Comments on: Review: Drag Me to Hell

By: El_Gordo

El_Gordo — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:49:11 +0000

Yes, the girl didn´t deserve it. If anyone deserves to go to hell it is the old crone who has magical powers even from beyond the grave but can´t afford to pay for her house? And what about her army of relatives which the movie shows in disgusting detail? What did they do for her except stuff themselves at her wake?

Movie COULD be read a graphic illustration of the long-term dangers of illegal immigration but I doubt it.

By: El_Gordo

El_Gordo — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:42:59 +0000

I´m a bit late to the party but what the heck. This is probably the most ridiculous, over the top silly movie I have ever seen. Scary? It would be funny – Army of Darkness funny – if it had tried to be a comedy. I understand that it´s basically a revisiting of EC comics territory but these comics weren´t scary either.

Besides all the stunning lapses in logic, I resented the paganism (gypsies decide who goes to hell?) and vastly outsized retribution for the basically innocent main character (another exercise in sadism) which we are clearly meant to snicker at. I lost count at how many times the girl is forced to swallow some disgusting effluent or rotten body part. That´s not horror.

By: lu-ee

lu-ee — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:36:40 +0000

DITTO DITTO
"Best theater-going experienced of the year." Seen it twice and hope to make it a third. I have only seen 2 movies 3x: Spidy 2 and Pirates 2. This maybe the 3rd.

cheers folks & enjoy with a clear conscience. Think of it like a good little paperback of short stories, and this movie contains one or two of the short stores. a very cozy intense little flick that has not one throw away scene in it.

…and "cautionary tale" is exactly how I thought of it as. be careful what you wish or desire. choices have consequences…

By: Ken Begg

Ken Begg — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:51:22 +0000

Count me in on the pro-Drag Me side. This is clearly Raimi's homage to the classic Curse of the Demon, and a very enjoyable one at that. Really good stuff.

By: Youareamoron

Youareamoron — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:02:05 +0000

"Since I'm never going to see a horror movie, feel free to actually tell me the ending. "

It's called Drag Me to Hell. How do you think it ends?

Some of you really don't like using your heads, do you.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:23:40 +0000

I disagree, respectively of course. "Drag Me To Hell" was balls to the wall awesomeness! It had that great feeling of an Evil Dead film, and if Raimi doesn't make Evil Dead 4 (which he better), 'Drag Me To Hell" is the closest we'll get to an Evil Dead 4.

By: 1upnya

1upnya — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:30:10 +0000

This was the best horror movie Ive seen since 28 days later. Beats the hell out of the saws,hostels,and every other gore flick they label as horror. My wife was so scared she wanted to leave 20 minutes into it.

By: masha

masha — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:49:25 +0000

Also reminds me of Stephen King's Thinner. A gypsy wronged by "the system" curses a wealthy person who then has an opportunity to transfer the curse.

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Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:48:51 +0000

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By: Sebastian Shaw

Sebastian Shaw — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:11:54 +0000

I love the original Evil Dead; all of Ash's friends & sister are eventually possessed by the Deadites; I loved his sister getting "raped" by the tree. Also the Deadites are quite scary given they appear to have no physical form until they possess someone. And of the special effects are done without CGI!

I really want directors to stop using CGI; it has become a crutch.