When the 2004 Thai horror film "Shutter" was released locally, it beat "Titanic" at the box office and was also the first Thai horror film to hit the Asian market. The heroine's perspective starts from scratch, relying on layers of progressive plots and suspense, successfully capturing thousands of viewers. The movie is different from the mainstream horror movies in Thailand. It integrates folklore and shows the Thai horror style of traditional culture. The protagonist investigates the case slowly, more like the style of Japanese horror movies in the peak period, and tells a story with strong suspense.
The film tells the story of photographer Thun and his girlfriend Jane, who were driving home after a reunion with their college classmates. On the way, Jane knocked a woman to the ground, and the two hurriedly fled the scene of the accident. Jane was restless all day long, and a series of strange things followed one after another: a blurred female figure appeared on many photos taken by Thun, her neck was in inexplicable pain, her classmates jumped off the building and died one after another... In order to get rid of the nightmare, Jane decided to conduct an in-depth investigation. The tragic story of a woman linked to Thun slowly emerges...
It is obviously unfair to compare the story line of the movie with similar movies. After all, it is a product of 2004. Horror movie lovers with rich movie viewing experience will inevitably uncover the motives of the mysterious girl's revenge. The suspense created by the advancement is quite good. The audience is accompanied by the blind perspective heroine to uncover the whole truth. The director who is also the screenwriter does not ignore the importance of the horror movie script. The story is conventional but complete.
From the beginning of the film, the protagonist enters the dark room to clean old photos, which fills the atmosphere of horror, and also prepares the camera for the role of a light-hearted camera. The screenwriter created a large number of life-like frightening scenes, such as toilet conversations, bedside climbing, a series of mysterious photos, etc., to close the distance between the ghost and the audience and establish empathy elements. There are also a lot of Jump Scare, which seems to be a cheap way to deal with it. However, the details in the movie, such as the sudden screams, the blood oozing from the dark room, etc., echoed the memory fragments of the truth. The screenwriter's careful thought helped the movie to get rid of the rank of canned horror movies. .
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The film shots are rich in language, showing the director's skillful scene scheduling skills, using the "photography" element to depict horror scenes many times, successfully evoking the audience's emotions, excluding the basic Jump Scare, distorted shots, from top to bottom like a god's perspective Watching the male protagonist’s footage maintains a terrifying tone. The dark photography room took the lead in breaking through the audience’s defense line. The originally brightly lit room suddenly turned dark. The male protagonist waved his hands at a loss to locate the position. The information is unequal, but the audience can see the distance between the ghost and the hero at any time, the number of flashes is controlled, and the hero is playing with the palm of the hand. The audience should worry about whether the ghost will suddenly bounce to the camera the next time it flashes In front of him, the tremor was extremely high.
In addition, the ten-minute-long "Ghost Catches a Man" scene at the climax of the movie is fascinating. The upside-down Specter and the chasing Specter are borrowed from the later "It Follows" (It Follows), the ending. Borrowing the element of "photography" again to establish the biggest fright of the film, and here is the life-like fright that the author mentioned above to shorten the distance between the audience.
As a set of horror movies produced until 2004, the story will inevitably fall into the stereotypes, but the lens language, scene settings and other aspects still make the author feel chills. There is a reason why the movie is known as the scariest movie in Thailand.
? Rating: 7.5/10
? Movie genre: suspense, horror
? Watching platform: Netflix
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