Drag Me to Hell could also be called Evil Dead 4. Director Sam Raimi goes back to his horror roots with this one. Christine, a normal, friendly girl, is a loan officer. One day an old gypsy woman swoops in to her office for a loan extension, which Christine denies to help herself move up the corporate ladder.

Taking a page from Stephen King’s “Thinner”, you don’t upset old gypsy women because they will curse the shitout of you. Christine spends the rest of the movie running from hell, seeking help to break the curse to keep her on this mortal coil.

So if you’ve seen an Evil Dead movie, you know what to expect. The main character is tortured through bizarre and scary events, trying to the last frame of the picture to save their lives. Jump scares, demons, gross out effects, dirt, blood, bugs and a whole lot of yelling is the main course for viewers. While the premise of the movie is actually very scary (if you don’t break the curse, you are literally dragged to hell), the move really isn’t. It’s funny and exciting really. The acting is great, especially Alison Lohman who plays Christine, the effects are top notch and there is actually very little gore. It’s edited just right, sound work is great too, lots of wild surround work done to really push the intensity at you. There are a lot of fantastic scenes in here, I would have loved to have made this movie. The fight in Christines bed room was wild, the feeling of being stalked by something supernatural was perfectly done.

I liked Drag Me to Hell a lot. It’s the kind of material that Raimi excels at (I think the Spider Man movies have been overly praised). It’s not for everyone but as far as I’m concerned it’s worth watching (especially with friends)/