History Film / NoroiTheCurse

* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: What Kogutaba was prior to the erection of the dam]].

* NothingIsScarier: This film is built on this trope.

** [[spoiler: There were actually [[FourisDeath four]] pigeons that hit the window, however the camera angles given of the outside only distinctly show two]].

** Might qualify as FridgeBrilliance. [[spoiler: Notice how the ones who got screwed in the end were Kobayashi and Hori, who were near the ritual site when they saw Kana being surrounded by ectoplasmic fetuses. Marika and Miyajima were escaping the mountain as the whole thing was going down, so it's quite possible that the curse didn't affect them at all.]]

* FinalGirl: The only person who isn't missing or dead by the end of the movie is [[spoiler: Marika]].

* [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu Broke Your Arm Attempting to Stop a Demonic Summoning Ritual]]

* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]
* [[spoiler: [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu Broke Your Arm Attempting to Stop a Demonic Summoning Ritual]]]]

--> ''"[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor I want the truth. No matter how terrifying, I want the truth.]]"''

* HopeSpot: Kobayashi did save a child from Junko and manage to adopt him and take him to their home, leading to possible a very BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler: Only for Kagutaba to come back.]]

* AdultFear: Never mind your child getting kidnapped. [[spoiler: Your child getting kidnapped and force fed aborted fetuses to appease some EldritchAbomination...that takes the cake.]]

"I guess it's too late for all of us."

* AdultFear: Never mind your child getting kidnapped. [[spoiler: Your child getting kidnapped and force fed aborted fetuses to appease some EldritchAbmonination...that takes the cake.]]

* AdultFear: Never mind your child getting kidnapped. [[spoiler: Your child getting kidnapped and force fed aborted fetuses to appease some EldritchAbmoniation...that takes the cake.]]

* ReligiousHorror

* InfantImmortality: Averted hard for [[spoiler: Kana.]]

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Kagutaba. It's never sufficiently explained what the Kagutaba actually is or where it came from, its mere presence (which is felt everywhere) drives people insane and/or to suicide, and if there is any purpose behind Kagutaba's actions, it's utterly incomprehensible - it never seems to be an actively malicious character but more a generally harmful force that cares little to not at all about the people it destroys.]]

** Might qualify as FridgeBrilliance. [[spoiler: Notice how the ones who got screwed in the end was Kobayashi and Hori, who were near the ritual site when they saw Kana being surrounded by ectoplasmic fetuses. Marika and Miyajima were escaping the mountain as the whole thing was going down, so it's quite possible that the curse didn't affect them at all.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Mariko and Miyajima manage to escape the mountain before the confrontation between Hoji, Kobayashi and Kagutaba.]]

* ItGotWorse: It started with an investigation into odd sounds coming from next door, and ended in a race to stop [[spoiler: the summoning of a demon]].

* YogSothothSays: Multiple characters fall under the influence of [[spoiler: Kagutaba]] over the film.

Masafumi Kobayashi is an investigative journalist who specializes in researching supernatural occurrences. In 2004, after finishing his latest video documentary, a fire broke out in his home. His wife's body was found inside, but Kobayashi himself was declared missing. His video, while declared too disturbing to show to the public, is the main segment of the movie. Shown through the video recordings of his personal investigation and clips of television shows, the documentary ties together the threads of a collection of strange events known as The Curse (Noroi, in Japanese).

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: It's outright stated in the beginning that the documentarist's body is never found.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Midori, a girl who worked with Marika, kills herself along side 6 other people, including a young man Kobayashi was investigating]]. Also, [[spoiler: Junko Ishii]].

* HollywoodExorcism: Averted. [[spoiler: the ritual to bind Kagutaba is dignified and not very dramatic.]]

* ReligionOfEvil: The villagers, at first. [[spoiler: the village started as a community of sorcerers who used Kagutaba for their own means. Then, when Kagutaba stopped listening to them, they became devoted to keeping him bound underground.]]

* SuicidePact: Again, [[spoiler: Midori and 7 other people hang themselves from a park swingset]].

** Might qualify as FridgeBrilliance. [[spoiler: Notice how the ones who got screwed in the end was Kobayashi and Hori, who were near the ritual site when they saw Kana being surrounded by ectoplasmic fetuses. Mariko and Miyajima were escaping the mountain as the whole thing was going down, so it's quite possible that the curse didn't affect them at all.]]

** Might qualify as FridgeBrilliance. [[spoiler: Notice how the ones who got screwed in the end was Kobayashi and Hori, who were near the ritual site when it happened. Mariko and Miyajima were escaping the mountain as the whole thing was going down, so it's quite possible that the curse didn't affect them at all.]]

--> "[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor I want the truth. No matter how terrifying, I want the truth.]]"
--> -- Masafumi Kobayashi