Shutter Reviews

You know I honestly didn't like the American remake very much. I'm sure that isn't a huge surprise. I did want to see this to see how the original fairs. I was told that this isn't worth watching. For me that's a signal to go ahead and check it out and see if it really is not worth my time. Call me a glutton for punishment. Banjong Pisanthanakun is the only one of the writers/directors that I have seen before. He directed one of the shorts I actually liked from ABCs of Death. It's time to see how I feel about this one.

For the most part this was just okay. There really isn't a lot that happens for a majority of the film. It's mostly just atmospherically haunting with attempts at jump scares sporadically. A lot of the time it was easy to figure where the ghost would pop up seeing as it's hard to be inventive when so many stories have done that. There weren't even that many on-screen deaths which was a tad disappointing for me. That being said there were a few pretty important moments here. One in particular was very distressing, but it really sets how you feel about the whole thing. The reveals were excellently done and even unexpected. The ending shot was quite cool. It actually made the pretty bland and typical ghost story a bit more enjoyable.

The acting was great here. There was no problem with that. I thought how they handled the characters as well. You are made to like Tun for the majority of the film only to find out him and his friends deserve what has been happening. Natre was another wet looking dead girl kind of ghost. Her design was pretty cool though if you ask me. I kind of like the ghosty Asian girl look haha. Jane was a nice character as well.

This was obviously better than the 2008 remake. It's not particularly scary. At least for me it isn't. It doesn't even have gore or much in terms of deaths. It does however produce a few important moments that saved it from being too basic. The characters are interesting and the actors pull them off quite well. All in all it could have been much better, but I wasn't expecting all that much to begin with.