Variety
The picture is single-mindedly devoted to pushing the audience's buttons, and who better than Raimi to do the honors?
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Drag Me to Hell
Director Sam Raimi may have reached global recognition with his Spider-Man franchise, but once upon a time he was a revered horror director and his Evil Dead series spawned many imitators. He returns back to his unholy roots for Drag Me to Hell, a horror about a loan officer (Alison Lohman) who, after evicting an old woman from her home, finds herself the new owner of a supernatural curse. She desperately tries to save her soul while the evil forces push her to breaking point.
2009Rating: MA15+, for sequences of horror violence, terror, disturbing images and language99 minsUSA
HorrorThriller
- Director:
- Sam Raimi (The 'Spider-Man' series, The 'Evil Dead' series, 'A Simple Plan', 'The Gift')
- Writer:
- Sam RaimiIvan Raimi
- Cast:
- Alison LohmanJustin LongLorna RaverDavid PaymerDileep RaoReggie Lee
Drag Me to Hell / Reviews
Total Film
Gaudy, ghoulish, this particular creepshow plugs into the EC Comics of the ’50s, laughing uproariously in the face of death. Forgettable, but groovy while it lasts.
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The New York Times
Drag Me to Hell has a tonic playfulness that’s unabashedly retro, an indulgent return to Mr. Raimi’s goofy, gooey roots.
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New Zealand Herald
But really it's main point is shouting "boo!" at regular intervals which it does with a ghoulish glee all the way to its nasty twist of an ending. It all makes for a welcome return to Raimi's house of horrors.
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Los Angeles Times
With that fire in his belly, Raimi's Drag Me to Hell does everything we want a horror film to do: It is fearsomely scary, wickedly funny and diabolically gross.
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Hollywood Reporter
Raimi's still very much up to his old tricks, retaining that deliriously over-the-top brand of Grand Guignol horror that he had abandoned by the mid-'90s in pursuit of other genres.
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Empire Magazine
Thrilling and often hilarious, it’s good to see one of Hollywood’s most inventive directors fully reinvigorated. On this form, Spider-Man 4 should be a belter.
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Dominion Post
Drag Me to Hell is no "great" movie, but it's a helluva entertaining one. I loved it.
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