One Missed Call 2003

Very unsettling, especially in the last scenes, it has that classic J-Horror style which is not based on music but mostly on the creepiness of the actual scenes.
The movie started with a very interesting and real ideology, one thing very common to us as we all have mobile phones -soon or later someone had to make this concept into a Horror- but this turned out to be just repetitive and mostly boring deaths which felt like a chore sitting through. I felt no attachment to the actors even if Asian movies/shows usually have this as a priority, the song of the curse was scary when heard but it doesnt' have that classicality to it like the "ki ki ki, ma ma ma" from Friday the 13th or Halloween's theme which are now associated with horror, may be the director didn't actually want to let this movie be big and thus a classic, speaking of, I never heard of the director Takashi Miike before so I searched him up and saw that his main genre was Horror-Gore and this movie had nothing to do with that, which made this more or less feel like an experiment from him.
All in all "Chakushin Ari" (One Missed Call) is nothing special and the ending was just a total incomprehensible mess, not worth watching.

Takashi Miike's "Chakushin Ari", more commonly known as "One Missed Call", is a Japanese horror movie that is based on a novel of the same name by Yasushi Akimoto and revolves around a curse responsible for creating a chain of missed calls and voicemail messages on its victim's mobile phones from their future selves with the sounds, screams and the exact date and time of their own violent deaths. While the curse does serve its purpose and ends up working well for the story, you won't be able to ignore the fact that the rest of the plot feels incredibly formulaic and that you've already seen this being played out many times before. Regardless, Takashi Miike's direction does elevate this movie to a whole new level and his use of slow pans, precise framing, careful pacing and inspired sound editing helps create an intensely creepy and eerie atmosphere that will grip you for the most part. Once again, he is able to prove that he can be extremely successful at generating suspense and building up tension. The acting is also very good, with Ko Shibasaki and Shin'ichi Tsusumi delivering solid performances as Yumi Nakamura and Hiroshi Yamashita respectively. Now, you may find that this may not be the best Japanese horror movie you've ever seen, by any standards, but it can be genuinely scary, even though it can also be quite confusing and puzzling at times, particularly towards the end. Nevertheless, it's still interesting to see how well it holds up nearly two decades after its original release, especially when you take into consideration the fact that we now live in the digital age and that almost everyone owns a smart phone. But, be that as it may, it remains a thrill to watch and a must-see it to anyone who's into J-Horror.