A recent poll conducted by CNN revealed
that one third of the people believed in ghosts, and that
many of those claim they've seen one. At the same time,
interest in spirit photography - events in which images of
the dead are caught on film - has never been higher.
The phenomenon is as old as photography itself, dating back
to the 1860s. Spirit photography has been riddled with
controversy and fraud, yet many believe it to be one of the
few methods of capturing ghostly phenomenon that approaches
scientific methodology. Magazines devoted to spirit
photography proliferate throughout Asia, and new internet
sites devoted to the subject spring up every day. New York's
Metropolitan Museum of Art recently hosted an exhibit
devoted to spirit photography, called "The Perfect Medium:
Photography and the Occult."
This intriguing and foreboding subject is a key element of
the psychological thriller SHUTTER, from executive producers
of "The Grudge" and "The Ring." In SHUTTER, a newly married
couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs
they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the
manifestations may be connected, they investigate, only to
learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved - and
that a past mistake can lead to an eternity of vengeance.
For photographer Ben (Joshua Jackson) and his new wife Jane
(Rachael Taylor), his new assignment - a lucrative fashion
shoot in Tokyo - was supposed to be a kind of working
honeymoon. With this exotic professional opportunity and the
limitless possibilities of a new marriage, Ben and Jane
arrive in Japan. But as they make their way on a mountain
road leading to Mt. Fuji, their new life together comes to,
literally, a crashing halt. Their car smashes into a woman
standing in the middle of the road, who has materialized out
of nowhere. Upon regaining consciousness after the accident,
Ben and Jane cannot find any trace of the girl Jane believes
she hit with the car.
Shaken by the accident and by the girl's disappearance, Ben
and Jane arrive in Tokyo, where Ben begins his glamorous
assignment. Having worked in Japan before and fluent in the
language, Ben is comfortable there, and he eagerly reunites
with old friends and colleagues. Jane, a newcomer to the
city, feels very much like a stranger in a strange land as
she makes tentative, unsettling forays through the city.
Ben, meanwhile, has discovered mysterious white blurs -
eerily evocative of a human form - that have materialized on
an entire day's work from the expensive photo shoot. Jane's
concerns escalate as she believes the blurs in Ben's photos
are the dead girl from the road, who is now seeking
vengeance for them leaving her to die...
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