10 Worst PG-13 Horror Films Since 2000

3. One Missed Call

Let€™s say that you€™re being haunted by a ghost who€™s using cell phones to take revenge on the living, and you receive a call informing you of the date and time of your death. What would you do? According to One Missed Call, you should accept a sleazy producer€™s offer to be exorcised on a reality show. That€™s what Taylor (Ana Claudia Talancon) decides to do, and picture her best friend€™s surprise when she sees the trailer: €œA cell phone rings and Death is one the line! A beautiful co-ed, a ticking clock of ghastly murder€.NEXT on American Miracles!€ However, that€™s nothing compared to the reaction of the fire-and-brimstone exorcist, who can€™t figure out why the exploding lights, choking starlet and sudden appearance of the Antichrist weren€™t in the script. This is the American remake of a Japanese rip-off of The Ring, a movie about a ghost that used a videocassette to attack people, so it€™s not to be confused with Dark Water, the American remake of a Japanese movie about a ghost that uses water to attack people. Nor should it be confused with the American remake of a Korean movie about a ghost that uses mirrors to attack people (Mirrors) or the American remake of a Thai movie about a ghost that uses photographs to attack people (Shutter). And it€™s completely different from Cello, Wishing Stairs, The Red Shoes or Acacia, where ghosts used Cellos, staircases, shoes and trees to attack people. Also, any similarity to The Wig, a Korean movie about a hairpiece possessed by a ghost, is purely coincidental. Platinum Dunes is producing a remake called Hell Toupee.
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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'