Review of One Missed Call (2008) by Nvrndngtwilight — 01 Jun 2017

Abysmal. Absolutely abysmal. Easily one of the worst American remakes of a Japanese film that I have ever seen. There is absolutely nothing to like about this. It replaces all of the suspense from the original film with lousy jump scares and a completely nonsensical plot. And the ring tone they use in the film isn't even scary. Not in the slightest. If you heard the ring tone in the original film, chills would definitely crawl up your spine. But not in this film. When you hear the ring tone in this film, you know that something DUMB is about to happen.

This movie completely missed the point of the original. The dude who directed it didn't even see the original before making this. I wish I could rate this movie lower but since I can't, I'll just have to settle for a 0. Movie directors who are planning to make a remake of a fantastic horror movie should take some notes from this film on how NOT to do that. Or just simply don't make the remake in general. Out of all American remakes of great Japanese horror movies, I think the only one that was any good was The Ring. The rest, such as this one... complete trash. Skip this and just watch the original. It's so... so... SO much better.