One Missed Call (2007)

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• Jonathan H

  
  As far as American J-horror remakes go, this might be the worst (and I've seen The Uninvited).

• Directors C

  
  One of the worst and most unnecessary remakes ever made.

• Jeff "

  
  Before seeing this, I had heard many, many bad things about this film. Every review was negative. So, initially I passed up on it. But then, I just decided to watch, and to my surprise, it wasn't too bad. I thought the film was borderline decent considering all the flack the film… More
  Before seeing this, I had heard many, many bad things about this film. Every review was negative. So, initially I passed up on it. But then, I just decided to watch, and to my surprise, it wasn't too bad. I thought the film was borderline decent considering all the flack the film received. I thought the film was eerie and had a lot of atmosphere, which I liked, but it lacked in character development. The parts where it was supposed to very creepy were good, and did work, but they could've been done slightly better. I enjoyed Edward Burns in this film, and I thought for a remake, it had a few decent scares. But of course this remake doesn't even come close to the original. For what it is, One Missed Call is actually fairly decent, and manages to be quite fun, if you forget that this is indeed a remake. But like every other remake, it fails to capture the essence of the original, and like with every other remake this remake tries to outdo the original with fancy special effects. The film is decent, managing only a few good scares. But this isn't as bad as everyone has said it was. Though nothing will beat the original, this Americanized version is fairly entertaining and manages to be quite fun if you allow it to be. But don't go in expecting something great, go in with decent expectations, and you might like this.

• Brad W

  
  One of the Worst horror films ever. I have never seen a plot that is as stupid as this. It had horrible acting. The actors were hand picked by retards. It was also a rip off of The Final Destination. It was retarded as shit and I will never watch again.

• xGary X

  
  A vengeful spirit transfers from mobile phone to mobile phone, leaving a message featuring the last words of the owner just before they are horribly killed. This film is everything that's wrong with the horror genre these days. It's the kind of film that was probably created… More
  A vengeful spirit transfers from mobile phone to mobile phone, leaving a message featuring the last words of the owner just before they are horribly killed. This film is everything that's wrong with the horror genre these days. It's the kind of film that was probably created in a "brainstorming session" by men who work in marketing called Brad and Todd, who wear red braces, play racquetball together and drink wheatgrass smoothies. They thought of the name of the movie first and then tried to fit a script around it. They had an "ideas board" upon which they "bounced ideas around" and had subheadings like "What teenagers like" with "cell phones", "hotties", "scares" and "gruesome deaths" written underneath (although not TOO gruesome-we've got to keep that 15 certificate to maximise ticket receipts after all...) They then discussed marketing strategy over decaf mocha lattes, while assistants "researched" Final Destination and Ring (US version of course) for ideas to rip off before they realised that the Japanese had already done all the hard work for them. As a film in itself, it's actually not too horrible; it has a few creepy scenes and adequate performances but it's such a soulless excercise in money making I felt quite dirty just watching it.

• Dead A

  
  <b><i>What will it sound like when you die?...</i></b></p> I would say that this movie <i>is</i> scary and not boring at all. I liked the beginning. I must admit the ending was a bit weird and unacceptable. You call that twist while I call… More
  <b><i>What will it sound like when you die?...</i></b></p> I would say that this movie <i>is</i> scary and not boring at all. I liked the beginning. I must admit the ending was a bit weird and unacceptable. You call that twist while I call that sad ending. The story was good. I haven't watched the original version of this but that's on my list. <a href="http://s1039.photobucket.com/albums/a471/3niR/?action=view&current=one-missed-call.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a471/3niR/one-missed-call.jpg" border="0" alt="one missed call"></a>

• Dean M

  
  Familiar to <i>The Ring</i> of a scary and spooky mysterious girl who sends the voicemail messages onto the college students during their last moments alive. At the final scene was the shocker one I ever saw. Horror remake of Japanese's 2003 <i>Chakushin ari… More
  Familiar to <i>The Ring</i> of a scary and spooky mysterious girl who sends the voicemail messages onto the college students during their last moments alive. At the final scene was the shocker one I ever saw. Horror remake of Japanese's 2003 <i>Chakushin ari (aka You've Got a Call)</i>.

• Kylie B

  
  Very average. Personally I didn't like the 'happy' ending, and thought that the overuse of flashy effects made it less creepy than the original. Also didn't like how they made Ellie seem like a 'bad egg' right from the off with the wearing black and… More
  Very average. Personally I didn't like the 'happy' ending, and thought that the overuse of flashy effects made it less creepy than the original. Also didn't like how they made Ellie seem like a 'bad egg' right from the off with the wearing black and liking creepy things. It was such a cop out.

• Derek A

  
  Not really scary, not really entertaining, and not really engaging. Unoriginal, boring, and predictable, <i>One Missed Call</i> is the one movie you should miss in 2008.

• Cassandra M

  
  One Missed Call Even less scary than Jessica Alba?s Asian /The Eye/, this J-horror remake is guaranteed a, ahem, bad reception. Foolishly, it doesn?t distract you with the original?s great tagline: ?Death cannot be put on hold.? Even more foolishly, it doesn?t distract you with… More
  One Missed Call Even less scary than Jessica Alba?s Asian /The Eye/, this J-horror remake is guaranteed a, ahem, bad reception. Foolishly, it doesn?t distract you with the original?s great tagline: ?Death cannot be put on hold.? Even more foolishly, it doesn?t distract you with Jessica Alba either.

• Dean !

  
  There seems to be an awful lot of Asian horror remakes over the last few years, or should that be a lot of awful remakes?! Personally I like the Ring, well the first at least and the first Grudge but the rest get very bad reviews so far. I have to admit I need to see many of the… More
  There seems to be an awful lot of Asian horror remakes over the last few years, or should that be a lot of awful remakes?! Personally I like the Ring, well the first at least and the first Grudge but the rest get very bad reviews so far. I have to admit I need to see many of the Asian originals to truly compare them still. Not heard much about this previously but for a low budget film I found it quite enjoyable. A bit cheesey and predicatable but the effects were good and there are some very creepy moments and images. Slows a tad in the second half but if you liked The Ring or the Final Destination films, give this a whirl.

• Nani V

  
  It was pretty horrible...but, I had to watch it only because I saw the original.

• Brian D

  
  pointless and boring

• Corey W

  
  first horror of 2008 AND the worst.

• Film C

  
  if this is the chinese/japenessse thriller in subtitles then ive seen this and thought it was pretty good the chinese know how to creep someone out and i was creeped out by one chinese film then aload of english/americian thriller/horros

• Luke B

  
  Here we are again at remake junction. The twist here though is that the original was only mediocre at best. So could we finally have a remake that really improves on the original? The answer is...no. The director claims he didn't watch the original, well that's a little hard… More
  Here we are again at remake junction. The twist here though is that the original was only mediocre at best. So could we finally have a remake that really improves on the original? The answer is...no. The director claims he didn't watch the original, well that's a little hard to believe since the film is far too similar. It is however a streamlined version running almost 30 minutes shorter. It's bish bash bosh. One Missed Call done in the microwave, it's over quicker but the taste just isn't the same. It's a bit soggy. Nobody has a personality, they are simply there to move the plot along. The film does have the visual aspects working for it, that poster for example is pretty damn awesome, the effects aren't too bad if a little unnecessary, and Meagan Good and Shannyn Sossamon are purdy. You don't have to think and mysteries are solved within minutes.

• Lafe F

  
  An utterly absurd ghost revenge story. People would get a cellphone message with the audio of their future deaths. It was silly how the ghost(s) went to the effort to make each call and place a candy in the mouth of each of their victims. The music-box ring tone was annoying. There… More
  An utterly absurd ghost revenge story. People would get a cellphone message with the audio of their future deaths. It was silly how the ghost(s) went to the effort to make each call and place a candy in the mouth of each of their victims. The music-box ring tone was annoying. There were a few scary and creepy jump moments. I liked the appearing phantoms with the twisted mannequin-like faces. I didn't care much for the victims. I liked the "twist" at the end, but found the plot typical of other movies like "The Ring", "Final Destination" and "The Grudge", which are better efforts.

• A.D. V

  
  Nonsensical nonsense. For once it's just as bad as everyone says it is.

• Drew S

  
  Oh, <i>wow.</I>

• Roy G

  
  there isn't much One Missed Call can do to satisfy horror fans.

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