“One Missed Call” is another Japanese horror movie about ghosts. If you have seen “Ringu”, “Ju-On: The Grudge” and/or “Dark Water” then you know what to expect. Like the other films I have just mentioned, “One Missed Call” would later get an American remake.

In “One Missed Call”, people start receiving voicemail messages from themselves in the near future at the exact moment that they die. Each time somebody dies, a contact from the dead person’s phone becomes the next target. Just like “Ringu” gave us the killer videotape, “One Missed Call” gives us the killer voicemail. Is there any way to stop the killing? What murky secrets must be uncovered?

Although they are not exactly brimming with personality, the characters in Japanese horror films are usually far less annoying than characters in your average American horror flick. The ghost in “One Missed Called” is almost exactly the same as the ghost in “Ringu” and “Ju-On: The Grudge” as it is a pale woman with long dark hair that crawls around like a contortionist. I get that this is part of Japanese culture and mythology but it’s getting a little repetitive seeing the same form of creature again and again.

“One Missed Call” certainly contains some pretty chilling moments but a lot of it felt really slow and it seemed to tread on a lot of the same territory as lots of the other Japanese horror movies. If you like this type of film and you have not yet got bored with the ghostly pale woman idea then maybe “One Missed Call” is a movie that you will not want to miss. For everybody else, I think you should just stick to “Ringu” and “Ju-On: The Grudge”. I have heard that the American remake of this one is absolutely awful so if you are going to see one version, probably go for this one.