It's also fun to formulate your own theories on 'Drag Me to Hell's intentions. He is equal parts new age pomposity and genuine sincerity, and he and Alison Lohman's Christine make a great duo, trying to come up with ways that she can rid herself of this evil (two words: animal sacrifice, two more words: cute kitty). In addition to the aforementioned cast members, there's also a standout performance by Dileep Rao as Rham Jas, the psychic who actually believes Christine and tries to help her get this demon-shaped monkey off her back. It should be noted that the cast is really superb.
#VER DRAG ME TO HELL 2 SERIES#
It shares creaky spookiness mixed with state-of-the-art technology and the sensation that anything can pop out at you and go "Boo!" It's a nonstop series of successive scares, and the rare horror comedy that's as scary as it is funny, in equal measure.
#VER DRAG ME TO HELL 2 MOVIE#
It's like they filmed the movie inside Disneyland's Haunted Mansion. The gags are really first rate, so much so that I'm hesitant to give them away, but I will say this - there's a whole lot of goo in this movie. Since the movie was PG-13 (there's also an unrated cut on this disc - more on that in a minute), Raimi's back to using good old fashioned spook-you-silly techniques, and they really are brilliant.
#VER DRAG ME TO HELL 2 WINDOWS#
It starts with rattling of windows and demon-shaped shadows and gets more and more terrifying from there. The fun of 'Drag Me to Hell' is watching the escalating supernatural terror that visits Christine, and seeing her try to head it off at the pass. If Christine cannot rid herself of this demon, then she will be dragged to hell in three days. Of course, as is so often the case in today's difficult lending market, Sylvia then curses Christine with a demonic force. Ganush is a cartoonish gypsy-type Eastern European woman with a "sick" eye, who hacks up phlegm and taps her talon-like fingernails on Christine's desk.Ĭhristine, who means well, is unable to give Sylvia the loan. And then the elderly Sylvia Ganush (a note-perfect Lorna Raver) walks into her bank, asking for a loan extension so she can stay in her house. She has a boyfriend (Justin Long, managing to make the straight man role seem interesting) and a chance at a big promotion from her unctuous boss (David Paymer). 'Drag Me to Hell' is the story of Christine Brown (the adorable Alison Lohman, who took over duties from 'Juno's' Ellen Page weeks before shooting began), a humble farm girl who has a job as a loan manager for a local Los Angeles bank. The result? 'Drag Me to Hell,' easily one of the filmmaker's best films and one of 2009's biggest cinematic treats. Thankfully, Raimi did take a breather, just long enough to resurrect a 10-year-old script he had co-written with his brother Ivan Raimi. (Danny Elfman has talked about how Raimi, an old friend since 'Darkman,' had become a virtually unrecognizable terror by the time 'Spider-Man 2' concluded.) It was very apparent that Raimi needed a break from the Spider-madness, or he'd burn out, a tragic case of a great filmmaker soured by the increasing demands of the take-no-prisoners studio system. By the time the third 'Spider-Man' movie rolled around in 2007, it seemed Raimi had more or less lost it, awash in a sea of computer-generated visual effects, hammy performances, unnecessary dance numbers, and rickety, tired storytelling. His career then culminated with the three 'Spider-Man' movies, which were perfect examples of the laws of diminishing returns. He made a gonzo western ( 'The Quick and the Dead'), a subtle thriller ('A Simple Plan'), a baseball drama ( 'For Love of the Game'), and a Tennessee Williams-style slice of Southern Gothic ('The Gift').
Ah, Sam Raimi, it's good to have you back in the horror game.Īfter starting his career with the three influential, gore-drenched 'Evil Dead' movies and the bleakly comic, and just as violent 'Darkman,' he started to mix it up.
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