History YMMV / Juon

* MoralEventHorizon: Takeo crosses this when he murders both his wife, son, and son's cat in a jealous, paranoid rage. Not only that, but he also [[spoiler:murdered Masami, the wife of Kobayashi, the man Takeo believed Kayako to be having an affair with, before ''cutting out her unborn child, shoving it in a sack and beating it against the walls and floor, and then telephoning Kobayashi to tell him what he'd done''.]] Yikes.

* BrokenBase: There are some who aren't at all keen on the ContinuityReboot and the changes to Kayako and Takeo's personalities, or ''Film/SadakoVsKayako'', feeling that the latter film turned both this franchise and ''Literature/TheRing'' franchise into jokes.

* UncannyValley: Kayako, and the way she ''moves''.
* WhatAnIdiot: Kyoko Suzuki's brother, who ''still'' sold the house in spite of his (clairvoyant) sister's obvious fear of the place.

** Takeo Saeki, before [[AssholeVictim being taken by the horrific curse]], [[DomesticAbuse murders his wife]] by snapping her neck, leaving her [[AndIMustScream alive, but paralyzed in extreme agony]] for a lengthy period before he finally kills her with a knife. Takeo then proceeds to calmly [[OffingTheOffspring murder his son Toshio]], and even Toshio's [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals cat]], before he attacks the wife of the man he suspected Kayako was having an affair with before cutting out her unborn child from her stomach and mocks the father over what he's done.

** Takeo, before [[AssholeVictim being taken by the horrific curse]], [[DomesticAbuse murders his wife]] by snapping her neck, leaving her [[AndIMustScream alive, but paralyzed in extreme agony]] for a lengthy period before he finally kills her with a knife. Takeo then proceeds to calmly [[OffingTheOffspring murder his son Toshio]], and even Toshio's [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals cat]], before he attacks the wife of the man he suspected Kayako was having an affair with before cutting out her unborn child from her stomach and mocks the father over what he's done.

* CompleteMonster: Takeo, before [[AssholeVictim being taken by the horrific curse]], [[DomesticAbuse murders his wife]] by snapping her neck, leaving her [[AndIMustScream alive, but paralyzed in extreme agony]] for a lengthy period before he finally kills her with a knife. Takeo then proceeds to calmly [[OffingTheOffspring murder his son Toshio]], and even Toshio's [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals cat]], before he attacks the wife of the man he suspected Kayako was having an affair with before cutting out her unborn child from her stomach and mocks the father over what he's done.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: ''Ju-On: The Grudge'', released for the Nintendo Wii and separate from the films' canon, was heavily panned by critics for its [[{{Waggle}} difficult controls]], [[GuideDangIt confusing gameplay]], and [[ItsShortSoItSucks relatively short length]]. That said, most gamers are willing to admit that the game itself still manages to be genuinely scary thanks to the atmosphere.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Being low-budget features (especially the first two), it's [[JustifiedTrope natural]] that a few of these turn up, but one example is the faces of Toyama and Izumi appearing at the back of the shrine in the third film - it is jarringly obvious that they've been sloppily cut out and pasted on the back of the shrine.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The scene in ''White Ghost'' where Toshio [[FridgeBrilliance meows at a barking dog toy]].

* CompleteMonster: Takeo, even ''before'' he became part of the curse (but only after his FreakOut). He murders his wife (by not only snapping her neck, but leaving her [[AndIMustScream still alive, paralysed and in sheer agony for a period of time]] before he finally kills her with a knife), his child, and his child's cat in a fit of extreme jealousy - mostly looking extremely calm (if detached) while he does so - and then [[spoiler: brutally murders Manami, Kobayashi's wife, in her own home, ''cuts out her unborn child'', sticks it in a plastic sack, phones Kobayashi to inform him of what he's just done, and then proceeds to bash the foetus against railings in the street]]. After his death, his other assorted atrocities have included him [[spoiler:[[MindRape driving Kyoko completely insane]] by forcing her to watch what he did to Manami]], [[spoiler: possessing Tatsuya]], and [[spoiler: murdering Rika (in the novel, he tortures and rapes her instead)]].

* AnimalMotifs - Kayako (and her curse) reminds this troper of spiders:
** One of the first scenes in the very first film is a view of a spider with the Saeki house (the roof and the attic to be exact) behind it.
** Kayako's often seen (or heard) in the attic, which is a common place for spiders to live.
** Female spiders are commonly considered more dangerous than males - Kayako is (excluding the two reboots) the most threatening of the ghosts and has the largest body count.
** Females of some species are known to eat their partners - Kayako's first victim (if you don't count Toshio, who might or might not have been killed by his mother) is her crush - Kobayashi, and her second victim is her husband.
** The curse itself has a resemblance to a spider's web - when you enter the house it's only a matter of time before you die at the hands of (most likely) Kayako. No matter how far you escape, the curse is stuck to you just like a spider's web.
** The way Kayako moves, i.e. on all fours, head first and in some cases she appears on the ceiling or from other place improbable or outright impossible for a human being.
** Kayako emerging from a plastic bag (both in the stairway scene and before killing Takeo) reminds of an arthropod molting or leaving a cocoon.
** Victims are often seen unresponsive or even catatonic in the face of immediate danger such as Kayako approaching them - spiders most commonly poison their prey with venom and then eat them unable to move but still alive.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler:Is the child at the end of the fourth movie Kayako reincarnated, or Kyoko's original offspring possessed by the former while still in the womb?]]

** The post-''Grudge 2'' films ''really'' annoyed fans and viewers with [[spoiler: how highly overpowered Toshio was made, pretty much making the original horrifying thread of Kayoko less scary considering people have to be more worried ''[[{{Narm}} about the meowing eight year old]]''.]]

* CompleteMonster: Takeo, even ''before'' he became part of the curse (but only after his FreakOut). He murders his wife (by not only snapping her neck, but leaving her [[AndIMustScream still alive, paralysed and in sheer agony for a period of time]] before he finally kills her with a knife), his child, and his child's cat in a fit of extreme jealousy - mostly looking extremely calm (if detached) while he does so - and then [[spoiler: brutally murders Manami, Kobayashi's wife, in her own home, ''cuts out her unborn child'', sticks it in a plastic sack, phones Kobayashi to inform him of what he's just done, and then proceeds to bash the foetus against railings in the street]]. After his death, his other assorted atrocities have included him [[spoiler:[[MindRape driving Kyoko completely insane]] by forcing her to watch what he did to Manami]], [[spoiler: possessing Tatsuya]], and [[spoiler: murdering Rika (in the novel, he tortures and rapes her instead)]].

* BrokenBase: There are some who aren't at all keen on the ContinuityReboot and the changes to Kayako and Takeo's personalities, or ''Film/SadakoVsKayako'', feeling that the latter film turned both this franchise and ''TheRing'' franchise into jokes.

* CryForTheDevil: Poor, poor Kayako.
%%* EpilepticTrees: Oh boy. Where to start?

** The post-''Grudge 2'' films ''really'' annoyed fans and viewers with [[spoiler: the mode that was given to Toshio, pretty much making the original horrifying thread of Kayoko less scary considering people are to be more worried ''[[{{Narm}} about meowing the eight year old]]''.]]

* {{Narm}}: Several moments in ''The Curse 2'', [[{{Sequelitis}} which is one of the main reasons why it isn't looked upon as favourably as the other entries in the series]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The soundtrack of every movie, although special mention goes to the third movie's soundtrack.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVIH4M0KUxk These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWz0Y7lxuwA soundtrack]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PsKMidVmDw previews]] for the first four films are good examples.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The scene in ''White Ghost'' where Toshio [[FridgeBrilliance meows at a barking dog toy]].

** The post-''Grudge 2'' films ''really'' annoyed fans and viewers with [[spoiler: the GodModeSue mode that was given to Toshio, pretty much making the original horrifying thread of Kayoko less scary considering people are to be more worried ''[[{{Narm}} about meowing the eight year old]]''.]]

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: ''Ju-On: The Grudge'', released for the Nintendo Wii and was separate from the films' canon, was heavily panned by critics for its [[{{Waggle}} difficult controls]] and [[GuideDangIt confusing gameplay]].

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The rebooted films to some fans, largely due to the fact that they're more about Toshio than Kayako and the latter rarely showing up in the film.

** The post-''Grudge 2'' films ''really'' annoyed fans and viewers with [[spoiler: the GodModeSue mode that was given to Toshio, pretty much making the original horrifying thread of Kayoko less scary considering people are to be more worried [[{{Narm}} about meowing the eight year old]]''.]]