Drag Me to Hell

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Drag Me to Hell

PG-13

2009

1h 39m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Christine Brown has a loving boyfriend and a good job at a Los Angeles bank. Her heavenly life becomes hellish when, in an effort to impress her boss, she denies an old woman's request for an extension on her home loan. In retaliation, the crone places a curse on Christine, threatening her soul with eternal damnation. Christine seeks a psychic's help to break the curse, but the price to save her soul may be more than she can pay.

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Sam Raimi returns to top form with Drag Me to Hell, a frightening, hilarious, delightfully campy thrill ride.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

10/26/2020

B+

It's very well-directed and a total f---ing blast!

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Kaleem Aftab

Independent (UK)

05/15/2018

When violence appears in Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, it's not meant to be real, often it's hilarious, and what Raimi tries to show is what is going on in the mind of his principal character.

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Glenn Kenny

MUBI

12/13/2017

At what point does gleeful cynicism become so gleeful that it ceases to function as cynicism at all, and mutates into a blatant formalist trope of little emotional or intellectual resonance, but plenty of aesthetic...what's the word? Bliss?

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 23

9/10

This film really hits the sweet spot for me. The characters are fleshed out, The special effects are viscerally over the top, and there is a subtle ribbon of humor strung throughout.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

05/28/2024

4.5/5

Raimi's "return" to horror features cartoonish violence, Evil Dead references, and a great cast that's game for anything. And that's before we talk about the controversial animal murder and mean AF ending.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

10/27/2023

This rollercoaster horror film is like an EC horror comic of the 1950s come to life, an unforgiving morality tale with playfully gruesome twists and a doozy of a gallows humor.

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Brendan K.

@Bkeller25 May 22

A 2000s horror classic. It largely holds up in the story and fright departments. The film has moments that border on an R rating. I wouldn't put it on the level of Spider Man 1 or 2, but probably around Send Help. The CGI can look dated in some parts, but it is endearing in a campy sorta way.

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Zachary M.

@RT97780828 May 19

As a very religious boy when I was younger, this movie scared the hell out of me. The idea of the devil just opening the earth and snatching you

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Zach W.

@alanwakeup25 May 10

I think this movie needs a satire/comedy rating as well.

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Beth R

@RT38465538 Apr 11

this film is absolutely awful and a complete waste of time, even the ending can’t save it. the whole plot is pointless and makes little to no sense, the characters are badly written and portrayed, the script is also badly written and it’s just a generally bad film. don’t watch it

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Jeff F

@TiberiusSpock Apr 6

After asking a couple of my friends to watch this...a few years ago now...I either got "wow" or "laughable". I remember hearing that when the Exorcist came out. I will say, for me, this is one of the scariest movies ever. I put it up there with Psycho and The Ring (English Version). Typical Raimi...clever, well directed, solid characters and just a solid story. For me, one of the best horror films ever made.

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Leprechaun K

@LeprechaunKing Mar 27

It is well written and executed by Raimi. The movie as a whole is good but the plot twist in the finale was too predictable. Also, the main character is just not likable enough. Good old Raimi style campy horror entertainment.

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Synopsis

Christine Brown has a loving boyfriend and a good job at a Los Angeles bank. Her heavenly life becomes hellish when, in an effort to impress her boss, she denies an old woman's request for an extension on her home loan. In retaliation, the crone places a curse on Christine, threatening her soul with eternal damnation. Christine seeks a psychic's help to break the curse, but the price to save her soul may be more than she can pay.

Director: Sam Raimi
Producer: Rob Tapert, Grant Curtis
Screenwriter: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Ghost House Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Sequences of Horror Violence|Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.1M
Runtime: 1h 39m