Amberleigh Jack The Post NZ Oct 28, 2022

This is a paranormal horror flick with plenty of creep factor and enough, albeit predictable, jump moments in scenes packed with dim lighting to satisfy any desire for a bit of an easy fright this October.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 23, 2020 1.0/4.0

The latest in a seemingly endless line of Japanese horror remakes.

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Kevin Carr Film School Rejects Oct 18, 2018 C

Consider this movie to be almost as good as The Eye but with less of a coherent story.

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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Oct 18, 2018 1/5

The very Thai-specific charms that made the original such an unforeseen, unpredictable delight when I first saw it are almost entirely absent here.

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Laura Burrows IGN Oct 18, 2018

It's worth wartching if you favor the style, but can also satiate horror fans that just want to be scared and experience something (slightly) new.

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Steve Newton Georgia Straight Feb 16, 2013 1/5

Shutter, which attempts to do for cameras what The Ring did for videocassettes, what Pulse did for computers, and what The Grudge did for grudges.

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Ali Gray TheShiznit.co.uk Oct 14, 2012 2/5

Avoid unless you've never seen a horror movie in your life or you just have very low standards.

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Drew Toal Time Out Nov 18, 2011 2/5

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews May 28, 2009 2/4

...an absolutely redundant piece of work...

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Oct 11, 2008

Out of the list of horrible remakes I've experienced in 2008, "Shutter" really isn't the worst one I've seen yet, but it sure does suck enough to rank up there...

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Lucius Gore ESplatter Aug 4, 2008 1/4

... the film feels like a made-for-TV movie.

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Bruce Bennett Spectrum (St. George, Utah) Jul 19, 2008 C-

Similar to a theme park ride that scares kids, this Asian horror film frightens only newcomers to the genre from which it practically bootlegs.

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Steve Biodrowski Cinefantastique Jul 8, 2008

Shutter the latest photographic enlargement of an Asian horror picture, is clearer and sharper than many of its predecessors, but even the most expert re-touching cannot obscure the fact that we have seen it all before.

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Christian Toto Washington Times Jun 30, 2008 2/4

Shutter features another pale, scraggly haired young woman a la The Ring haunting our protagonists. Yawn.

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Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Jun 29, 2008 1/5

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John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Jun 20, 2008 1.5/4

As pretty and bland as its lead actors.

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Austin Kennedy Sin Magazine Jun 18, 2008 .5/4

Yeah, this movie is a must avoid.

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Jennie Kermode Eye for Film May 19, 2008 2/5

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Tony Horkins Empire Magazine Australasia May 15, 2008 2/5

Workmanlike at best; derivative, predictable and slightly dull at worst.

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Margaret Pomeranz At the Movies (Australia) May 15, 2008 3.5/5

It's an effective scary story that depicts women with spirit - on both sides of the divide.

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