Title(s) AKA: You've Got A Call; Chakushin Ari
Film Director(s): Takashi Miike
Released: 2003 [Japan]
Genre: Horror
Sub-Genre: Thriller

Overview:
Takashi Miike is a busy man, but his hard schedule doesn't seem to be affecting the quality of his films. "Chakushin Ari", released in theaters in early 2004, is the story of college student Yumi Nakamura, played by Shibasaki Kou ("Battle Royale"). Bored at a singles party, Yumi waits for her friend Yoko, who arrives to the party late after finishing work. While Yoko is changing clothes in the ladies room, she receives a phone call with a spooky ring tone she has never heard before. To make things creepier, the call appears to be from her own phone. Yoko listens to the message, which is dated three days in the future, and hears her own voice saying "It's started raining." The short message is followed by a bloodcurdling scream. Several days later, the events heard in the message actually occur, and Yoko meets a gruesome death.

However, Yoko isn't the last person to hear this strange ring tone. Others begin getting similar calls and meeting similar fates, and Yumi finds herself in a race against time to solve the mystery before her own number comes up...

Cast:
Kazue Fukiishi, Atsushi Ida, Renji Ishibashi. .

IMO:
OMG! if i were to watch this in a cinema, i would have been just as scared as the first time i watched the ring... 4get about dollmaster, this is the next horror movie that sends a chill up my spine... scary but i was hooked, the twist was good loh, but the ghost maybe can do better, whats so scary about a marilyn manson looking ghost compared to that creaking weird walking posture which sadako adopts... the ghost not scary, its the twists that stun... most reviews have stated this was too similiar to the ring, but if both were to be released at the same time, i think one missed call would have done better becos of the bigger twist...

heck, i like this so much i even got the ringtone from the movie whereby the ghost calls her victim's handphone...

Rating:
4 1/2 out of 5 snoopys