One Missed Call Trilogy

One Missed Call (2003)

A group of college students receives missed call notices on their cell phones, and a voicemail check reveals chilling messages detailing the time, date and sound of their own deaths. As the youths begin dying, the media frantically covers the story while a young girl and a funeral director try to stop the phenomenon. Kou Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi star; directed by Takashi Miike ("Dead or Alive"). 113 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

One Missed Call 2 (2005)

Roaming charges are the very last thing these cell phone-sporting teens are worried about, in this follow-up to the bizarre 2003 chiller. The wireless homicidal specter has now found a way not only to kill whoever answers the deadly ringtone, but to call everyone in the unlucky victim's phone book and spread the curse that much faster! Mimura, Peter Ho, and Asaka Seto star. 106 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

One Missed Call Final (2006)

The Japanese shock franchise concludes (assuming truth in advertising) with this unsettling third installment, which finds a bullied teenage girl exacting revenge on her tormentors during a class field trip. This time, the young cell phone users are blackmailed under threat of murder to forward a grotesque photo to their friends. Sounds like an easy choice--but just how sick is the picture? Maki Horikita, Meisa Kuroki star. 105 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

Widescreen; Soundtracks: Japanese DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio, PCM 2.0; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; deleted scenes; theatrical trailers; more. In Japanese with English subtitles.