows Ben and Jane to be out of their element. As the menacing spirit, Megumi, Megumi Okina is adept at conjuring fear with a simple glare in a minimal but effective performance.
ReviewsNew York Times - The director, Masayuki Ochiai, conjures textbook J-horror miasma: clammy clinical interiors; overcast skies; diffuse cityscapes. He also gives Alfred Hitchcock a nod, with a sequence nakedly stolen from PSYCHO and draws unease from JaneÆs disorientation in a foreign city. Tokyo, in fact, may be the movieÆs most fascinating player
ScreenwriterLuke Dawson
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleShutter
Director of PhotographyKatsumi Yanagishima
Consumer AdviceContains strong supernatural horror, threat and gore