One Missed Call Trilogy Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		4.0
Overall		3.5

One Missed Call Trilogy Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman February 29, 2020

Note: The technical scores above are averages. Please see the individual reviews, linked below, for more information.

The annals of so-called “J Horror” are filled with films where technology is not a boon to Mankind, but rather a kind of threatening curse. In that regard, it’s perhaps only slightly cheeky to suggest that the One Missed Call “franchise” might have just as easily been called Ringu (or at least its Americanized version Ring), since a sinister ringtone on cellphones becomes a harbinger of death. The fact that a joke can be made about interchangeable titles may point out, however, that as even commentator Tom Mes gets into with regard to the first film, there’s a kind of “been there, done that” quality to One Missed Call in terms of technology run amok sprinkled liberally with what ultimately is a kinda sorta ghost story. While he only was responsible for the first film of the trilogy, it’s perhaps instructive to note how Takashi Miike talks in a supplement included on this release about wanting to do more than simply “scare people” with a horror film, and in fact (as Mes also mentions) there are elements in the first film in particular but also with regard to the entire franchise that may not be “jump out of your seat” fright-mare inducing, but which are decidedly angsty and may in fact have you looking at your Caller ID a little more closely the next time your cellphone rings.

For reviews of the three films in this set, please click on the following links:

One Missed Call Blu-ray review

One Missed Call 2 Blu-ray review

One Missed Call 3: Final Blu-ray review

One Missed Call Trilogy Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

One Missed Call Trilogy Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

One Missed Call Trilogy Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Arrow has packaged this as a two disc release, with the first film and supplements on Disc One and the two sequels and supplements on Disc Two. Here is a list of the supplementary material on both discs:

Disc One ( One Missed Call)

• Commentary by Tom Mes


• The Making of One Missed Call (1080i; 57:06) is an archival featurette which has a lot of fun candid footage of Miike. In Japanese with English subtitles.


• Cast and Crew Interviews (1080i; 14:23) include Kou Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, and Takashi Miike. In Japanese with English subtitles.


• Interview with Takashi Miike (1080i; 20:15) is in Japanese with English subtitles.


• Screenings (1080i; 14:09) aggregates footage from things like film festivals and the like.


• Live or Die (1080i; 11:56) offers raw footage from the TV special in the film, from two different angles (switchable via the angle button on your remote).


• A Day with the Mizunuma Family (1080i; 2:45) is more "raw footage", supposedly from the "nanny cam" in the house that's seen in the film.


• Alternate Ending (1080i; 3:44) comes with a warning not to let little kids see this due to its "graphic nature".


• Theatrical Trailer (1080p; 1:21)


• Teaser Trailers (1080p; 00:51)


• TV Spots (1080p; 2:15)

Disc Two ( One Missed Call 2 and One Missed Call: Final)

• The Making of One Missed Call 2 (1080i; 32:46) is an archival featurette which has some English text elements but which is in Japanese with English subtitles. Like its counterpart on Disc One, this has quite a bit of fun candid footage.


• Gomu (1080p; 3:51) is a short "tie in" to One Missed Call 2 directed by Renpei Tsukamoto.


• One Missed Call 2 Deleted Scenes (1080i; 10:10) are windowboxed and include interstitial commentary from director Renpei Tsukamoto (in 1.33:1).


• One Missed Call 2 Music Video (1080i; 4:46)


• One Missed Call 2 Theatrical Trailer (1080p; 1:38)


• One Missed Call 2 Teaser Trailers (1080i; 1:37)


• One Missed Call 2 TV Spots (1080p; 1:17)


• The Making of One Missed Call: Final (1080i; 51:55) is another fun archival piece with a lot of candid footage. In Japanese with English subtitles.


• Maki and Meisa (1080i; 15:34) is an archival piece featuring two of the stars of One Missed Call: Final. In Japanese with English subtitles.


• Behind the Scenes with Keun Suk-Jang (1080i; 11:45) is another archival piece, with the South Korean star of One Missed Call: Final. I believe Keun is speaking in Korean, as evidenced by what I think are Japanese subtitles, but there are English subs as well.


• The Love Story (1080i; 12:06) is another "tie in" short, this time to One Missed Call: Final.


• Candid Mimiko (1080i; 15:02) is a "tour" of locations hosted by the "villain". This has some windowboxed elements (with others in 1.33:1), with Japanese writing of some sort underneath, and English subs for the spoken Japanese.


• One Missed Call: Final Theatrical Trailer (1080p; 1:49)

Additionally, this comes packaged with Arrow's typically nicely appointed insert booklet.

One Missed Call Trilogy Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Miike fans will probably want to catch One Missed Call if they haven't already, and it's probably inarguably the strongest effort in this set. All three films have their spooky moments, though, even if the overarching premise seems awfully familiar. This is another Arrow release where a really excellent supplemental package may be the ultimate calling card. For J Horror completists if for no one else One Missed Call Trilogy comes Recommended.