An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No spoilers! If you would like spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic.
Today we’re looking at the 2008’s Shutter
Days after their wedding, a couple finds themselves haunted by a spirit while in Japan that continues to appear in pictures.
Is Shutter (2008) Scary?
Nah, Shutter has a few jump scares but most feel pretty forced and you end up rolling your eyes more than anything. Shutter also doesn’t do a good job of creating a creepy atmosphere or setting despite it being very obvious that they’re trying.
Overall you won’t leave Shutter scared of anything unless it causes you to check the prices on Polaroid cameras.
Review:
Shutter (2008) is okay and although it’s mainly saved by reveals towards the end, it’s kind of boring. It’s one of those movies that when you retell it, the ending sounds good but if you think too hard about it, you start realizing it doesn’t make a great deal of sense.
The acting was pretty good, the dialogue is nothing special, and the characters are bland and make dumb decisions. The most interesting characters were actually a couple of supporting characters that only appear for around 10 minutes.
Even the spirit haunting the characters makes a bunch of dumb decisions. Essentially the movie establishes that the spirit wants something but it appears the spirit has no intention of getting what they want. But by the end, the spirit is back to reaching that goal, so you have to wonder why the rest of the movie existed.
Overall I would only recommend Shutter if you have nothing else to watch and you want to have a movie on in the background that you won’t pay too much attention to.
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