Rarely have I seen such overwhelmingly negative reviews for one movie. One Missed Call, a remake of 2003’s Japanese horror film Chakushin Ari, has been called a million name and most of the reviews seem to think puns on the movies name are funny. They’re not. Well, maybe the first ‘One Missed Call should be one missed movie’ joke was, but it get more than a little old after the tenth variation. Really… enough already.

I don’t generally listen to reviews. There are reasons regarding my belief that the general movie going public has no clue what a decent horror movie is, but that’s a whole other rant. The fact remains that I like to make up my own mind about a movie, and One Missed Call was no different… although…

I have to admit I was skeptical. I mean, can that many people really be wrong? After watching the movie, I don’t really have an answer for that. I didn’t love it, but I definitely didn’t hate it. One Missed Call was very effective in building that creepy vibe that makes a good horror movie work so well, but on the other hand, the PG-13 rating really restricted the filmmakers in terms of decent gore.

All in all, it wasn’t a terrible movie and it at least succeeded in a few good jumps, some diturbing images and being creepy. Edward Burns and Margaret Cho (briefly, but worth mentioning) give fairly good performances. Shannyn Sossaman… well, I love that girl. I refuse to rag on her performance when she really didn’t have much to work with.

Quick Review: One Missed Call is cheesy, fun and entertaining. It’s not so bad. Give it a shot and don’t listen to what everyone else says. Make up your own mind. You… may or may not be disappointed, but at least you can say you tried.

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Like the movie? Hate the movie? Give the original shot! You might be surprised if you hated the remake.

One Missed Call