Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- foreboding
- disturbing
- late night horror viewing
- j-horror double feature
What critics said
Limited reception suggests a less coherent and less consistently creepy sequel that nevertheless retains effective scares, appealing characters, performances, and emotional moments.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The death prediction arrives through a mobile phone ringtone and message before each supernatural killing.
Kyoko, Naoto, and Takako travel from Japan to Taiwan to investigate the deaths and locate Wei Zhang.
Coal dust in the victims' lungs and the absence of candies provide recurring investigative evidence about the death calls.
The restaurant, apartment, bathtub, and mobile phones turn familiar environments into sources of dread.
Films like One Missed Call 2, and why
One Missed Call
shared japanese supernatural horror, cursed technology, and investigative mystery
Pulse
shared j-horror atmosphere, vengeful ghost mythology, and technologically mediated hauntings
The Ring
shared supernatural mystery, cursed media, and escalating investigative dread
Dark Water
shared japanese horror, ghostly apparitions, and fragmented occult investigation
Movie Details
- Director
- Renpei Tsukamoto
- Release Date
- 2005-02-05
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (155)
Cast
- Rie Mimura
- Hisashi Yoshizawa
- Asaka Seto
- Shadow Liu Chih-Yuh
- Hakobu Okubo
- Karen Ôshima
- Renji Ishibashi
- Haruko Wanibuchi
- Peter Ho
- Nana Koizumi
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Fandor, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is One Missed Call 2 about?
- A Japanese daycare teacher and two reluctant investigators follow a fatal cellphone curse from grisly deaths in Japan to its occult roots in Taiwan.
- What is One Missed Call 2 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of One Missed Call 2 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is One Missed Call 2 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in One Missed Call 2 as graphic.
- What did critics think of One Missed Call 2?
- Limited reception suggests a less coherent and less consistently creepy sequel that nevertheless retains effective scares, appealing characters, performances, and emotional moments.
- Which films are like One Missed Call 2?
- Films with a similar feel include One Missed Call, Pulse, The Ring, and Dark Water.
- How long is One Missed Call 2?
- One Missed Call 2 runs 105 minutes.
- Where can I watch One Missed Call 2?
- In United States, One Missed Call 2 streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Fandor, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
