Title: Drag Me to Hell
Year: 2009
Director: Sam Raimi
Summary: A loan officer, named Christine, denies an old woman an extension on her home loan. Unfortunately, the old woman is a gypsy who places a curse on Christine. For the next three days, Christine is haunted by a demon called the Lamia, who basically scares the shit out of our heroine and the audience for a solid 60 minutes. Christine attempts several methods to get rid of this monster, including an incredibly depressing scene where she murders her own kitten.
Dave’s Rant: Drag Me to Hell exceeded my expectations and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is one of the better modern horror movies. The one major flaw from the film is some of its CGI is just horrible and unnecessary. For instance, they try to put the Lamia inside of goat in order to kill it. The result was the goat becoming possessed and yelling “bi-i-i-i-tch” and “whore.” Yeah, couldn’t really get behind that. The whole movie is completely insane and it keeps you on edge throughout. There are some legitimate scary scenes that will make you jump and the ending is fantastic and unexpected. I think one lesson that we all can take away from this is if someone comes into your place of business looking like this:
just give her whatever the hell she wants. If you can overlook some goofy special effects, then Drag Me to Hell is definitely a movie to check out.
Memorable Quote: “I beat you, you old bitch!”
Rating: 8/10
60 Second Horror 