KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Leofwine_draca ONE MISSED CALL is a traditional Japanese ghost story in that it involves young women being stalked by a ghost that puts a curse on them. In JU-ON: THE GRUDGE, the curse existed within a building; in RING, it passed on via a ringing telephone; in ONE MISSED CALL it takes the form of a mobile telephone call and voicemail message, with a time-travel twist. The one thing immediately noticeable is that this film's director is shock king Takashi Miike, he of ICHI THE KILLER notoriety amongst others, but he keeps his outrageous gore and violence to a minimum here. Apart from a couple of jumpily-edited scares and two or three gruesome moments (the beheading/de-arming being the "highlight") his work here is indistinguishable from many other directors. However, he does a decent job with the creepy atmosphere and the tension is spot on.Visually, this film is recognisable as being a RING derivative, as with so many others. The ghost is of a grey-skinned woman with long dark hair who we catch brief, creepy glimpses of throughout. There's a stand-out shock scene involving an approaching ghost towards the climax, and lots of young, pretty Japanese actresses screaming their heads off in terror. However, there are a few things here that are more original than most, including a chirpy mobile ring tone that quickly becomes scary because it symbolises death; plus the appearance of a rotting zombie towards the film's climax which is pretty gruesome. Shibasaki makes for an able lead and proves to be another talented young actress while the supporting cast never step out of line. My only real complaint with ONE MISSED CALL is the head-scratching ending, which piles on twist after twist and ends up leaving you totally confused about what just happened – opaque isn't the word. Still, for fans of subtle, scary old-fashioned chills, you could do a lot worse than this one...

harveyrock12 I was really surprised with this movie , because all over the Asian movie line it is hyped to the top with ringu and Ju-on, which i have not got round to seeing. But nowhere mentioned this scary gem by horror legend takashi miike. The storyline is good and the acting was at its best for a horror movie. The only bad thing would be that i was expecting to jump a bit more than i did. However this film still leaved me pretty restless.I won't be answering my phone to any unknown numbers any time soon. The concept of ghosts getting to you through technology is something very scary, and clearly Asia is extremely good and covering this concept.Now from what i have heard people say just another grudge movie. Now i do dis-agree as ever movie is different in itself. This was directed and acted brilliantly and the effects were visually great. Many cliff hangers which you expect the film to end on but it just throws you back into the world of darkness again and again and again. This is a classic horror epic and i recommend to any horror fan. Ps. subtitles aren't a problem for me, But whatever you do don't go see the crappy remake.

DigitalRevenantX7 PLOT OUTLINE: A group of friends are shocked when they start receiving voicemail messages on their cell phones from themselves 72 hours in the future. As the time that each message arrives, the recipient is killed by a malevolent entity seeking retribution for their death.One Missed Call is one of a spate of Japanese horror films (commonly known as J-Horror) that came out in the late 1990s / early 2000s. The genre was kicked off by Hideo Nakata's ridiculously successful RING, which set up the clichés that all the other films, including this one, follow almost to the letter.As far as horror films go, this particular one is nothing special. In some respects, it is a bit of a disappointment, mainly due to the fact that its director, Takeshi Miike, is capable of making some really individualistic films that can be fairly compared to the works of Shinya Tsukamoto. One Missed Call follows the Ring formula almost to the letter – there is a technologically-minded curse (in this case cell phones) where the owner of the device is given a warning & a deadline before they are killed. To be fair, Ring was not that good a film, but it did have an atmosphere that was creepy & unearthly. This film doesn't even have that, not to mention the fact that, at nearly two hours long, it overstays its welcome. There is the occasional moment which suggests a work of promise – one of the victims meets her fate in a television studio – but for all intensive purposes, One Missed Call is dead on arrival.The execs at Hollywood conducted a remake some years later, which was actually quite better than this original.

serena2583 I thought this movie was very well done. It had just enough creepy moments in it to keep my interest and had enough of a plot to make sense to me. If there is one thing that I believe it is that the Japanese are the kings of horror movies. They just do creepy very well. One of my favourite scenes is in a TV studio when one of the girls is getting an excorsism, which of course goes wrong and she tears down a flag covering thing revealing a wall section with a gap in it into which our friendly ghost appears. That, for me, was very well done. It was this image of the ghost that had been sent to the girls cell phone, a bit like sadako coming out the well in Ring, and it was truly awesome. If you like Japanese horror movies like I do then you should really like this movie. The atmosphere is good, the acting is superb and the plot is decent. That is why I give this movie a 9/10. It would have gotten a ten but sometimes I found the lead actress to be a little annoying, all she seemed to do near the end was scream. I would put this movie on par with the Ring. It was very good! And I still can't get the ringtone out of my head!