History Film / OneMissedCall

It was later followed by two sequels - ''One Missed Call 2'' and ''One Missed Call Final'' and an infamously terrible American remake with a rare 0% on RottenTomatoes. A ten-episode TV {{Spinoff}} series was made in 2005. Manga adaptations and a pachinko video game were also produced.

%% * AbandonedHospital
* AbusiveParents: In both versions - [[spoiler: social Services suspected this to be the case with Marie. Actually subverted - it was an abusive sister. Marie discovered the abuse just before she and Ellie (Mimiko) died]]

%% * CulturalTranslation

%% * EvilPhone: Um, duh.

* DoomedProtagonist:
** [[spoiler: Yoko dies from being pushed to a running train.]]
** [[spoiler: Kenji dies from being dragged by the feet to the bottom of an elevator.]]
** [[spoiler: Natsumi dies while being aired on TV by having most of her joints dislocated and is ultimately decapitated.]]
** [[spoiler: Yumi... just when it was believed she would survive the curse (because her predicted time passed and she was still alive), the watch in her apartment rotates anticlockwise to the predicted time]]. What happens next is ambiguous, but nonetheless led to Yumi's death as revealed in the sequel.
** [[spoiler: Yamashita was stabbed, he appears to have survived but the Yumi went to him in the hospital with a knife behind her back...]]

One Missed Call (着信アリ) is a Japanese horror franchise that began with the Yasushi Akimoto novel Chakushin ari

It was adapted into a film, which was Creator/TakashiMiike's romp into commercial horror. The story centers on Yumi, a college student whose friends begin to receive mysterious voicemails, announced by a creepy children's song. The only one who believes her friend's deaths aren't suicides (at first) is a young policeman named Yamashita, whose sister also received the Call of Death.

It was later followed by two sequels - ''One Missed Call 2'' and ''One Missed Call Final'' and an infamous Hollywood remake. A ten-episode TV {{Spinoff}} series was made in 2005. Manga adaptations and a pachinko video game were also produced.

* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: [[spoiler:Marie, the mother of Mimiko]]
** [[spoiler: On the other hand, Marie did allow Mimiko to die rather than find help for her and the first sequel revealed that she wished Mimiko was never born and likely abused her, so she is no innocent herself.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Mimiko.]] And in ''One Missed Call 2'', [[spoiler:both her and Li Li]].

* DaylightHorror: Some of the gruesome supernatural deaths, in all three movies, occur in broad daylight.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Marie, the mother of Mimiko.]]

* HellIsThatNoise: In addition to the creepy ringtone, the first movie has [[spoiler:the sound of Mimiko's asthma inhaler.]]

* JumpScare: All three movies have plenty of these, some more "legitimate" than others. See CatScare above.

* OminouslyOpenDoor: When Yumi arrives at the AbandonedHospital in the first film, she can't find a way in until she comes across one of these... which was closed just a moment ago. [[spoiler:Not only is the place filled with ghosts, Marie Mizunuma's dead body is inside.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: Except for Yamashita. [[spoiler: DoubleSubverted in that he doesn't accomplish anything but getting himself killed.]]

* SpookyPhotographs: In the first movie, [[spoiler:Natsumi]] gets these instead of a voicemail from the future.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: [[spoiler:Before she died, Mimiko regularly abused her younger sister to the point of hospitalization. After she died, she got much worse.]]

* CallingCard: Each victim spits out a hard red candy, [[spoiler: which the killer gave to her victim when she was taken to the hospital]].

* ForTheEvulz: Kind of subverted, since the spirit [[spoiler: has MunchausensByProxy]].

* FamousLastWords: All of the victims' final words.

* IronicNurseryRhyme: The aforementioned ringtone.

* RevivalLoophole: The sequel shows that if you answer the planned victim's missed call, the victim with survive but you will be killed in that person's place.

* TheUnreveal: Most people find the ending of the first movie very, very confusing. The second movie explains it, but still in a somewhat vague way that counts as a MindScrew.

* YouCantFightFate: In the first movie [[spoiler: everyone who receives the call dies. Even if the announced time passed and you are still alive, the clock will turn back anticlockwise to aforementioned time and you will still be killed. (Such was Yumi's case.)]]

!!!Tropes used by the films:

* AbandonedHospital

* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Black Chick Dies First]]: In the remake. Poor Meagan Good.

* CulturalTranslation

* EvilPhone: Um, duh.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Though it wrapped up the film series, ''One Missed Call: Final'' can feel rather incomplete since [[spoiler:it doesn't even acknowledge the existence of Li Li, the ghost from the second movie who was revealed to have started the curse in the first place and, as far as we know, is still active.]]
* WomanInWhite: Marie, plus [[spoiler:Mimiko]]. Yumi at the end of the first movie [[spoiler: possibly due to her death.]]

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->''"That's not my ringtone..."''

''One Missed Call'' is a 2008 American remake of J-horror movie ''Film/ChakushinAri.'' The main plot is that a spirit inside cell phones will call itself and play for the owner what they'll sound like when they die shortly after. This version stars Shannyn Sossamon and Edward Burns.
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!!Tropes used by the movie:

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Social Services suspected this to be the case with Marie Layton. Actually subverted - it was an abusive sister. Marie Layton discovered the abuse just before she and Ellie died]]
* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Black Chick Dies First]]: Poor Meagan Good.
%%* CreepyChild
* CulturalTranslation
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: The killer ghost wasn't of the mother of the two girls, it was the older sister.]]
* EvilPhone
%%* EyeScream
* ForTheEvulz: After its first few victims, the ghost really seems to have no reason to kill anybody besides plain old sociopathy.
* HauntedTechnology: the phone.
* ItWontTurnOff: Once again, the phone.
* IronicNurseryTune: The aforementioned ringtone-that-is-not-theirs.
* OrphanageOfFear
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Remove the battery from your phone? The call will still get through. Cancel your cell phone service and ''break the processor chips'' in your phone? It'll still ring.
* YouCantFightFate: You would think that trying to avoid saying the "last words" a victim hears would null the prophecy, but... actually, none of the characters thought of that. [[spoiler:A ProphecyTwist is still possible, on [[FinalGirl special occasions]].]]
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* [[spoiler: CreepyChild]]

* [[spoiler: EyeScream]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: One likely reason for the film's extreme critical failure. According to star Shannyn Sossamon, the decision to make the movie PG-13 was made at the last minute, after principal photography, and against the wishes of director Eric Valette. Allegedly, Valette was upset that Sossamon attended a screening of the theatrical version before getting a chance to see his version. This Director's Cut has never been released, nor have any of the scenes from it been shown.
** For his part, screenwriter Andrew Klavan says he is disappointed with the finished film as well, saying no one working on the film could agree on what it should be: “Each group - writer, director, actors, producer - had a different vision of the film and while any one of them might have worked, they pulled in different directions.”

-> "That's not my ringtone..."

!!!Tropes used by the movie:

* GenreKiller: This movie marked the end of the trend of J-horror remakes. Ironically, the movie made $27 million domestically, which is more than other Asian Horror remakes like ''Shutter'' ($26 mil), ''Dark Water'' ($25 mil), and ''Pulse'' ($20 mil). It made $46 million worldwide and cost $20 million to make, so there's a decent chance it turned a profit. Part of this was due to overexposure (this was one of four major American remakes of Asian horror films in 2008) and the rise of ''Paranormal Activity'' and its found-footage ilk as the new standard of mainstream horror the next year.

* YouCantFightFate: You would think that trying to avoid saying the "last words" a victim hears would null the prophecy, but... actually, none of the characters thought of that. [[spoiler: a ProphecyTwist is still possible, on [[FinalGirl special occasions]].]]

''One Missed Call'' is a 2008 American remake of J-horror movie ''ChakushinAri.'' The main plot is that a spirit inside cell phones will call itself and play for the owner what they'll sound like when they die shortly after. This version stars Shannyn Sossamon and Edward Burns.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Social Services suspected this to be the case with Marie Layton. Actually subverted - it was an abusive sister. The sisters' mother discovered the abuse just before she and the abusive sister died]]

* GenreKiller: When this movie tanked at the box office, it took the trend of J-horror remakes right along with it.
** Actually, the movie made $27 million domestically, which is more than other Asian Horror remakes like ''Shutter'' ($26 mil), ''Dark Water'' ($25 mil), and ''Pulse'' ($20 mil). It made $46 million worldwide and cost $20 million to make, so there's a decent chance it turned a profit. If anything, the downturn in Asian Horror remakes can be attributed to overexposure (this was one of four major American remakes of Asian horror films in 2008) and the rise of ''Paranormal Activity'' and its found-footage ilk as the new standard of mainstream horror the next year.

* CellPhone: (duh)

''One Missed Call'' is a 2008 American remake of J-horror movie ''ChakushinAri.'' The main plot is that a spirit inside cell phones will call itself and play for the owner what they'll sound like when they die shortly after. This version stars Shannyn Sossamon and Edward Burns. The film was hugely panned by film critics, as it ended up garnering a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Which is pretty sad, as it was shockingly good. The characters, at least the main gal and guy, were intelligently written and well acted, the pacing was pretty nice, and it didn't rely on jump scares like most horror movies today.

''One Missed Call'' is a 2008 American remake of J-horror movie ''ChakushinAri.'' The main plot is that a spirit inside cell phones will call itself and play for the owner what they'll sound like when they die shortly after. This version stars Shannyn Sossamon and Edward Burns. The film was hugely panned by film critics, as it ended up garnering a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

* DarkSecret: One of the main characters hides the fact that they're committing Munchausen's By Proxy.

''One Missed Call'' is a 2008 American remake of J-horror movie ''ChakushinAri.'' The main plot is that a spirit inside cell phones will call itself and play for the owner what they'll sound like when they die shortly after. This version stars ShannynSossamon and EdwardBurns. The film was hugely panned by film critics, as it ended up garnering a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

* GratuitousSpecialEffects

''One Missed Call'' is the American remake of J-horror movie ''ChakushinAri.'' The main plot is that a spirit inside cell phones will call itself and play for the owner what they'll sound like when they die shortly after.