Sam insisted we watch “Shutter”
Last night, we saw the American version of the 2004 Thai horror flick “Shutter”. We saw the original a couple of months ago, I liked the plot, but the lack of sub-titles made the experience lacking. Although there were slight variations in the story line, both films have the same basic plot — spirits can be captured on camera.
One of the things that caught my attention while watching “Shutter” last night was the mention of “spirit photography”. I know that there are a lot of ghost photos out there that purportedly captured the “ghosts” unintentionally. See the slideshow in the video below. You may also check out Photography Museum and the controversial history of spirit photography in Prairie Ghosts.
The other interesting thing is the observation (an obvious one, actually, but not too many people realize the significance) that you can’t fake the appearance of ghosts in Polaroid photos (you know, the instant photos that don’t need developing) but on film any kind of manipulation is possible. Faking ghost photos is even easier with digital photography with the aid of photo editors like Adobe Photoshop.
The obvious question is whether every cloudy or blurry object on every Polaroid photo can reasonably be considered a ghost. Making images appear on a piece of paper is a complex process and there are a number of reasons why blurry images can appear in a photo. Camera shake, reflections, condition of the camera lens and the expiration date on the self-developing film are only some of them.
The producers of “Shutter” are asking people to contribute their ghosts photos on the site. If you’re trying to make up your mind whether to believe or not, “Chasing phantoms on camera” might be an interesting read. I’m a real Doubting Thomas by nature so until I personally experience capturing some unexplainable images on my camera, I’ll reserve my judgment.
A third of what’s been written about me is true, a third is half-true and the rest consists of drug-induced hallucinations. I suppose I’d better let me, rather than them, tell you 
Mukha naman po talaga siyang cake but I bet the meat loaf is delicious...
13 responses to "Sam insisted we watch “Shutter”"
hayup talaga tong si big brother, sobrang kabaklaan na ang pangba-block na ginagawa. out of all the links, yung sa msnbc blog lang ang nakalusot.
anyway, though i can’t deny the existence of paranormal beings, i’m still skeptic about those ‘photographed ghosts’ and abnormal flashes and double exposures are still the best explanations. and that sample photo that they’ve used could only be cigarette smoke from the one holding the camera.
And this line rocks big time:
You can’t say, ‘I don’t know, therefore I do know.’
hahaha!
“hayup talaga tong si big brother, sobrang kabaklaan na ang pangba-block na ginagawa”
Talaga? Buti blogs ko hindi blocked.
“that sample photo that they’ve used could only be cigarette smoke from the one holding the camera”
Speedy and I have a lot of those hehehehe I oughta submit them to the “Shutter” site and see kung makakabola.
I’ve heard lots of ghost stories. Panakot nang yaya namin noong maliit pa kami. But what I’m afraid of are ghosts na maitim ang buhok. Pumapasok at kinukuha ang mahahalagang bagay na pwedeng e-fence. Kadalasan nananakit pa nang may ari nang bahay.
nakadedicated server kase ang blogs mo, so if ever lang na ma-block ang blogs mo e dahil may naging offense ka kay big brother.
unlike my blogs, they’re all located in a shared IP so kung may isandaang libo mang nandun, kasalanan ng isa block lahat ng domains. in my case, ako siguro ang offender, hahaha
BlogusVox, meron dito nyan. Kinuha yung washing machine namin.
Kotsengkuna, ahhh okay. So, kung ikaw yung offender, kawawa naman mga kasama mo sa shared server hehehehe
When my mother in law died we went to the funeral of course. Later in the day I was laying on the floor in her room taking a nap and I was half asleep I felt someone step over me, get something in her dresser, then step back over me going out — even stepping on the edge of the shorts I was wearing. Later when I woke up and asked who was in there, everyone in the house said no one because they knew I was sleeping, plus they were all in the kitchen within direct sight of the bedroom, so they would have known if someone had gone in!
You sure it wasn’t a dream?
LOL, ang natatawa ako recently are the people making a big fuss about “orbs” and not believing that those are just after-images caused by the diffraction of light due to dust particles on dirty camera lenses.
What about the red eye? LOL
What. Someone believes redeyes are supernatural?
Is it really that surprising? hehehe
No I don’t think so because I was still aware of people talking, etc. Who knows? It certainly was real enough.
[...] I like to view the photos just as soon as I have taken them because I like to know if I should take some more or stop. So, there was this photo that reminded me of the film Shutter. [...]
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