One Missed Call 2(2005)
2005 · Renpei Tsukamoto · 105 min
A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?
Horror · Mystery
6.0154 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How One Missed Call 2 scares
There's a nagging, doomed feeling running through this one, like a countdown you can't stop once it starts. The scares lean on sudden shocks and eerie sound design more than long stretches of silence, though there's still plenty of unease built around waiting for a phone to ring. The threat is a ghost curse, not a person, and the horror comes from dread and helplessness rather than blood or physical chases. It's a decent pick if you liked the first movie and want more of that same cursed-technology creepiness, though it doesn't hit quite as hard or stick with you as long.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, One Missed Call 2 rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 2 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 50 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A steady drip of unease with periodic jolts that builds toward a much harder, more punishing final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5.
How scary is One Missed Call 2?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, One Missed Call 2 rates 3/5 — solidly scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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