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I didn’t find Sam Raimi‘s “Drag Me to Hell” entertaining. It is an intelligently directed, edited and photographed horror flick with some canny moments, such as the weirdness at the dinner party. But those scary jolts can be clunky if not silly, and the writing is spotty, concerning as it does a young woman who is cursed by a Hungarian crone when the former declines to further extend the gypsy’s bank credit. “Lamia” time. As a Christian I believe in damnation, but I don’t believe in this film. It handles the subject of “eternal burning” too lightly, too frivolously–and, needless to say, with bad theology. Also, horror movies with abysmally dark endings stick in my craw. They’re not fun. As if all this weren’t enough, Alison Lohman, though lovely, gives a superficial performance as the cursed gal.
Reviewed by my bro Dean.
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Barry H
I thought ‘Drag Me T0 Hell’ was the best ‘horror’ I have seen in a long while. Modern horror is to often just extended torture scenes – the classics of the ’80s were funny, scary for kids, but hilarious for adults.
DaveStuff
Yeah… I liked that movie too. It was certainly entertaining. I don’t know what these horror cat’s are doing these days. I always start checkin horror films around Halloween tho (soon)