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 (1)
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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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I've never been so fucked up with a horror movie, and I thought I'd seen a lot of stuff. The creepy atmosphere could literally cut through a chainsaw at times. Alison Lohman was great and likeable, and I have no words for the granny. The big downside for me was the large number of overly absurd scenes, like the bloody handkerchief or the vomiting, and the animation of the critters and during the attacks on the main character. Still, I highly recommend it, especially for those who like to be scared.
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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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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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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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Honestly, no horror movie has brought me as much joy since The Ring as Sam Raimi's latest piece. Although it may not be innovative like The Ring, it is a tribute to its genre, a well-made film that includes all the basic genre motifs and attributes. We have here an aggressive witch, exorcism, a demon, mysticism, occultism, desecration of a grave, various phobias, jump scares, and a carefully built atmosphere. Even the opening credits cleverly use visual motifs from medieval books on Satanism and witchcraft. But the most important thing is Raimi's ability to skillfully balance on the edge of the genre and constantly undermine it with comedic and self-ironic elements. It's not strictly a comedy, as the horror element prevails, but Raimi winks at his audience and makes it clear that he knows his fans aren't looking for an Oscar-worthy spectacle, but for a good dose of entertainment. It's been a long time since a director played with me like this, and his imaginative use of some classic horror props is simply delightful. For example, a cross, used in countless horror movies and borrowed from a gothic novel, appears for only about 20 seconds, but the heroine feels its presence overwhelmingly physically. Although I understood the twist as an experienced movie fan the moment the lips licked the envelope, the way Raimi brought his film to its finale was surprising. All in all, I think it's the best film in its genre in the last 3 years or so. Overall impression: 90%. If Raimi had omitted some elements of splatterpunk, my satisfaction would have been even greater. Nevertheless, it's a good return to his directorial roots. To confirm the film's quality, all I had to do was watch the enthusiastic faces of the audience in the movie theater - such reactions can only be caused by a fraction of horror films these days...
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