History YMMV / Disturbia

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Julie is meant to be sympathic regardless of punishing Kale, her stern personality being the result the stress of raising him after Kale's father died and wanting the best for him. But for most of the film, she constantly antagonises Kale when he's clearly depressed, punishes him when simply talking or reprimanding him would do, and blames him for his father's death, and to top it of trusts the serial killer next door way too easily. All this does not exactly endear her to the audience nor makes her changing for the better at the end feel all that earned.

* CatharsisFactor: While it was very wrong for him to react the way he did, it is quite satisfying to see Kale knock down his teacher like that, after the teacher not only simply embarrassed him in front of the entire class, but had the audicity to bring up his ''father's death in such a hostile and provocative manner''. Most social media comments on this scene will easily be that the teacher deserved what he got.

* JerkassWoobie: Kale is aloof snd impulsive. But it's ''hard'' not to sympathize with his situation.

* CatharsisFactor: While it was very wrong for him to react the way he did, it is quite satisfying to see Kale knock down his teacher like that, after not only simply embarrassing in front of the entire class, bringing up his father's death in such a hostile and provocative manner. Most social media comments on this scene will easily be that the teacher deserved what he got.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** Kale's behavior as it goes into SanitySlippage comes off as uncomfortable when you know Shia Labeouf began to suffer from an implied CreatorBreakdown.

* JerkassWoobie:
** Kale is rude, impulsive, and a dick. But it's ''hard'' not to sympathize with his situation.

** His mother as well. She acts very disappointed and blunt with him, and it's even implied she resents him and blames him for her husband's death. But it's clear she's mourning her husband's death and the situation her son's in.

** This is another film that was hit with it hard following the rise of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic forcing people to stay in their homes, especially with psychologists projecting that teens and children may suffer an increase in psychological problems caused by "cabin fever".

** [[SerialKiller Robert Turner]]. Put aside that he's a murder, but the times when he ''isn't'' trying to kill someone and is instead showing TranquilFury makes him more terrifying.

** This is another film that was hit with it hard following the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic forcing people to stay at their homes, especially with psychologists projecting that teens and children may suffer an increase in psychological problems caused by "cabin fever".

* HarsherInHindsight: Kale's behavior as it goes into SanitySlippage comes off as uncomfortable when you know Shia Labeouf began to suffer from an implied CreatorBreakdown.

* JerkassWoobie: Kale is rude, impulsive, and a dick. But it's ''hard'' not to sympathize with his situation.

* NightmareFuel: [[SerialKiller Robert Turner]]. Put aside that he's a murder, but the times when he ''isn't'' trying to kill someone and is instead showing TranquilFury makes him more terrifying.

* CompleteMonster: Robert Turner is a SerialKiller who moved into a suburban neighborhood to evade capture after killing several people in Austin, Texas. He builds a multi-layer TortureCellar and killing lair underneath his house, with decaying corpses piled up all over the place. He seduces several women and invites them to his home before killing them, cutting up their bodies, and disposing of them in garbage bags. When the teenage protagonist discovers his true nature, he kidnaps and arranges to kill the boy's mother and [[FrameUp frame him for it]]. He further [[CopKiller kills a police officer]] who arrives on the scene by [[NeckSnap breaking his neck]].

* CompleteMonster: Robert Turner is a {{serial killer}} who moved into a suburban neighborhood to evade capture after killing several people in Austin, Texas. He builds a multi-layer {{torture cellar}} and killing lair underneath his house, with decaying corpses piled up all over the place. He seduces several women and invites them to his home before killing them, cutting up their bodies, and disposing of them in garbage bags. When the teenage protagonist discovers his true nature, he kidnaps and arranges to kill the boy's mother and [[FrameUp frame him for it.]] He further [[CopKiller kills a police officer]] who arrives on the scene by [[NeckSnap breaking his neck.]]

* CompleteMonster: Robert Turner is a {{serial killer}} who moved into a suburban neighborhood to evade capture after killing several people in Austin, Texas. He builds a multi-layer {{torture cellar}} and killing lair underneath his house, with decaying corpses piled up all over the place. He seduces several women and invites them to his home before killing them, cutting up their bodies and disposing of them in garbage bags. When the teenage protagonist discovers his true nature, he kidnaps and arranges to kill the boy's mother and [[FrameUp frame him for it]]. He further [[CopKiller kills a police officer]] who arrives on the scene by [[NeckSnap breaking his neck]].

* CompleteMonster: Robert Turner is a {{serial killer}} who moved into a suburban neighborhood to evade capture after killing several people in Austin, Texas. He builds a multi-layer {{torture cellar}} and killing lair underneath his house, with decaying corpses piled up all over the place. He seduces several women and invites them to his home before killing them, cutting up their bodies and disposing of them in garbage bags. When the teenage protagonist discovers his true nature, he kidnaps and arranges to kill the boy's mother and frame him for it. He further [[CopKiller kills a police officer]] who arrives on the scene by [[NeckSnap breaking his neck]].