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Shutter (2004)

Shutter makes up for its occasionally scrappy filmmaking with surprising twists and a conclusion that burns itself into your memory. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the Hollywood remake but I remembered enough to “know” what was going to happen. Despite this, I was drawn in by the mystery and jumped in my seat enough times to call this Thai horror film a success.

Driving home after a friend’s party, Jane (Natthaweeranuch Thongmee) hits a woman with her car. Her photographer boyfriend Tun (Ananda Everingham) convinces Jane to keep driving. Soon after, Tun discovers strange shadows and images in his photographs. It seems the woman they left dead on the road has come back to make them pay.

Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom, Shutter doesn’t deviate much from the "J-horror" formula. The spirit appears intermittently, prompting the protagonists to gather clues about the apparition's past. They think they've found a way to appease it, but then there's a twist, etc. What makes it successful nonetheless is the way these elements are handled. Some of the scares are less “fill the room with dread” and more “quick, shocking images” but the ghost (Achita Sikamana) is still creepy. Seeing her bathed in red light as she emerges from a chemical bath inside a darkroom is unnerving. Jane is likeable despite her transgression at the beginning and there’s just something about the movie that makes you feel uneasy - in a good way. You want to know what’s going on and the more you learn about the girl, the hungrier you are for answers.

Certain aspects of photography itself help make Shutter work. That moment of uncertainty between the flash and the polaroid picture developing, or between the paper being dunked into the chemical bath and the details coming into focus builds great suspense. The camera puts us in the shoes of the photographer every time a shot is snapped. They look through the viewfinder and click the button. From there, either the coast is clear, or the ghost is right in front of them. Either way, you're sweating.

Though an element of the conclusion requires you to kind of know what social norms are like in Thailand, it isn’t so foreign that you can’t understand why the characters are behaving the way they are and everything surrounding it is upsetting in a very human, very universal way. The final scene is so twisted you kind of want to smile but you’re still reeling from the horrors that preceded it and won’t be able to. So often, horror films over-explain or lose steam towards the end. Shutter ramps up the horror and then concludes as the terror is at its peak.

You can see why Hollywood opted to remake Shutter. Some of the performances aren’t quite convincing, you can see how it could be made scarier and unlike other tales of this kind, relocating the story to another country would be easy. The fact that it turned out so awful is now even more perplexing. So what if you’ll have to read subtitles? Stick with this Shutter. (Original Thai with English subtitles, August 13, 2021)

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Shutter

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Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom

Writers: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Sopon Sukdapisit & Parkpoom Wongpoom

Mini-review:

This Halloween season I was in the mood for something different to the usual Western horror movies, so I decided to finally watch this Thai classic. Tbh, since I've watched sooooo many horror films, I could clearly tell what was gonna happen and I predicted every single twist. Despite that, the whole thing was really creepy and it managed to keep me hooked. On top of that, there's some pretty memorable imagery in here, and a lot of the scary scenes are very creative as well. My biggest complain is probably that one triggering scene, which needn't be that graphic to make its point. Anyway, I enjoyed this quite a bit, and now I can cross another horror classic from my 'to-watch' list.

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Initial release: 30 October 2008 (Thailand)

Director: Sopon Sukdapisit

Box office: 3.716 million USD

Cinematography: Somboon PhopitakkulScreenplay: Sopon Sukdapisit, Kongkiat Khomsiri 

Genres: Horror,Thriller

Coming soon,one of the most scriest movies I've watched! I don't know how many times I scream.This movie is about a guy who works at a theater who makes a pirating movies.He starts to pirate a horror movie that just came out and weird things starts happening in his life. If you watch it till the end,you may find out why it starts to happen to him.The whole movie was surprising and pretty cool,this movie was done well and the idea is definitely something I didn't think was been done in other horror movies.For me this movie is definitely worth watching for. If you ask me what horror movie you should watch I'll definitely recommend coming soon for you!

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😱🎬 Título original: Shutter 📸

Año: 2004

Duración:97 min.

País: Tailandia

Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom

Guion: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Sopon Sukdapisit, Parkpoom Wongpoom

Música: Chartchai Pongprapapan

Fotografía: Niramon RossReparto: Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana, Unnop Chanpaibool

Productora: Phenomena Motion Pictures / Parkpoom Wongpoom / Banjong Pisanthanakun

Género: Terror. Intriga | Sobrenatural. Fantasmas. Fotografía

😱 Avanzada la noche, en una carretera rural, Tun y Jane atropellan accidentalmente a un misterioso peatón, huyen de la escena y regresan a su quehacer cotidiano en Bangkok.

Sin embargo, algunos fenómenos sin explicación empiezan a convertir su vida en una pesadilla constante: Jane se ve asediada por terribles sueños, Tun (fotógrafo de profesión) percibe extrañas figuras espectrales que empiezan a aparecer en sus fotografías.

Cuando deciden regresar al lugar del accidente para investigar, no queda ningún rastro de la víctima ni noticia alguna sobre su desaparición o sobre el descubrimiento del cadáver. Tanto él como Jane saben muy bien que deben resolver este misterio antes de que sea éste el que destruya sus propias vidas. (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

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The Swimmers

Profile Name: The Swimmers (2014) Other name: Fak wai nai gai thoe Director: Sopon Sukdapisit Cast: Chutavuth Pattarakampol, Supassra Thanachat, Thanapob Leeratanakajorn Genre: Horror, Romance Country: Thailand Runtime: 98 mins Release year: 2014 Status: HD Plot After falling pregnant to Perth, her boyfriend’s best friend, Ice commits suicide. She returns to haunt Perth while Tan seeks out the…

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Shutter (SD) A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past. Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom Writers: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Sophon Sakdaphisit (as Sopon Sukdapisit) | 1 more credit » Stars: Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, Achita Sikamana

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