Rotten
Will the next terror-minded remake involve a possessed telegraph machine or a grudge-minded ox and cart? Neither option could be any lamer than the shock-free Shutter.
Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly
Shutter
The most terrifying images are the ones that are real.
2008 · 1h 25m · PG-13
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Masayuki Ochiai
Overview
A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
9%
Tomatometer
Rotten
With Shutter, that nerve-tingling soundtrack gets heavy use almost from the beginning of the movie. It becomes tiresome.
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star
Rotten
Shutter is seriously short on shudders.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
At some point in Shutter you will probably lose count, along with your patience, but the film will keep right on going.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Fresh
Though a presentation of 20th Century Fox, Shutter has the look and feel of a proper J-horror film.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
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