Jay Weissberg Variety Feb 23, 2012

The truly frightening thought is how long this franchise, like the curse itself, can continue to be reborn.

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Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008 2/5

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Steve Biodrowski ESplatter Jul 4, 2008

... a film that, perhaps better than any other ever made, conveys the disturbing sense of the uncanny -- of fear that goes beyond reason or explanation ...

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Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound Dec 27, 2007 2/4

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Jason Gorber Film Scouts Jun 21, 2007 B-

Ye olde cursed-house-cuz-child-and-mom-were-killed Japanese midnight flick.

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Dan Lybarger Kansas City Star Feb 18, 2007 3/4

With just a little bit of editing and some disorienting sound effects, Japanese director Takashi Shimizu can create more tension and jolts than most filmmakers can with oceans of blood.

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Dragan Antulov Draxblog Movie Reviews Jun 25, 2005 5/10

There are too many characters and few of them are portrayed in a way that would allow audience to really care about their fate.

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Jeremy C. Fox Pajiba May 4, 2005

The immoderation extends to the acting, which is frequently histrionic. Both elicit laughs from the audience where there should be only the clickety-clack of nails bitten.

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Brian Juergens Freeze Dried Movies Apr 1, 2005 4/5

Ju-On features more matted black hair than you'd find in the locker room shower drain of an Italian soccer team -- but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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Vic Holtreman Screen Rant Jan 16, 2005 3.5/5

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Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com Nov 6, 2004 B-

There is nearly enough atmosphere and general creepiness to make you forget that the film doesn't really add up to anything.

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Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press Nov 5, 2004 3/4

If you are new to horror that places atmosphere and psychological intensity over gore, Ju-On is a good place to start.

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Jeff Vice Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Oct 29, 2004 2.5/4

Those who are patient will find that this one is a creepier, more effective movie than its American clone.

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Sean P. Means Salt Lake Tribune Oct 29, 2004 2/4

What this version has that the remake lacks: a few more intriguing subplots and some Kabuki-like visual flourishes.

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Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Oct 25, 2004 C

... succumbs to terminal stupid-itis, the very same ailment that's demolished plenty of other horror movies through the years.

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Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily Star Oct 20, 2004 3/4

Exists in its unsettling ability to cloak the audience in a mood of chilling dread.

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Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post Oct 15, 2004

It's creepy, all right. It's just that how it goes about creeping you out is sometimes just plain cheesy.

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Stephen Hunter Washington Post Oct 15, 2004

It's much harder on you than mere fright: It's... creepy.

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Liam Lacey Globe and Mail Oct 8, 2004 2.5/4

Shimizu is obviously impatient with dull exposition and wants us to get straight to the good scary stuff.

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