Appallingly bad. They took every single cliché they could find and threw it in the film. Deaths and injuries were also given a Hollywood makeover, resulting in over-the-top cringefests.
Perhaps the most annoying part (other than pretty much everything) was that Natre/Megumi's character was completely changed. Instead of being a näive, shy sweetheart, she
became a needy creepy stalker with Daddy issues, who was also self-harming because why not…? I guess they felt that she shouldn't have any sympathy, so they made her the villain instead (and in case you forget, Ben will constantly remind you by referring to her as a "psychotic bitch")…until - for reasons unknown - it quickly tried painting her in a sympathetic light at the very end. Alrighty then.
Despite the gore it was incredibly tame.
One suicide, no near deaths (such as in the original Shutter, when he fell off of the ladder), rape was pretty much just implied, no grieving mother or wife, no Natre/Megumi coming out of the sink…etc.
They tiptoed around everything and tried to distract viewers from that (plus the bad acting and music) with gore and cheap scares, which makes me wonder why they even bothered to make the movie in the first place. Yeah, money and all that, but look at The Ring or even The Grudge. It's perfectly possible to adapt a movie but keep core themes, scenes and plots intact. They just didn't bother to.
The only thing I found even remotely scary was the cover.
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yukononun
Appallingly bad. They took every single cliché they could find and threw it in the film. Deaths and injuries were also given a Hollywood makeover, resulting in over-the-top cringefests.Perhaps the most annoying part (other than pretty much everything) was that Natre/Megumi's character was completely changed. Instead of being a näive, shy sweetheart, she
Despite the gore it was incredibly tame.
The only thing I found even remotely scary was the cover.
GremVendetta
Remake of a great Asian horror film turns out way worse than its predecessor. No surprises there.Oneironaut
Terrible. I'll try out the original to see if it's any better.radyokafa
crap