Western remake of eastern horror movies  

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.

I have to agree with you, certain Japanese versions of horror films are scarier than the American ones. I'm not sure why, whether it's the originality or what, but they even have a different overall feel about them.

Hot darn, seriously, it is a remake? I got that vibe from commercials, and asked a horror movie buff who was raving about it at the gym, and she swore it was an original. Shows I should trust my instincts eh?

I don't think I've ever seen both versions of a movie, but I watched "The Eye" - original and "The Ring" - remake. Based on that my instantaneous conclusion is that the main problem is Hollywood. The remake in general suffers from some serious problems, mainly because there are people conscientiously taking material and trying to translate it for their 'audience.' And generally, what makes a great film, in any genre, are the subtleties. Which are usually not the first things on the list when translation occurs. People tend to prefer to copy the gross plot, which is really not what makes the movie.

Anyway, I have to admit that I'm never exactly been a fan of the horror genre. I'm easily startled, easily frightened, am historically terrified of fake blood and guts and hate having mild heart attacks any time something jumps at me. It's growing on me though, as I slowly slowly grow more jaded.

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.

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.

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.

yeah i really feel those remakes from hollywood aren't scary enough. i guess it is due to adjustment for the western people.
i really feel its a lost of thrill factor watching those eastern horror in english version again!

The Japanese version of horror movies are way way better than any remakes ever done. i agree.

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