One Missed Call 2

One Missed Call 2 (着信アリ2, 2005) is a Japanese supernatural horror you can watch online on iFILM — the follow-up to the cult cursed-phone thriller, this time directed by Renpei Tsukamoto. The rule hasn't changed: hear the ringtone, hear your own death recorded in advance.

Kyoko, a kindergarten teacher, and her boyfriend Naoto catch that sound in a Chinese restaurant and recognize it instantly. A year earlier the same tone announced a string of impossible deaths. Now the trail crosses into Taiwan, and the police hit a wall — how do you arrest a ghost? Asaka Seto and Yu Yoshizawa carry a couple with nowhere left to run.

This is mid-2000s J-horror played straight: slow dread, an urban legend in place of a slasher, and a sound design built to crawl under your skin. A solid pick if Ringu and Ju-On are your comfort zone. Stream One Missed Call 2 (2005) online on iFILM.