Directed by:
Sam RaimiCinematography:
Peter DemingComposer:
Christopher YoungCast:
Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, Adriana Barraza, Chelcie Ross, Reggie Lee, Molly Cheek, Bojana Novakovic, Kevin Foster (more)VOD (4)
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Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is on her way to having it all: a devoted boyfriend (Justin Long), a hard-earned job promotion, and a bright future. But when she's forced to make a tough decision that evicts an elderly woman from her house, Christine becomes the victim of an evil curse. Now she has only three days to dissuade a dark spirit from stealing her soul before she is dragged to hell for an eternity of unthinkable torment. (official distributor synopsis)
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THE MINISTRY OF BODILY FLUIDS WARNS: DON'T EAT WHILE WATCHING THIS MOVIE! Hooray, hooray, four absolutely pure and honestly deserved stars! Sam Raimi has forgotten about the awkward Spider-Man and returned to where we love him best. Among the dead and the undead, in dark houses, in dug up cemeteries in a heavy downpour... Drag Me to Hell is almost a perfect horror film, which I ate up like a raspberry thanks to its reasonable length. Suspenseful scenes are interspersed with even more suspenseful ones, with every scare leading to the proverbial hand (you learn, for example, how to use a stapler in self-defense, or that goats can talk when it comes to them), and the whole film is conceived as a super-fun reminder of the work of the late 80s and early 90s. Moreover, Raimi can afford to employ actors who know how to act, and he was lucky enough to have a sensational atmospheric score. It should be noted that the gypsy witch is one of the most repulsive characters of all time. And being a person who hates any bodily fluids besides blood, I really preferred not to watch some of the scenes with this content. Disgusting. But I'll watch it again.
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A masterful game with genre tropes that manages to thrill, frighten, and entertain, often all within a single scene. After Spider-Man 3, Raimi makes it clear that he hasn't lost his judgment and knows how to entertain himself and the audience. Anyone who gives it less than three stars simply hasn't understood that Raimi made a fool of them. 4 ½.
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It lacks atmosphere for a horror. On the other hand, it has too many jumps waiting which let you know about themselves long ahead of time. I jumped just once and that was when a friend brushed against my hand when reaching for his drink. I hope it was by mistake. The black humor scenes work nicely, but there aren’t enough of them to make this work as a comedy. Apart from the “Itchy and Scratchy" fights between Christine and Mrs. Ganush, not much memorable happened. And Raimi without Bruce... Those words just don’t fit together in one sentence. But it’s true and it’s doubly disappointing when you realize that the role of Milos would fit him like a glove. In fact, I can’t believe that it wasn’t originally intended for him.
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Figure skating through different film genres, with a boldness spiced up with a unique creative signature. Sam Raimi is a genius who has mastered everything from jump scares and spooky atmospheres to social humor and Hitchcock-like family dinners. But the combination of witty humor and polished horror is not to everyone’s taste. That’s why I prefer the first Evil Dead to the second for the reason that it is a pure horror movie... and I love Jackson’s Braindead for the reason that it is a pure comedy. I’ve never liked when these two genres get mixed. But I’m still giving this film four stars, mainly for Sam’s refined perfectionism.
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An utterly boring and plotless horror. From start to finish there was nothing scary; the only good scene was maybe the one in the car when the old lady started laying into Christine. The rest isn’t worth my breath and I can’t understand the high scores given by others. I couldn’t find a single excuse to give this even one dumb star... Complete nonsense...
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