One Missed Call (2003)

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Avg Rating: 3.7 / 5. Voted: 44

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AKA: Chakushin Ari
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Starring: Ko Shibasaki (Yumi), Shinichi Tsutsumi (Yamashita), Kazue Fukiishi (Natsumi), Mariko Tsutsui (Marie)
Country: Japan, Effed Up Asian Cinema
Language: Japanese (English Subtitles)
Runtime: 01:52:09
Genres: Horror, Domestic Abuse

Plot – Spoilers:
Soon after Nokia and the use of cellphones exploded, ghosts probably realized cellular was a more efficient way to spread their mayhem rather than wait around in dark nooks and creepy corners.

And that’s what One Missed Call is mostly about. The victim receives a voice/video message from themselves a couple of days before they die in strange ways.

This is your standard J-horror flick. Takashi Miike’s trademark craziness isn’t really on show, though you can see his odd touch here and there, particularly in the death scenes.

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May
May
October 10, 2024 12:13 pm

this has always been a favourite of mine in the J-HORROR genre, its just so creepy. people have called it a bootleg version of Ring, but i think it is much better than that movie.

hideki
hideki
December 22, 2021 7:45 pm

maybe the least interesting takashi miike film.

muzan
muzan
September 25, 2021 8:18 am

NOW I GOT BLUD ON MY AIR FORCE ONES

Yeux
Yeux
April 16, 2021 10:09 am

I liked it. I think it was good, tho i didn’t really understood the final part. So she didn’t killed him because he ate that thing? Anyway, pretty good.

fred fat
fred fat
April 12, 2021 10:05 pm

even formulaic Miike is still fucked up

MR. PINK
MR. PINK
April 11, 2021 8:26 am

TAKASHI MIIKE ———> CRAZY – WEIRD – COOL
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