In association with the NZ International Film Festival
DRAG ME TO HELL
- Year : 2008
- Country : USA
- Director : Sam Raimi
- Running Time : 99m
If you liked...
- Curse of the Demon
- House
- Evil Dead 2
Raimi the Detroit super 8 horror nut who became a Hollywood titan (Spiderman 1,2,3) returns to his roots (Evil Dead 1,2,3) with a hellacious and hysterical chillride that owes more than a passing nod towards Curse of the Demon; Jacque Tourneur's classic tale of supernatural coercion. This throwback to the goofy horrorcoms has pretty loan officer Lohman denying a decrepit gypsy woman an extension on her mortgage. This intentional oversight of course ends in a curse being invoked and Lohman battling a demon intent on literally dragging her to hell.
Like some possessed rollercoaster, the film swerves from goofy gross-outs to terrific set-pieces, taking audiences for a ride that will have them laughing and screaming simultaneously. Raimi's direction can't hide a infectious carny spirit that has him upstaging his own work by taking the pulpy retro source material to dizzying new heights of non-stop absurdly bloody fun and killer kinetic action.
