One Missed Call

Released: 24th March 2008
Best Price: £7.99 @ http://www.amazon.com/

Yumi is a teenager who gets freaked out when her best friend, Yoko, gets a call on her mobile phone...from herself, screaming, dated three days in the future. Three days later, at the exact time of the call,which had an ominous, strange ring tone, it all comes true, with Yoko screaming as she dies. The calls continue as Yumi's friends fear that they will be next to hear the ring tone that foretells death. Meanwhile, Yumi is joined by Hiroshi, whose sister was recently killed and who wants to get to the bottom of the mystery before more young women die.

From director Takashi Miike, responsible for such cult classics as the Dead or Alive trilogy, Ichi The Killer, and Audition, he is not one to shy away from the horror genre. Mixing in elements of Hideo Nakata's The Ring and Takashi Shimizu's Ju-on: The Grudge, Miike creates a scarefest sure to rattle even the most experienced horror movie lover.

The DVD was originally released in 2005 but is being re-released to coincide with the release of the hollywood remake, which will hit cinemas in late spring.



RATING: 4 Stars