Drag Me To Hell

Cast: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver
Directed by: Sam Raimi

Christine Brown is a loan officer aspiring for the assistant manager's position. One day, an old gypsy woman, Mrs. Ganush, approached her, asking for a third extension for her house eviction. Christine, aspiring for the promotion, decides to impress her boss by denying the old woman her extension. The old woman begged for mercy but Christine shunned her out of fright and disgust. This enraged Mrs. Ganush who later waited for Christine in the parking lot. After a brutal fight, Ganush gained the upper hand and laid a curse on Christine. After experiencing horrific visions, Christine decides to meet a psychic. There, she discovers that Ganush cursed her with the demon Lamia: she will be tormented in three days, before finally being literally dragged to hell!

I've been awaiting this movie for a long time. As soon as I heard that Raimi was doing a new movie in the vein of Evil Dead, I got so excited. So how is this new film? Not good as Evil Dead but still good!

The actors did a decent job. Alison Lohman was effective in portraying the tortured Christine Brown... she's no Bruce Campbell but she definitely got the job done. Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush was effective as hell (pardon the pun!). She portrayed Ganush with creepiness, as well as with slapstick humor when needed! Makes you think twice of crossing an old gypsy lady from now on! Haha!

The direction? Definitely Raimi style. Sam Raimi purposedly when back with his B-movie syle horror directing, mixed with slapstick "Looney Tunes" style comedy! All the B-movie effects and the slapstick humor (yes, including the 'anvil scene') are all purposedly done. I know that a lot of people "won't get" the movie if they expected a traditional horror from Raimi. I can say that Sam Raimi did a good job in this movie... its like going back to basics.

To conclude, like I've said, a LOT of people will come out disappointed in this movie if they expect a traditional horror flick (blame the trailer). For Raimi fanboys, however, this is a gem of a movie... takes you back in the days when the Deadites tormented Ash Williams! Haha! My only gripe in this movie is that you can see the buildup to the ending from a MILE away! Given Raimi's directorial abilities, I know he can do better in setting up a better setup to a more shocking ending. Another gripe is out of the movies fault, but the MTRCB. The fucks did it again. They cutted out the grossed out parts which gives the movie its attitude! Mga bobo talaga. No other choice for me but wait for it in DVD. Score: 9/10