Shutter (2008 film)

Shutter
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Masayuki Ochiai
Produced by	Takashige Ichise Roy Lee Doug Davison Sonny Mallhi
Written by	Luke Dawson
Starring	Joshua Jackson Rachael Taylor Megumi Okina
Music by	Nathan Barr
Cinematography	Katsumi Yanagijima
Edited by	Tim Alverson Michael Knue
Production company	Regency Enterprises New Regency Vertigo Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	March 21, 2008 (2008-03-21)
Running time	85 minutes 90 minutes (Unrated cut)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8 million
Box office	$47,879,410

Shutter is a 2008 American supernatural horror film directed by Masayuki Ochiai and starring Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, and Megumi Okina. The film is a remake of the 2004 Thai horror film of the same name and was released on March 21, 2008. Despite a generally negative reaction, the film was a box office success grossing nearly 6 times its budget.

Ben Shaw (Joshua Jackson) and his new bride, Jane (Rachael Taylor), leave New York City for Tokyo, Japan, where Ben has a job as a photographer. While travelling by car in the wilderness of the countryside, Jane accidentally hits a girl standing in the middle of the road and ends up running over her. They could not find a body or even a trace of blood and decide to leave, thinking the victim was alright and had left. They later start to find mysterious lights in their photos, which are later identified as spirit photography by Ben's assistant, Seiko Nakamura (Maya Hazen). Jane begins to have eerie dreams and visions as if they are trying to tell her something and senses a haunting presence stalking them. Ben begins to complain of severe shoulder pain and his friends begin to comment he's looking bent and hunched over, although the doctor could not determine what was the actual physical cause of it. Seiko takes Jane to her ex-boyfriend, Ritsuo (James Kyson Lee), whose career is to investigate paranormal activities, and he tells them that the lights in the photos are spirits as well as manifestations of intense emotions that are trying to be communicated. At a subway station, Jane spots the ghostly presence of the girl she hit and ran over, causing her to believe that she killed the girl. Later, Ben also has a similarly-terrifying encounter. They go to a medium, Murase, to find out what spiritual activity is really happening to them. However, after Murase clearly appears to have stumbled upon something, Ben refuses to translate what Murase says and storms out, claiming that he is a fraud.