Horror Queen

THE PLOT

If you’ve seen the American version of this movie, then you already know the basic plot outline. A small group of young people start getting missed phone calls on their cell phones. When they listen to the message, he/she hears their own voice just as they’re about to die. A young cop gets involved because his own sister died in a similar way. He along with one young girl must find out where the calls are coming from and find a way to stop them.

THE GOOD

The scene in the faux church as the girl is on television will go down as the one thing I remember from this movie. The scene itself isn’t too gory, but it does leave much to the imagination of the viewer, giving them a chance to see what they want.

THE BAD

There’s not a whole lot of bad stuff to say about this movie. It’s better than the remake they did here in the States, but it’s still just a teen horror movie.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Like I said before, it’s a fairly good movie. I’d liken it to a Japanese version of a horror movie catered to teens. It has some good parts, but it isn’t the best horror movie I’ve ever seen. At the same time it’s far from the worst movie I’ve ever seen. I will say one thing that the remake did better than this: the remake put the “nanny cam” in the little girl’s teddy bear, which was unexpected and a nice little treat. That and the American version used little kids that could act, too bad this one didn’t do the same thing. In the end though this one used the dead kid as a plot device and I really get freaked out by dead children.