"Drag Me to Hell" is a sometimes funny and often startling horror movie. That is what it wants khổng lồ be, and that is what it is. After scaling the heights with "A Simple Plan" (1998) and slugging a home run with the "Spider-Man" franchise, it"s like Sam Raimi is taking some personal time và returning to his hobby.
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He is greatly assisted by his star, Alison Lohman. Horror movies with nasty old men can be fun (see "Bride of Frankenstein"), but for the mainline product there"s nothing lượt thích a sweet and vulnerable girl. Although in real life she"s pushing 30, Lohman looks nowhere near old enough lớn be Christine, the bank loan officer. No wonder she has such a chaste sleep-apart relationship with her boyfriend, Clay Dalton (Justin Long). I suspect they practice abstinence.
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If "Clay Dalton" rings a bell, those are surely two of the most common names in movies; there have been 761 Clays & 413 Daltons. That"s the kind of elbow nudge Raimi likes to provide, especially since the character really requires no surname. The whole movie is nudges, especially scenes involving a cute kitten and Shock Reveals. Xinh tươi kitties of course are useful in the It"s Only a Cat! false alarms, và Raimi deserves praise for not using this kitten in that way. Shock Reveals are of course the moments when a terrifying image explodes from the scene, scaring the split pea soup out of the heroine.
Shock Reveals should logically be silent, unless the Revealed is screaming. But in horror films they always come with discordant chords and loud bangs. This is as obligatory as the fact that blades always make a snicker-snack noise even when they are not scraping enough something.
It is essential that the heroine (for horror victims are conventionally women) be a good screamer, và man, can that Alison Lohman scream. Stanley Kubrick would have needed only a day with her on "The Shining," instead of the weeks he spent with Shelley Duvall. Christine has reason lớn scream. An old gypsy woman with a blind eye and leprous fingernails asks her for a third extension on her trang chủ loan, & if there"s one thing I"ve learned in this life, it"s that you never say no khổng lồ an old gypsy woman with a blind eye và leprous fingernails.
In the struggle that follows, Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver), rips a button off Christine"s coat, and that leads to no kết thúc of bad things, including the very real possibility that (spoiler) Christine will find herself Dragged lớn Hell. (unspoiler) Mrs. Ganush stalks and threatens her, Christine psyches out at work và with dinner with Clay Dalton"s parents, and Clay Dalton recruits an Indian-American mystic named Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) khổng lồ fight on her side.
If you think "Rham Jas" is supposed to lớn be an elbow nudge for the famous Ram Das, you may be on to lớn something. I didn"t find any occurrence of "Rham Jas," except those citing this movie, in the first 1,000 Google hits, which I considered to be due diligence.
For a Pasadena soothsayer who accepts American Express, Rham Jas is remarkably knowledgeable about the Rules of Hell, especially as they pertain lớn buttons và kittens. He struggles with Christine và Clay Dalton to appease Mrs. Ganush, especially after she dies and gains a powerful ally. Shock Reveals nevertheless occur with increasing frequency & ferocity.
Christine is badgered, beaten & hexed. Her toàn thân and soul are put through the wringer. Things get so bad Clay Dalton sleeps over one night. The other nights, he simply drops her off in front of her Arts và Crafts house (pre-crash value circa $2 million) và says, "You sure you"ll be all right?" She always is, for some reason.
As trùm cuối Gettys says of Citizen Kane, "He"s going khổng lồ need more than one lesson, và he"s going khổng lồ get more than one lesson." Christine learns these lessons: (a) Never say no to an old gypsy woman with a blind eye & leprous fingernails; (2) Never dig a grave during the thunderstorm of the century; (3) If she calls Clay Dalton when she needs him, that will be too late. Little could the poor girl have anticipated that a time would come when the penalty for approving the old gypsy woman"s trang chủ loan application would be her whole bank being dragged down to hell.
Sam Raimi returns to đứng top form with Drag Me to lớn Hell, a frightening, hilarious, delightfully campy thrill ride. Read critic review
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Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) has a loving boyfriend (Justin Long) và a great job at a Los Angeles bank. But her heavenly life becomes hellish when, in an effort khổng lồ impress her boss, she denies an old woman"s request for an extension on her trang chủ loan. In retaliation, the crone places a curse on Christine, threatening her soul with eternal damnation. Christine seeks a psychic"s help lớn break the curse, but the price to lớn save her soul may be more than she can pay. Show More
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Sequences of Horror Violence|Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery và thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2009 wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.1M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Ghost House Pictures
Cast & Crew
Alison Lohman
Christine Brown
Justin Long
Clay Dalton
Lorna Raver
Mrs. Ganush
Dileep Rao
Rham Jas
David Paymer
Mr. Jacks
Adriana Barraza
Shaun San Dena
Chelcie Ross
Leonard Dalton
Reggie Lee
Stu Rubin
Molly Cheek
Trudy Dalton
Bojana Novakovic
Ilenka Ganush
Kevin Foster
Milos
Alexis Cruz
Farm Worker
Ted Raimi
Doctor
Sam Raimi
Director
Sam Raimi
Screenwriter
Ivan Raimi
Screenwriter
Rob Tapert
Producer
Grant Curtis
Producer
Nathan Kahane
Executive Producer
Joseph Drake
Executive Producer
Peter Deming
Cinematographer
Steve Saklad
Production kiến thiết
Bob Murawski
Film Editing
Isis Mussenden
Costume thiết kế
Christopher Young
Original Music
John Papsidera
Casting
James F. Truesdale
Art Director
Don Diers
phối Decoration
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