Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- foreboding
- paranoid
- late night horror viewing
- halloween night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an effective and influential Thai horror work that helped place Thai genre cinema on the international map.
What sets it apart
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Thun and Jane discover mysterious shadows in photographs, making the camera and printed images central sources of dread.
The investigation gradually links the apparitions to Thun's undisclosed history and the consequences of past actions.
The haunting unfolds through Bangkok apartments, roads, photographs, and social spaces rather than an isolated rural setting.
The film is identified as a rape and revenge film and frames the haunting around unresolved violence and retaliation.
Films like Shutter, and why
Ringu
supernatural revenge horror, investigative mystery, and unsettling photographic imagery
Ju-On: The Grudge
asian ghost horror centered on hidden guilt, past trauma, and escalating supernatural dread
The Eye
psychological ghost story using photography, repressed secrets, and ominous visual manifestations
A Tale of Two Sisters
revenge-driven horror that connects haunting phenomena to concealed personal wrongdoing
Movie Details
- Directors
- Parkpoom Wongpoom, Banjong Pisanthanakun
- Release Date
- 2004-09-09
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (1461)
Cast
- Ananda Everingham
- Natthaweeranuch Thongmee
- Achita Sikamana
- Unnop Chanpaibool
- Titikarn Tongprasearth
- Sivagorn Muttamara
- Chachchaya Chalemphol
- Kachornsak Naruepatr
- Apichart Chusakul
- Binn Kitchachonpong
Common questions
- What is Shutter about?
- A Bangkok photographer and his girlfriend uncover vengeful supernatural figures in their photographs, forcing buried guilt into view.
- What is Shutter like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Shutter as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Shutter violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Shutter as moderate.
- What did critics think of Shutter?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an effective and influential Thai horror work that helped place Thai genre cinema on the international map.
- Which films are like Shutter?
- Films with a similar feel include Ringu, Ju-On: The Grudge, The Eye, and A Tale of Two Sisters.
- How long is Shutter?
- Shutter runs 96 minutes.
