Western remake of eastern horror movies
By posham
@posham (1236)
Philippines
April 27, 2008 8:17pm CST
last night i wastched the remake of SHUTTER, a japanese horror movie about ghosts caught in photographs. honestly, the american version wasn't that scary. when i watched the original version, i was at the end of my seat. does anyone feel that way as well? the grudge remake also wasn't that scary.. i haven't watched 'the eye' though.. maybe it's hard to capture the mysticism tied up with the east. or maybe it's unfamiliarity.. i don't know, what do you guys think?
8 responses
@puccaLOVESgaru (554)
• Philippines
30 Apr 08
SHUTTER is Thailander film, not Japanese. yeah, i did not watch the remake because i know i'll be disappointed 'again'. i actually got pretty scared of Shutter (original) though possessing a cliche concept. English remake always failed to scare me. 1 missed call remake too. 
1 person likes this
eitherways, it's asian, and it's a great movie!
@heavens_gift17 (108)
• Philippines
30 Apr 08
yeah, i think i have to agree with you on this. The original horror stories are scarier than those of Hollywood remake. I've seen both "The Ring" and "The Grudge" (I've seen the original of "SHutter" but not the H-version yet) and I can say, the original really scared the hell out of me. Me and my friends were really screaming and jumping up and down of our seats. I find the Western version scary too but there was a bit of commercialism in there... i dunno... And now, I'm a fan of Asian horrors.
@posham (1236)
• Philippines
5 Sep 10
It's the lack of special effects that gets me really - the less the better because it just make it more real. Part of the reason that scares me is thinking, hey, this may really happen. But when you put in too much special effects, you'll just go thinking it's impossible for that to happen and you start treating the movie as no more that just a film.
@LupusEvolve (108)
•
28 Apr 08
I would have to agree with you.. I watched both the original Japanese film and the American remake of "The Ring" and found the original film more scary. I'm contemplating going to see "The Eye", and if I do I'll try and see the original as well. But I think that with American remakes, certain aspects of the film are changed and moulded to fit the American audience which is (obviously) a lot different from their oriental counterparts.
1 person likes this
@rhane7315 (5649)
• Philippines
2 May 08
i don't really watch some of the remakes, i just love to watch the original version of those movies. it was way to scary than the remakes
1 person likes this
@huppsterdave5125 (279)
• United States
28 Apr 08
Well I have not seen the movie, Shutter, but I have seen the American version of the Grudge. You will just have to call me a whimp but I thought that movie was absolutely terrifying. I would hate to see what the original movie is like if it is as scary as you say it is. I am not a huge fan of horror movies to begin with so I guess I probably would not last through one of these Japanese original makes of the horror movies. I don't really plan on watching Shutter until it comes out on HBO or something.
@posham (1236)
• Philippines
28 Apr 08
haha.. i dunnow.. i'm a scaredy cat as well but that did not frightened me much.. but i like to watch horror movies, i don't know.. i appreciate the art, i guess.. i like it better when i can watch it in the movie house.. there's a certain feel to it that i love..
