Shutter (2004)
Cast:
Ananda Everingham, Nathaweeranuch Thongmee
and Achita Sikamana.
Directors:
Banjing
Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom.
Synopsis:
A young photographer and his girlfriend
discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They
soon learn that you cannot escape your past. The reoccurring spirit of the
deceased Natre haunts tun and his girlfriend Jane. Natre not only infects their
photos but also starts to materialize in odd places. As this progress, we learn
of Tun’s group of friends who are also ending up dead from suicidal attempts.
Tun, who thought his past was left behind, has to face his fears and his wrong
doings now that a spirit has returned to remind him. All the while Tun and Jane
are on a mission to get the full scope of what ever happened to Natre leading
to some deadly realisations.
Review:
The film takes on the subject of
spirit photography and the enigmatic appearance of spectral images caught
within the unassuming camera eye. “Shutter” begins as a young photographer and
his girlfriend accidentally run into a young girl who is crossing the street
one evening. Out of fear, they pull a hit and run leaving the body behind for
another to discover. Though unjust acts have a way of returning out of pure bad
karma. Tun who is actively pursuing his photography studies, begins to notice
the strange appearance of a ghost images within his pictures. Some merely arrive
with smeared wisps while others begin to capture a face. The face we
learn is that of a returning spirit who was left behind.
What is unique here is the way they
really say a lot about the culture and understanding of death from the Asian
point of view. It also reaffirms the nature of wrongful deaths and the
retribution of scorned spirits. And speaking of scorned spirits. Shutter proves
to be one of the most effective in this realm next to “Ju-on”.
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