Shutter



Shutter is a 2004 Thai horror film by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom. It focuses a on young couple, Tun and Jane, who, after being involved in a hit-and-run accident, find themselves menaced by the ghost of a young woman, who they discover to be called Natre, most prominently in mysterious and ghostly images seen in photographer Tun's developed pictures. It soon becomes clear that there is a lot more to these images and hauntings than meets the eye, however, and Tun himself is hiding many dark secrets...

The film was remade in 2007 as a Tamil film called Sivi, and as a 2008 American film, also titled Shutter.

This film contains examples of:

 * Asshole Victim:
 * Camera Fiend - Tun, obviously.
 * Downer Ending
 * The Danza - Megumi Okina as Megumi Tanaka.
 * Face Revealing Turn - In a nightmare of Tun's, he is walking towards who he believes to be Jane. He can only see the back of her. Suddenly, she starts coughing up blood, and then she turns around to reveal Natre, who then starts spitting out her own teeth as well.
 * A Fate Worse Than Death -
 * Arguably justified.
 * Foreign Remake - The Tamil and US remakes.
 * Four Is Death - There is a scene in which Tun is running down several flights of stairs to escape Natre. However, no matter which floor he stops at, it is always "Level 4".
 * Ghostly Goals - Natre is a blend of both types.
 * Hey Its That Guy - In the American remake, Roy Anderson is.
 * Don't forget "Australian chick from Transformers" and Ando.
 * Megumi Okina, who also appears in the US remake, played Rika Nishina in ~Ju-on~: The Grudge.
 * Jump Scare
 * Matchlight Danger Revelation: The scene in the pitch-black room with the flashing camera.
 * Mirror Scare
 * Mummies At the Dinner Table:
 * Peek a Boo Corpse: It's pretty easy to see coming, but it still manages to be extremely jarring.
 * The Reveal - This film contains several, all centering around Natre. As it turns out, Then, towards the end of the film, the entire truth is revealed:  Natre's rage is perfectly justified, it seems. Then, near the very end of the film, the reasons for . The end of the film shows that.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge
 * Room Full of Crazy: in the American version. When it's revealed that Ritsuo's been publishing fake Spooky Photographs, he shows Jane a room full of real ones.
 * Spooky Photographs - The first type, all the way.
 * Stringy Haired Ghost Girl - Natre.
 * Twist Ending
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: That's quite a weight you're carrying there, Tun.
 * What the Hell Hero: Jane does this to Tun towards the end, when
 * What the Hell Hero: Jane does this to Tun towards the end, when