150 Words About . . .SHUTTER (2004)
by James Newman
This wonderfully eerie film from Thailand takes that “long-haired ghost girl” trope so prevalent in Asian horror films of the early ‘00s – films like Ringu, Ju-On, etc. — and makes it scary again. Really scary. In fact, this one might be my favorite of its kind, as few horror flicks have gotten under my skin as much as Shutter one did the first time I saw it.
After a young man kills a woman in a hit-and-run accident on a deserted country road (or does he?), he’s haunted by her ghostly visage at every turn. Sounds familiar, sure, but Shutter is worth seeing just for the last ten minutes – prepare yourself for what might be the creepiest get-under-your-skin image in the history of horror cinema. It’ll stay with you for a long time, guaranteed. I still, ahem, shudder every time I think about that final scene…
Great movie!–and delightfully different than you will expect. However, I’ll point out “he” doesn’t maybe kill a woman…it’s his girlfriend who’s driving. He does do all the “downplaying” to convince his girlfriend not to go back.