Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun
Parkpoom Wongpoom
I don't understand why this movie spawned so many sequels. There's even a hindi movie called "Click" coming out which has the same story line. I also don't understand why so many people like this movie. Look at the imdb page & there are rave reviews everywhere. Maybe it suits the taste of people who like a certain kind of horror flicks, the "Grudge" kind, but as for me, i really don't find ghosts painted white, walking on ceiling, crawling like they have muscular dystrophy & dripping blood from their eyes scary. They are mostly funny, sometimes bordering on gross. Shutter has enough of both. about 15 minutes into the movie, the directors decide they want to scare you (read shock you) every 10 seconds or so, & so they carry out every single cliche in the scary movie manual succesfully. It's so damn predictable that if you are of the kind who closes their eyes to block out the scary parts, you will know exactly when to do it, but then again, you will miss almost the entire film, because like i said, it's a scare a minute, or half a minute, or even less. But wait, you won't even have to close your eyes towards the end, because IT IS NOT SCARY!!! It is so damn funny that i was in splits. I mean really! Ghost painted white peeping in through car window! Ghost crawling down ladder like spiderman with long hair in a white dress, & the climax is really the funniest. In fact i didn't even realize how hilarious it was till i overheard my dad complaining of his neck hurting over the last few weeks & i burst out laughing when i imagined the scene as in the same situation in the movie.
On a positive note, they'll not even need to make a parody of this one, the original is good enough. :)
3 comments:
aare you have to consider that it is one of the first asian horrors to become an international hit. it is kind of a trendsetter, much like ringu or ju-on. tui eto pore dekhechhis seTa tor dowsh :P tobe seijonyei tor cliched mone hoyechhe. I remember watching this way back in late 2004 or early 2005. it seemed a perfect scary film then. I rewatched it in 2008 and I still think its quite well made, not scary though :P tobe if you looking for good asian horrors, you should try Miike's "odishon" and "one missed call" and Kurosawa Kiyoshi's "Kairo".
hmm, maybe, but even if i had watched it in 2004 i would have found the "ghaare bhoot chaapa" part hilarious.
among all d horror movies i watched i gs dis one will b a bit special...not for the horror part but literally for that"ghare uthe thaka" style...its cool...shunechhilam ghare bhut chape ebare dekhlam...real life na holeo reel life i soi..
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