Thanos Karagioras
"Drag Me to Hell" is a horror movie in which we watch a woman who works as a loan officer in a bank and in order to be promoted to the position of assistant manager she has to take tough decisions as her manager told her. She is also in competition for this position with another colleague of hers. After all of these, she takes a tough decision of evicting an old woman from her home. The old woman curses her and after that, she tries to save herself from that curse. While the evil forces reach her and push her to the limit she tries to save her saul from them.I liked this movie because it has a very interesting plot with a few good scenes that will keep you alert. I have to admit that I did not have high expectations from this movie so, I did not expect much from it and I was wrong. The suspense that you are going to have while you are watching this movie it would be at the maximum level. I also think that you aren't going to waste your time watching it. I liked the interpretations of Alison Lohman who played Christine Brown and Dileep Rao who played Rham Jas. The direction which was made by Sam Raimi was very good and also the visual effects which were used in it. To sum up, I believe that "Drag Me to Hell" is an interesting movie to watch, with many good scenes which will keep you alert for the whole duration of it. It has also an interesting plot with some twists which you won't expect. I recommend for everyone to see it because I am sure that you are going to enjoy it very much. Even if you have high expectations from this movie you won't be disappointed by it.
a-deards
The greatest thing about this film is the twist and turns. it was intense and at no point did i stop watching which can easily happen in a lot of horror movies.It appears from the other reviews people either love this film or hate it. Personally I loved it as a good old fashioned suspense movie with a bit of the occult thrown in.The balance of humour, suspense and chilling story line made me really enjoy this film. The film won numerous awards which I feel justifies my view.
Bryan Kluger
Back in 2009, the brilliant filmmaker Sam Raimi journeyed back to his horror roots and made a fun-as-hell horror-comedy film called 'Drag Me To Hell'. For those of you who don't remember who Sam Raimi is, movies like 'Evil Dead II', 'Army of Darkness', 'The Spider-Man Trilogy', and 'Darkman' are some of his accomplishments. Raimi and his brother and frequent collaborator Ivan Raimi had an idea for a horror film called 'The Curse', but when Raimi booked the 'Spider-Man' gig, that film was put on hold for the next decade. After 'Spider-Man 3' was released, Sam and Ivan went quickly back to their idea to work on a low budget horror film again, which turned into 'Drag Me To Hell'.
If you've seen the British horror film 'Night of the Demon', you'd see some good similarities between the two, but Sam wanted to make a movie about a pleasant and very nice individual who makes one bad decision out of their very own greed, which comes back to haunt them in a the most horrific way. 'Drag Me To Hell' centers on a young woman named Christine (Alison Lohman), who is a sweet and well-mannered loan officer at a bank. She's kind, funny, and has a good boyfriend she loves (Justin Long). Her boss at the bank is always riding her to make the "hard decisions" in order to keep bank profits up and not allow people who need help with extensions or past payments. Christine doesn't agree with this sentiment, but when an elderly gypsy woman comes in and kindly asks for an extension on her house, Christine does not allow it in order to impress her boss and gain a small promotion.The old gypsy woman, played perfectly by Lorna Raver, curses Christine to hell for eternity. The rules are that Christine is now in possession of a button from the gypsy woman and must pass the button along to someone else within three days or she will be devoured by demons in a fiery hell below forever. Of course, none of this seems believable, but when strange and terrifying things start happening, Christine must try to make things right. The film is rated PG-13, which for a horror movie on Sam Raimi's watch, isn't the way to go, but Raimi wanted to do something different and rely on a psychological horror rather than a ton of gore.
Needless to say, Raimi succeeded here on all levels. His ability to show shadows behind doors or evil footsteps lurking is highly suspenseful and works in each scene here. The more potent scares are in your face and downright terrifying, which might leave you nervously laughing at any moment. With the horror genre, Raimi perfectly inputs his comedic genius that rallies behind that of 'The Three Stooges' and some other off-beat dark humor, which is such a delightful and delicious mix of dialogue and gore. The performances are all solid, but the person who stands out is by far Lorna Raver as the old gypsy woman.Raver is a stage actress who is sweet and kind, but in this film, she is ugly, ruthless, and scary-as-hell. It's a great transformation and Raver just jumps into the deep end with her character and never swims back to the edge. At it's core, 'Drag Me To Hell' is a tale of morals and ethics, where you might be a sweet and kind person, but even one slip up and come back to bite you. It's a damn fine message and premise that will make you laugh and hide under the covers with the lights one. This is how you do a horror movie right.
johnmkirby
This movie is predictable and full of cliches and is somewhat repetitive of other horror (spooky) films. It is watchable, however. Many scenes are simply jump scares, and others are just gross to get an effect (bugs, vomit). This is sort of like a Twilight Zone plot with an overlay of demons and flies. The glowing reviews here are real suspicious. Funny how many of them note the director's prior works -- does not seem like a typical review.
