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Title: Just plain bad
Review: The string of PG-13 rated Japanese horror remakes seem to be dwindling with each passing year, with Shutter (along with The Eye) being one of the more recent. Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek) and Rachael Taylor (Transformers) star as a newlywed couple in Tokyo who become haunted by the vengeful spirit of a woman that has been quite wronged. What little that Shutter offers in the way of twists and turns end up being rather predictable instead, as do any attempt to achieve anything that could be possibly considered scary or even remotely creepy. By this time, we've seen it all, and seen it all done much better as well (and as much as I despise many of these remakes, nearly all the originals they are based on are more than worth seeing themselves). Jackson and Taylor do the best they can with what they have, which isn't much in the least either. All in all, Shutter is just plain bad no matter how you look at it, and by all means is to be avoided.
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