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* AdultFear: Young-Su (who is no older than five by most) behaving and talking in ways no child should including smashing pictures, grabbing butcher knives from the kitchen at night, and scratching herself to the point of drawing blood.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Ho-jung and her husband.]]

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* AdultFear: Young-Su (who is no older than five by most) behaving and talking in ways no child should including smashing pictures, grabbing butcher knives from the kitchen at night, and scratching herself to the point of drawing blood.
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* BreakTheCutie: Ji-won and Young-Su.

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* CreepyChild: Young-Su after the phone call.

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\n* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Young-Su (who is no older than five by most) behaving and talking in ways no child should including smashing pictures, grabbing butcher knives from the kitchen at night, and scratching herself to the point of drawing blood.

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Four years on, I think we can safely say that it's dead.


An [[ForeignRemake Amercian adaption]] was set in motion in 2010 with high hopes for release the following year, but as of 2017 it [[DevelopmentHell has yet to reach fruition]].

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An [[ForeignRemake Amercian American adaption]] was set in motion in 2010 with high hopes for release the following year, but as of 2017 it [[DevelopmentHell has yet to reach fruition]].
did not escape DevelopmentHell.
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* WomanInWhite: Ho-jung.

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* WomanInWhite: Ho-jung.

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--> "The last call you'll ever receive."
'''Phone''' is a 2002 South Korean horror film. The film follows Ji-won, a young journalist who has been receiving threatening and perverting phone calls after publishing articles about pedophobia. In order to escape the trauma, Ji-won changes her phone number and moves away from her house. Feeling sorry for her, Ji-won's old friend Ho-jung allows her to stay in a house she had built for her young daughter Young-Su. However Ji-won begins receiving even stranger phone calls as she gets comfortable and Young-Su happens to answer one of these calls. As Ji-won investigates the origins of her phone number Young-Su begins acting extremely strange and hostile, especially towards her mother.

An Amercian adaption was set in motion in 2010 with high hopes too have been released in late 2011.

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'''Phone'''
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''Phone''
is a 2002 South Korean horror film. The film follows Ji-won, a young journalist who has been receiving threatening and perverting phone calls after publishing articles about pedophobia. In order to escape the trauma, Ji-won changes her phone number and moves away from her house. Feeling sorry for her, Ji-won's old friend Ho-jung allows her to stay in a house she had built for her young daughter Young-Su. However Ji-won begins receiving even stranger phone calls as she gets comfortable and Young-Su happens to answer one of these calls. As Ji-won investigates the origins of her phone number Young-Su begins acting extremely strange and hostile, especially towards her mother.

An [[ForeignRemake Amercian adaption adaption]] was set in motion in 2010 with high hopes too have been released in late 2011.
for release the following year, but as of 2017 it [[DevelopmentHell has yet to reach fruition]].

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* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]
* [[spoiler: FinalGirl: Ji-won, considering she is so far the only one with the phone number to not die and narrowly avoided being killed by Ho-jung.]]
* [[spoiler: KillItWithFire: Ho-jung attempts to burn Ji-won and Jin-hee's corpse after TheReveal.]]

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Ji-won, considering she is so far the only one with the phone number to not die and narrowly avoided being killed by Ho-jung.]]
* [[spoiler: KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Ho-jung attempts to burn Ji-won and Jin-hee's corpse after TheReveal.]]
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* [[spoiler: FinalGirl: Ji-won, considering she is so far the only one with the phone number to not die and narrowly avoided being killed by Ho-jung.]]
* [[spoiler: KillItWithFire: Ho-jung attempts to burn Ji-won and Jin-hee's corpse after TheReveal.]]
* WomanInWhite: Ho-jung.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Ho-jung and her husband.]]
* BoundAndGagged: Ji-won in the climax.


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* CreepyChild: Young-Su after the phone call.
* DangerTakesABackseat: One of Ji-won's nightmares involve her stalker attacking her in the backseat with a knife.
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]
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* BrokenBird: Jin-hee after finding out [[spoiler: Chang-hoon is married. Ho-jung after finding out that she can't get pregnant on her own and eventually murdering Jin-hee in a moment of jealousy.]]
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An Amercian adaption was set in motion in 2010 with high hopes too have been released in late 2011.

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An Amercian adaption was set in motion in 2010 with high hopes too have been released in late 2011.2011.

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* AdultFear: Young-Su (who is no older than five by most) behaving and talking in ways no child should including smashing pictures, grabbing butcher knives from the kitchen at night, and scratching herself to the point of drawing blood.
* BreakTheCutie: Ji-won and Young-Su.
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'''Phone''' is a 2002 South Korean horror film. The film follows Ji-won, a young journalist who has been receiving threatening and perverting phone calls after publishing articles about pedophobia. In order to escape the trauma, Ji-won changes her phone number and moves away from her house. Feeling sorry for her, Ji-won's old friend Ho-jung allows her to stay in a house she had built for her young daughter Young-Su. However Ji-won begins receiving even stranger phone calls as she gets comfortable and Young-Su happens to answer one of these calls. As Ji-won investigates the origins of her phone number Young-Su begins acting extremely strange and hostile, especially towards her mother.

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'''Phone''' is a 2002 South Korean horror film. The film follows Ji-won, a young journalist who has been receiving threatening and perverting phone calls after publishing articles about pedophobia. In order to escape the trauma, Ji-won changes her phone number and moves away from her house. Feeling sorry for her, Ji-won's old friend Ho-jung allows her to stay in a house she had built for her young daughter Young-Su. However Ji-won begins receiving even stranger phone calls as she gets comfortable and Young-Su happens to answer one of these calls. As Ji-won investigates the origins of her phone number Young-Su begins acting extremely strange and hostile, especially towards her mother.mother.

An Amercian adaption was set in motion in 2010 with high hopes too have been released in late 2011.

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