Chakushin Ari

The original One Missed Call; Takashi Miike's romp into commercial horror.

The story centers on Yumi, a college student whose friends begin to receive mysterious voicemails, announced by a creepy children's song. The only one who believes her friend's deaths aren't suicides (at first) is a young policeman named Yamashita, whose sister also received the Call of Death.

Two sequels and a TV drama series were made from the film.

Tropes used in Chakushin Ari include:

• Abandoned Hospital
• Calling Card: Each victim spits out a hard red candy, which the killer gave to her victim when she was taken to the hospital.
• Cell Phone
• Chekhov's Gun: For the audience, Yumi's classroom scene, where we are taught what Munchausen by proxy is; later we realize the killer has it
• Convicted by Public Opinion: the mother
• Disc One Final Boss: The mother.
• Evil Phone
• For the Evulz: Kind of subverted, since the spirit has Munchausen by proxy.
• Haunted Technology
• High Octane Nightmare Fuel: Natsumi's death.
• Ironic Nursery Rhyme: The aforementioned ringtone.
• Mind Screw: The ending.
• Paranoia Fuel: The ringtone.
• Police Are Useless: Except for Yamashita.
• The Call Knows Where You Live: And will reach you, through any phone.
• The Un-Reveal: What's up with Yamashita and Possessed!Yumi?