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An investigative reporter, Ji-Won, has been receiving a
series of menacing phone calls following a recently published
controversial article about sex-scandals which she wrote.
In an effort to escape the calls she changes her number and
moves house, but the phone keep ringing. When a friend's young
daughter innocently answers the phone she begins to exhibit
increasingly crazed behaviour. As she tries to unravel the
mystery behind the calls Ji-Won uncovers a secret that will
change them all...
Stylish
and terrifying, Phone follows the growing pedigree
of Asian horror, that shock, scare and astonish in equal measure.
Following
hot on the heels of well known Asian chillers such as The
Ring, Dark Water and Ju-on comes
a ghost story to top them all.
Depending
on which way you look at it, this is a very good film. On
one side if you have watched Ring, Ju-on and Dark
Water you might feel let down by this. It does seem like
a normal run-of-the-mill Asian horror. Fortunately for me
I watched this nearly two years ago after buying the Korean
import DVD. This was before Ju-on and Dark Water
came out. Because the release of Asian films vary greatly
with their release dates in their country of origin, over
here in the UK we tend to get them all mixed up. This film,
however, I watched not too long after I watched The Ring.
Whilst
its not difficult to tell that Phone 'borrows' a great
amount of its elements from chillers like The Ring,
it also offers a more straightforward plot and better shocks.
Yes it does have your token 'freaky' child in it and yes it
is about revenge and a curse. It's also a good little murder
mystery with plenty of nice little scares to make you jump.
So without giving the plot away, all I will say is that, if
you enjoy a good horror with a few good twists and turns in
it and are willing to accept that Dark Water was not
actually that good (sorry if you a fan but it was bloody boring)
then this could be the film for you.
The disc itself has a lovely transfer of the film featuring
a commentary, interviews, making of featurette and some TV
spots. One other thing that Tartan seems to be doing now is
adding a DTS track to their DVD's. All I can say to this is
keep it up. Around 95% of Asian DVDs have DTS tracks on them
because it is more popular in the East and the fact that Tartan
are doing this not only show a commitment to bringing out
top quality discs but the extra bass comes in very handy in
these films. You will jump.
One
other thing. The girl is damn creepy.
Simon
Lee
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