15 May 2008
Shutter
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Review
by Jason Di Rosso
Jane and her fashion photographer boyfriend Ben are Americans living in Tokyo, haunted by a ghost who starts appearing in the back of his shots. It turns out the spirit belongs to Ben's Japanese ex-girlfriend, and it's a lot harder to fob off a dead 'ex' than a live one. As Japanese horrors go (this is based on a 2004 Thai film), Shutter is run of the mill stuff. If only director Masayuki Ochiai had made bolder use of the twisted backstory involving Ben and the Japanese girlfriend, this could've been a searing feminist revenge horror.
Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, Megumi Okina, David Denman, Joh Hensley, Maya Hazen, James Kyson Lee, Yoshiko Miyazaki
Producer: Doug Davison, Takashige Ichise, Roy Lee
Script: Luke Dawson
Cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagishima
Editor: Tim Alverson, Michael N. Knue
Music: Nathan Barr
Running time: 85
Australian distributor: 20th Century Fox
Language: English
Classification: MA15+
