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Please — cut back on remaking horror movies based on films from Asia. It worked for a while with “The Grudge” and “The Ring,” but things went quickly downhill with “Pulse,” “Dark Water” and, now, here’s “Shutter,” based on a Thai film. This remake is a lame ghost story about an American couple (Joshua Jackson and Rachel Taylor), who, on their honeymoon in Japan, run over a poor girl in the country. When the police arrive, there’s no girl in sight. But after that, the protagonist, a professional fashion photographer, begins to see specks of light show up in his camera — or “shutters.” What follows is a yawn-inducing Hollywood stinker. It’s too bad, because this set has good extras: five featurettes, nine deleted scenes, an alternate ending, audio commentary, and on the Blu-ray version, Japanese videos from the set and more alternate scenes. Price: $29.98 to $39.98; Rent or buy: Rent, if that.

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