Waste of time

Absolutely the worst movie.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

It really made me laugh to see so many people seemed to miss the point entirely with this one. Complaining about the special effects, predictability and puns is like... I don't know, like complaining about clichés in an old romance film.The number one thing to remember when you watch this on DVD is that it was intended to be seen on a tiny little cell phone screen. The directing and camera work are very careful in this regard, and I can really see actually sitting down and watching this on some mobile device. The second thing to remember is that this is not ever, at all, never never never supposed to be taken seriously. Ever. It hearkens back to the awful/amazing horror films of the '80s in its gratuitous gore and nudity. You know, the ones you sit down to now and laugh and play drinking games with. Image what you love about those movies packed into super-mini segments. The only difference here is that those were only slightly self-aware, while When Evil Calls is balls-out mocking of itself. The campy CGI and awesomely bad death scenes only add to this effect.The predictability factor is only an issue if you have no love for these silly films. Which I guess is possible. (But come on.) It is beyond entertaining to see (for example) a girl wish to never see her ex boyfriend's face again and then, oh my, is that an upturned pair of scissors in her path? Why, I think it is! The eye hanging out of the chick's socket is like an indulgence after an intense tease.And how. How can you not love these actors. Sean Pertwee as the janitor serves as a modern, angry, drunk Crypt Keeper, addressing the audience as if he is telling the story. As the series progresses, he gets drunker, and actually more endearing, in a bitter kind of way. And my god, Chris Barrie still has it completely. His expressions alone had me laughing out loud shamelessly. So good.In closing: You really have to see this one. Don't go into it thinking you're going to see a serious flick, don't you dare. This is horror comedy at its best, with blood, guts, boobs, lesbians and an amazing cast. What more could you even ask for?

Nerdy girl Samantha (Jennifer Lim) receives a text message from an evil clown saying she has won one wish if she forwards the message to two of her friends. She wishes she was popular, and immediately she becomes the most popular girl in school.But, as the old saying goes, be careful what you wish for...Soon students at the school receive the message, ending in catastrophic (and sometimes humorous) outcomes. Samantha realizes the only way to stop this epidemic is to take back her wish...but does she want to go back to being an unseen nerd? This movie was actually somewhat entertaining to me. I love how they took the idea of those stupid messages we all get ("think about your lost love and send this message to 3 friends, if you do they'll come back to you, if you don't, you'll never see him/her again" for example).I also appreciated, even though it was a low-budget film, that they mixed in humor with horror. Like one kid wishes he had X-ray vision to see the girls playing basketball, and then he's sent to the principal's office, where he continues his X-ray vision, and then his really obese father comes, and he just screams the whole time. It's hilarious! It's a good film to see for the humor, but don't take it too seriously be- Oh, I got a text message..."Congratulations, you have won one wish!" Hmm...No thanks.

Let me get the flaws out of the way first (in no particular order except for the first one)The Janitor who introduces all the segments is annoying as hell, REALLY bad digital effects (especially the CGI blood in parts of it), Some camera-work feels overdone, moving around too much w/out reason, The Janitor makes really bad, unfunny, annoying jokes, and feels the need to make really bad jokes and laugh like a maniac after each one, and The way that the wish text message is shown when people receive it is okay at first...but gets annoying after a few timesSide note (not a problem or a pro...just there): -The clown in this looks suspiciously like the one from Stephen King's ITThat's all the big flaws --It does have an interesting enough story, is entertaining, and for those who look into this when getting a movie, it contains a decent amount of nudity.I would't watch it again by myself (though I don't regret watching it)...i would watch it again with a few friends to have fun pointing out all the dumb things/mistakes and making fun of the movie

It is difficult to imagine anyone making a worse movie on purpose. Even my current Worst Movie Ever Made, "Night Divides the Day," was made by a bunch of clueless college kids with home video cameras and no money. This movie was made by professionals, with real actors and a budget. Deliberately trying to cash in on the current J-horror craze (even going so far as to cast a vaguely Asian-looking woman as the "star"), the story of an evil force spreading mayhem through text messages sounds promising but ultimately turns into an enormous pile of crud. Stupid jokes, unconvincing special effects, gratuitous nudity, and frankly ridiculous and predictable vignettes. Avoid this movie at all costs, even if it means renting "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector" instead. "When Evil Calls" is *that* bad.