(The CG is pretty bad though.)
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zustiferDrag Me to Hell (2009), Sam Raimi. Dec 26, 6pm. View count: One.
"If gypsies can curse people so easily, they should be ruling the world. Why didn't she use those powers to make payments or whatever?" -- Someone on IMDB
This isn't a masterpiece, or even a really satisfying unalloyed Raimi bonanza; neither is it complex or very well-plotted, but it's amusing and revels in its style. A lot of people seem to have failed their comprehension rolls on this movie; they assume it's meant to be straight-up horror or a horror-tinged comedy, presumably because they don't know Sam Raimi very well. In this movie he gets to focus pretty single-mindedly on the Madballs-level grossouts which suit him so well. The man also likes his archetypes, and twisting them in simple ways is as far as he goes in this. It's sort of like a 40s horror comic, in a way, unashamed of its intrinsic hokeyness. I appreciate that.
"If gypsies can curse people so easily, they should be ruling the world. Why didn't she use those powers to make payments or whatever?" -- Someone on IMDB
This isn't a masterpiece, or even a really satisfying unalloyed Raimi bonanza; neither is it complex or very well-plotted, but it's amusing and revels in its style. A lot of people seem to have failed their comprehension rolls on this movie; they assume it's meant to be straight-up horror or a horror-tinged comedy, presumably because they don't know Sam Raimi very well. In this movie he gets to focus pretty single-mindedly on the Madballs-level grossouts which suit him so well. The man also likes his archetypes, and twisting them in simple ways is as far as he goes in this. It's sort of like a 40s horror comic, in a way, unashamed of its intrinsic hokeyness. I appreciate that.
