2008 American remake of One Missed Call holds 0% on Rotten Tomatoes

Collider reports the 2008 American remake of One Missed Call, directed by Eric Valette, holds a 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The remake centers on a supernatural curse spread via cell phones: victims receive a call from the previous victim and a voicemail that, when played, reveals their own final words dated for a future time, after which they die with a red candy in their mouth. The film follows college student Beth Raymond (Shannyn Sossamon) and Detective Jack Andrews (Edward Burns) as they try to stop the cycle. Critics say the movie is unoriginal and borrows elements from other horror films, and they fault inconsistent curse mechanics, weak CGI, poor dialogue in an exorcism scene and unintentionally funny imagery such as falling red candies and a severed hand dialing the next number.

Reviewers widely panned the film, with Bill Stamets of the Chicago Sun-Times writing, "If you missed the first One Missed Call, made in Japan in 2004, you now can miss the American remake." The remake was criticized for lacking atmosphere, telegraphing jump scares and neutering gore to secure a PG-13 rating; unlike the original, which spawned sequels and a television drama, the American version is a one-and-done. The film was released January 4, 2008, runs 87 minutes and is available to rent or buy on VOD services.

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Culture, One Missed Call, Eric Valette, Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Takashi Miike