Plot: Ji-won is being stalked on her phone. When she's out with one of her friends, the daughter picks up her phone and starts screaming. After that strange event, the kid is severely traumatized. Ji-won suspects something strange is going on and she wants to find out who is behind the strange calls she's been getting.
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May 25, 2024
An old favorite that turned out to be a pretty decent but basic genre film. I've come to the point where quite a few of my rewatches end up that way, almost two decades of watching films can do that to someone's taste in films. Phone is not a bad film, but so many Asian horror films later, there's not that much that sets it apart.
Ghosts and past trauma, mixed with technology. Phone is a film that borrows a lot from Ringu, but gives it a more polished South Korean finish. It's pleasant genre fare with a few memorable moments and some scary scenes, but two decades later it's just one of many, with too few distinctive elements to call it a personal favorite.
February 08, 2004
[review pending]