Fresh
O, joy, a horror flick that's smart and funny, as well as cringeworthy for all the right reasons. And up to speed on the mortgage crisis too.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Drag Me to Hell
Christine Brown has a good job, a great boyfriend, and a bright future. But in three days, she's going to hell.
2009 · 1h 39m · PG-13
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Sam Raimi
Overview
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.
Director and cast
- Sam Raimi Director
- Alison Lohman as Christine Brown
- Justin Long as Clay Dalton
- Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush
- Dileep Rao as Rham Jas
- David Paymer as Mr. Jacks
- Adriana Barraza as Shaun San Dena
- Chelcie Ross as Leonard Dalton
- Reggie Lee as Stu Rubin
- Molly Cheek as Trudy Dalton
- Bojana Novaković as Ilenka Ganush
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Playful and relentlessly scary.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Fresh
Raimi should go slumming more often.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Fresh
The dichotomies director Sam Raimi presents within that familiar genre are what make this such a kick.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Fresh
Drag Me to Hell is a sometimes funny and often startling horror movie. That is what it wants to be, and that is what it is.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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