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Film: Chakushin Ari

The original One Missed Call; Takashi Miike'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.

Tropes used by the movie:

Abandoned Hospital
Calling Card: Each victim spits out a hard red candy, which the killer gave to her victim when she was taken to the hospital.
Cell Phone
Chekhov's Gun: For the audience, Yumi's classroom scene, where we are taught what Munchausen by proxy is; later we realize the killer has it
Convicted By Public Opinion: the mother
Disc One Final Boss: The mother.
Evil Phone
For the Evulz: Kind of subverted, since the spirit has Munchausen by proxy.
Haunted Technology
High Octane Nightmare Fuel: Natsumi's death.
Ironic Nursery Rhyme: The aforementioned ringtone.
Mind Screw: The ending.
Paranoia Fuel: The ringtone.
Police Are Useless: Except for Yamashita.
The Call Knows Where You Live: And will reach you, through any phone.
The Unreveal: What's up with Yamashita and Possessed!Yumi?