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Drag Me to Hell

Universal acclaim
Based on 32 critic reviews
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Based on 196 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Horror | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Sam Raimi
Ivan Raimi
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 29, 2009
DVD: October 13, 2009
Running Time: 99 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for sequences of horror violence, terror, disturbing images and language
Starring Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Jessica Lucas, David Paymer, and Dileep Rao
Christine Brown is an ambitious L.A. loan officer. Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks, and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas to save her soul from eternal damnation. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse? (Universal Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Raimi has made the most crazy, fun, and terrifying horror movie in years.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey
With that fire in his belly, Raimi's Drag Me to Hell does everything we want a horror film to do: It is fearsomely scary, wickedly funny and diabolically gross.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
This film is cunningly crafted in every detail--direction, script, performances, comic timing, special effects--from thunderous start to delicious finish.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Dan Kois
As in the best horror movies, Drag Me to Hell keeps the audience on the edge of hysteria throughout, so that every thump sets the heart racing and every joke earns a slightly out-of-control laugh.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Matthew Sorrento
With brother Ivan as his co-writer, Sam tosses out a delightful batch of tense, hilarious set pieces. The two are giggling behind the proceeds like the Coen brothers scripting fresh off a critical triumph.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Raimi’s new film feels distinctly unburdened and fun, happily frolicking in its own pulp silliness.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
Raimi's still very much up to his old tricks, retaining that deliriously over-the-top brand of Grand Guignol horror that he had abandoned by the mid-'90s in pursuit of other genres.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Unlike so much contemporary horror, it's devoid of sadism and mean-spiritedness. The looseness Raimi allows himself here results in an especially joyous kind of filmmaking, the sort where the filmmaker's delight in scaring us (and making us laugh) becomes part of the movie's fabric.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
After directing three Spider-Man movies, Sam Raimi makes a masterful return to the horror genre.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
Raimi knows how to modulate his technique, as with the coolly controlled morality tale "A Simple Plan," but he's a firm believer in the power of an active, expressive camera, as well as the value of insinuation.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
Raimi as a filmmaker is clearly having more fun than he's had in years. So will his fans.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
Drag Me to Hell has a tonic playfulness that’s unabashedly retro, an indulgent return to Mr. Raimi’s goofy, gooey roots.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nick Pinkerton
If the booga-booga shocks are sometimes repetitive, Drag Me does its audience right in its last-act burst of giddy momentum, sustained by crack editor Bob Murawski through a burlesque exorcism.
Read Full Review >Empire Chris Hewitt
Thrilling and often hilarious, it’s good to see one of Hollywood’s most inventive directors fully reinvigorated. On this form, Spider-Man 4 should be a belter.
Read Full Review >Variety Peter Debruge
The picture is single-mindedly devoted to pushing the audience's buttons, and who better than Raimi to do the honors?
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
The movie is a goofy, ridiculous blast, and yet Raimi means business: Even the precociously cute kitty isn't safe in this one.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
A Raimi-esque mix of gross-out madness and sick laughs.
Read Full Review >Premiere Staff (Not credited)
Fear not those who worried about Raimi after the last "Spiderman" debacle. There is no musical number here. The tongue is planted firmly in-cheek. The spirit of "Evil Dead" lives on.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Working with his brother Ivan, Sam Raimi is laughing with us - and often louder than we are.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
Drag Me to Hell is unlike any scary thriller in a while: frightening, frenzied and fun.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
An unabashedly schlocky, expertly executed blend of jack-in-the-box jolts and humour.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Amy Binacolli
If you can stomach the projectile-sputum gags and stapled-eyelid attack scene, it's hilarious.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Jason Buchanan
A popcorn film that aims to entertain -- nothing more, nothing less -- and it achieves that goal admirably.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
Quick and lowdown-delightful. It's also a graveyard or two up in class from the torture films that, in recent years, have redefined horror for the worse.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
Drag Me to Hell is an eyeball-gouging lesson in how to make a genre flick and live to tell about it.
Read Full Review >New Orleans Times-Picayune Mike Scott
Even if the obligatory third-act twist arrives with all the subtlety of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Drag Me to Hell otherwise steers mostly clear of predictability.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Although Drag Me to Hell mostly fails as horror, it achieves sporadic success as a comedy.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.3 (out of 10) based on 196 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Larry K. gave it a2:
I laughed throughout the movie and I thought for sure the other members of the audience, who were trying so hard to be sooooooo scared, were going to kill me. My score of 2 was arrived at by giving the movie a 7 for humor and a -5 for horror. "Here kitty kitty kitty." LOL!
Mc Grease gave it a0:
I honestly think that is the worst dollar I have ever spent from red box in my life. I would have rather gotten a four piece from mcdonalds then to have bought this movie. I think the funniest part of the movie was when my friend farted on a leather seat and it echoed through the room. This is cheese. String cheese. I dont even think blaggy would have eaten this cheese. Raimi has made the most greasy, skunk, and diarrhea filled horror movie in years. I seriously could of taken a dump on a camera lens that people would rather see than this trash. I would rather have my fingernails pulled off with pliers or be forced to smell a used diaper filled with Indian food. Get em next Raimi ... McGrease out.
Ryan Mc. gave it a6:
More of an homage to a seldom seen horror genre gone. Entertaining, but rather ridiculous and campy at times. I found the story to be predictable and timing to be sporadic. Nice break from the torture, capture genre you see so much now, but nothing close to scary or a masterpiece.
Zachrid W. gave it a6:
From the first moment the scary old gypsy-woman appears on screen, you can tell it is a "Sam Raimi"-Film, the FX, the style, the funny-scary or even "cartoonish" moments, a lot will remind the viewer of the "Evil Dead"-Trilogy. But that isn't enough to make a good movie, in fact it feels totally misplaced here, all the "over the top" scary-things that happen around Christine are neither really scary nor really funny, because the story and her character doesn't match the tone of the "Evil-Deadish" Special-Effects. It's a treat for fans of the Evil Dead Series, but besides that just average.
Holly R gave it a7:
Pretty cool movie. Lots of disgusting, gross stuff to make you squeal and scream! The 2 main actors (Christine and her lame boyfriend) however, were very average. I'm not sure if they were acting like mediocre actors on purpose to make the movie campy, or if they are just not great actors. I suspect the latter. Anyway, that was my main beef. I think it would have been a better movie with real actors who could act. The actors in the supporting roles were better!
Paul T gave it a4:
Wanted to like it, and maybe that was my problem. I was disapionted. But I think I was expecting a return to evil dead 2, It is a high standard to meet afterall.
Arvin M. gave it a0:
Wow even more stupid on DVD!
