Shutter

Usually I am not one to watch scary movies, but last night my roommates and I had a movie night and I was out voted. They were all for the movie, Shutter and just by looking at the cover I knew it was going to be terrifying. The beginning was very deceiving due to the fact the movie started off with a couple getting married. Nothing scary about that, right? Well as the move proceeded the couple moves to Japan and on the ride to their cabin, the wife is driving down a empty path and all of a sudden you see a lady in a white, long, worn-out gown walk out of the forest and in front of their car. They hit the lady and she is thrown underneath the car, causing them to spin out of control and smash in to a tree. When the couple awakens the wife remembers hitting this lady and the husband thinks she's crazy, because there is no sign of the lady anywhere. From that point on they were haunted by this sprit, which you later on find out is the husbands ex-girlfriend that his friends decided to drug and take advantage of her while he just sat there and let it happen; though they do not show her killing herself, you can predict that she committed suicide from the humiliation of their actions. Even though I am not one for scary movies, I did find the story line very interesting. The wife ends up finding out why his ex was haunting them and leaves him, at this point the guy goes crazy and fast forwards to him sitting on a bed in a mental hospital in complete silence. The door creaks back and fourth, which creates this eerie feel toward the seen. To end the movie you see the reflection in the door of the guy sitting on the bed with the spirit of the ex-girlfriend sitting on his shoulder. Which is symbolic (and my favorite part of the movie) because he complains about neck pain throughout the movie and that she's been with him the whole time. I am happy my roommates made me watch this and would recommend this movie to others even if they aren't scary movie lovers like myself.