![]() David Paymer "carrot dangler" knows how to make the rabbits dance to his tunes. Reggie Lee "corporate pacman" does a good job of munching up everything that comes between him and the success ladder. Justin Long "Keanu Reeves impersonator" is plastic expressions all the way. ![]() Anything more would have been potential overdose. Alison Lohman "i can shriek" delivers the right expressions warranted for a horror movie. And yes, for a welcome change "Drag Me To Hell" steers clear from the Japanese horror genre and pans out to be a very much American product. "Drag Me To Hell" transports to you to the era of 1980's where blood, gore, chills and likes of "Nightmare on Elm Street" / "Evil Dead" spawned in plenty. But in the end, it delivers fully on what it promises. Mr Jeepers Creepers (Justin Long) himself, reduced to a bystander for example. Sometimes it didn't get the recognition it deserved, sometimes it did (it just won another prize the other day). Disturbing images and a nice score, neatly edited and shot. ask Bruce "Ash" Campbell and now the lovely A. Sure you might not like the movie for various reasons, but Raimi does know how to build tension (and torture his protagonists apparently. This movie is showcase of what Raimi is capable of. Fear no more (or actually do so, while watching the movie), because he hasn't. Seriously though: While this was one detail that got discussed quite a bit, even before the movie came out, many "fearing" (no pun intended) that Raimi had lost his touch and had gone "soft" on them. Seems like you can get away with murder these days with a PG-13 rating. Seven out of 10.Īnd by rating I mean the "PG-13" one. It may be silly at times, but at least it isn't boring. This comes complete with a "twist" near the end that isn't too hard to predict. ![]() Raimis' actor brother Ted can be heard briefly as a doctor making a house call Octavia Spencer has a small role as a bank employee. Justin Long is similarly engaging as her loving, faithful boyfriend, and the top supporting cast also showcases talents such as Raver (who's memorably creepy and disgusting), Dileep Rao (as a fortune teller), Adriana Barraza (as a medium who'd encountered the Lamia 40 years ago), the always solid Paymer, and Chelcie Ross as Longs' father. All of this would be rather meaningless if the lead character weren't at least somewhat sympathetic, and Lohman makes Christine an appealing character. One unqualified highlight is the grandiose music score by Christopher Young, giving the whole thing an operatic feel. He never seems to run out of things to stick in Lohmans' mouth. It is commendable that Raimi and his cast & crew give the proceedings a lot of energy, and fans of the first two "Evil Dead" features may take *some* delight in the way that Raimi goes for the gross-out so often. Raimi goes for "GOTCHA!" jump scares a little too often, there's an onslaught of utterly cheesy digital effects, and there are moments that are much more laughable than shocking. That said, this viewer did have some genuine fun with this over the top story and film, although it's not without its flaws. There aren't that many middle-of-the-road assessments. Many reviews here at IMDb tend to go to one extreme or the other: people either love it or loathe it. Christine, who suffers one garish episode after another, works every angle she can think of to avoid the inevitable. Now a demon dubbed the Lamia will be on its way to drag Christine to Hell in three days time. The old lady becomes livid and curses Christine. Therefore, she denies an extension to the loan to elderly Gypsy Mrs. She covets a possible promotion a little too much, and her boss (David Paymer) likes people who are able to make tough decisions. Alison Lohman stars as Christine Brown, loan officer at a bank. Veteran filmmaker Sam Raimi made his much-ballyhooed return to the horror genre with this crazed picture, after years of working on mainstream titles such as "A Simple Plan", "For Love of the Game", and the first three "Spider-Man" feature films.
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