In walks a gypsy (Lorna Raver) needing an extension on her house but the officer turns her down, which gets a curse put on her. Sometimes, though, Raimi goes too far take the goat scene: just what on earth was he thinking?ĭrag Me to Hell (2009) *** (out of 4) A loan officer (Alison Lohman) is wanting a promotion so her boss advises her to play it tough in her decisions on the job. The pacing's good, though, and there are plenty of set-pieces and jump-in-your-seat moments, so undemanding horror fans might find themselves entertained regardless. As the heroine, Alison Lohman tries very hard to convince, although she does fail to elicit much sympathy.
The cast is nothing to write home about, with performances ranging from the pantomime (Dileep Rao) to the decent (David Paymer). Playing it straight would have worked far better, I think. There's a kind of infantile relish in watching a toothless old crone slobbering over her victim that makes me wonder what exactly he was thinking of. The witch's curse storyline has real potential to be interesting, but none of the scare scenes work, mainly because Raimi goes for the gross-out over the genuinely spooky. I'd much have preferred practical effects, because then the film wouldn't have been so cheesy and laughable. Raimi relies far too much on CGI in this movie, so that most of the (frequent) scare scenes are fake-looking and cartoonish sometimes making this look like a Looney Tunes cartoon done via live action. Sadly, time has passed, and nowadays the formula seems a little stale.
It sounds entertaining, and you'd think it would be easy for a man who once made it his job to bring fresh, energetic horror to our cinema screens.
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