What Pompted You to write a Review?
I am writing this review to let people know that I was not happy about this movie. I was very excited to see it when it came out and when I saw it, I said to myself, "Wow, what a complete waste of time"
How was the Plot, Acting, Direction?
The plot was good, they had a good idea that was poorly executed. Some of the acting was good but the lead female character was a huge disappointment. I feel that with the budget the film had they could have done a much better job.
Were You ENTERTAINED?
As far as being entertained by this failure, well I watched it through to the end just because I had to see how bad the whole movie was. It would not of been so bad but the special effects looked like they were done by a first year college kid. I think that is what bothered me the most. When a movie does not pull through with good special effects it ruins the movie for me. Everything just looked so green screened to the picture.
Did It Fulfill Expectations? Hype Level?
Overall I expected this movie to be much better considering it was done by Sam Raimi who has created some amazing horror films.
Did a Movie Trailer Establish a HYPE?
The trailer looked great. That is why I originally wanted to see this movie, Too bad iT WAS A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT
Above all, Establish Your Star Rating 1-5 Or 1-10?
I rated this movie a -5 It was just way too terrible.
How would you recommend the movie?
Only watch this if you are a true Horror fan and there are no other choices and you are really bored or you would just love to see it and make fun of it.
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Touted as a return to Sam Raimi's horror-movie roots, Drag Me to Hell is indeed closer in spirit to the director's Evil Dead pictures than to his Spider-Man films. You got your gypsy gargoyles with rotted dentures, your upchucking corpses, your flexible two-way orifices--yes, Raimi's definitely back in the saddle. There's even a story: a sad loan officer (Alison Lohman) turns down the aforementioned denture-wearing gypsy for a loan extension, which leads to an evil curse and a date in hell in three days' time. A séance, an animal sacrifice, and a session in a storm-tossed graveyard will make the 72 hours pass very nervously, thank you, along with assorted scares. Justin Long plays Lohman's upper-class boyfriend, and Raimi fills the rest of the cast with some unusual and unfamiliar types. Along with the giddy horror-comedy that bursts out of the movie every 10 minutes or so, there's also an underlying mood of pity: Lohman's character is something of a hard-luck sad sack, who does enough wrong things to make her seem like a truly abject individual, well outside the heroic model of most multiplex offerings. (Lohman's own little-girl-lost quality adds to this feeling.) But don't let that get in the way of the fun-ride aspects of this goofy enterprise: Drag Me to Hell is a bunch of Z-movie gags wrapped in top-drawer production values.--Robert Horton
Stills from Drag Me to Hell (Click for larger image)
