Drag Me To Hell

[thepaulo]

For whatever reason, this is the movie that's got me really jazzed.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810029193/video

[Alexander the Great]

Hell yeah! What could be better than babes, gypsies, demons, and curses and to top it off its a Sam Raimi joint. I've been looking forward to his return to evil dead esque movies and this looks like it might be a turn in the right direction. Horror and funny can go hand in hand with Raimi at the helm.

[dereckfishboy]

My love for Evil Dead is strong, I have this gut feeling that Sam has developed into far diferrent a director that the kind that can direct the kind of horror movies that fan boys have idealzed. Perhaps I just don't want to get my hopes up.

[Crispy123]

PaulO says, Drag Raimi to Oscar Ah Ge Ge Ge

[thepaulo]

My love for Evil Dead is strong, I have this gut feeling that Sam has developed into far diferrent a director that the kind that can direct the kind of horror movies that fan boys have idealzed. Perhaps I just don't want to get my hopes up.

True....but....
Sam knows as well as anyone how much Evil Dead is loved.

[razorboy]

Raimi is hit or miss for me. Stupid For the Love of the Game, The Quick and the Dead, and the Spider-Man flicks. Ugh. I'll see it, but I'll keep my expectations low.

[jessicaduh]

what, you didn't love Spiderman 3? come on! Toby McGuire dancing down the street? Brilliance!

stupid fucking movie. i almost walked out, but i was with other people.

YUCK.
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[RADIO-SHARK]

I,m waitin for the remake of "HOT RODS TO HELL"

[Gerald]

Kinda dismayed by the PG-13 tag. I'm sick of content being softened just so my showing can be ruined by disruptive tweens.

[thepaulo]

Kinda dismayed by the PG-13 tag. I'm sick of content being softened just so my showing can be ruined by disruptive tweens.


I agree I was troubled by that as well.
My Hell is not PG.

[thepaulo]

Nice interview with Sam Rami.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/05/sam-raimi-on-spiderman-i-would-have-done-everything-differently.html

[Gerald]

Holy cow, 95% (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/drag_me_to_hell/) on the Tomatometer. Spider-man 2 and A Simple Plan didn't score that high. What an unlikely critical darling for Raimi.

[grlNIN]

I just went to see it with my boyfriend. Let me first say that i am not big into gory horror movies, or even horror movies in general.

That being said, we walked out after an hour of watching. Was it because it was bad? No. First, i spent that entire viewing hour with one ear plugged, my eyes squinted and my arm covered my face because i was that scared. (could be because of my aversion to horror movies or maybe i am that soft). The point in which we had to leave the movie came when a kitten was sacrificed.

I could have gone on through the movie but my boyfriend clearly did not want to stay as we left i heard someone murmur "i wguess it was too much for them" and i nearly turned around and beat them with my purse.

Anyway, i would recommend this movie to those who actually enjoy horror movies but then again seeing how much of a puss i am maybe that might dissuade others from believing it's true standing as a horror movie.

[Gerald]

I just went to see it with my boyfriend. Let me first say that i am not big into gory horror movies, or even horror movies in general.

That being said, we walked out after an hour of watching. Was it because it was bad? No. First, i spent that entire viewing hour with one ear plugged, my eyes squinted and my arm covered my face because i was that scared. (could be because of my aversion to horror movies or maybe i am that soft). The point in which we had to leave the movie came when a kitten was sacrificed.

I could have gone on through the movie but my boyfriend clearly did not want to stay as we left i heard someone murmur "i wguess it was too much for them" and i nearly turned around and beat them with my purse.

Anyway, i would recommend this movie to those who actually enjoy horror movies but then again seeing how much of a puss i am maybe that might dissuade others from believing it's true standing as a horror movie.

Wow. My anticipation just went to 11. I'm a huge horror buff but I had little enthusiasm for this in the months leading up to its release, despite Raimi's participation, because I didn't like the trailer and I was disgusted by the announcement of a PG-13 rating. The last horror movie I saw in a theatre that really scared me was the remake of The Ring so hopefully I get the urge to flee my showing today too out of sheer terror.

[angrymissy]

I just went to see it with my boyfriend. Let me first say that i am not big into gory horror movies, or even horror movies in general.

That being said, we walked out after an hour of watching. Was it because it was bad? No. First, i spent that entire viewing hour with one ear plugged, my eyes squinted and my arm covered my face because i was that scared. (could be because of my aversion to horror movies or maybe i am that soft). The point in which we had to leave the movie came when a kitten was sacrificed.

I could have gone on through the movie but my boyfriend clearly did not want to stay as we left i heard someone murmur "i wguess it was too much for them" and i nearly turned around and beat them with my purse.

Anyway, i would recommend this movie to those who actually enjoy horror movies but then again seeing how much of a puss i am maybe that might dissuade others from believing it's true standing as a horror movie.

Thank you for this, because I want to see this but cannot watch movies where cats or dogs are injured/die/etc.

[grlNIN]

Yeah. They didn't show it but you see her coaxing the kitten with a knife then cut to the house, cat screeching and seeing the dead body as she is burying it.

I could have gone through the movie (unpleasantly) with that but my boyfriend said "No, i don't want to see anymore of this it's ruined it for me". I was going to get my money back fro the manager for "not condoning or giving money to a movie that is so liberal about animal cruelty". Yes i know it's a movie and it's "fake" but i don't care. I was talked out of doing this and so there you go.

It's also getting a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/drag_me_to_hell/)

[hammersavage]

Note to self: ninny will use her purse as a weapon.

[grlNIN]

Note to self: ninny will use her purse as a weapon.

Situationally.

It is of moderate size and i was carrying beverages in it.

[RoseBlood]

I was going to get my money back fro the manager for "not condoning or giving money to a movie that is so liberal about animal cruelty".

Having not seen the movie and not knowing what it's about, I'm curious how the movie actually condones animal cruelty? Was the cat sacrificing necessary and important to the movie or was it just gratuitious and done for shock (even though they don't actually show it). I would be adverse to them actually showing it (even if it was fake) because to me that is just gore for the sake of gore. Movies show/imply rapes, murders, beatings, prositution all the time, but they aren't always condoning the behavior they portray. Having said all this, you've convinced me, I will probably not see this movie.

[RoseBlood]

I could have gone on through the movie but my boyfriend clearly did not want to stay as we left i heard someone murmur "i wguess it was too much for them" and i nearly turned around and beat them with my purse.

Meh, They probably didn't mean any offense, but it was stupid for them to say out loud.

[grlNIN]

Having not seen the movie and not knowing what it's about, I'm curious how the movie actually condones animal cruelty? Was the cat sacrificing necessary and important to the movie or was it just gratuitious and done for shock (even though they don't actually show it). I would be adverse to them actually showing it (even if it was fake) because to me that is just gore for the sake of gore. Movies show/imply rapes, murders, beatings, prositution all the time, but they aren't always condoning the behavior they portray. Having said all this, you've convinced me, I will probably not see this movie.

I don't see how it was very integral to the plot, the fortune teller told her an animal sacrifice can be done to appease the demons. The irony of what youre saying is paralleled in the fact that her character was a fat girl from the Midwest who was named "Pork Queen" at the county fair (as they show her looking at the picture from the fair with the winning pig). So what if she traveled back to the farm and killed one of her pigs? I am pretty sure you would have walked out of that movie, regardless of whether they showed the slaughter or not, am i correct?

I'm not up for discussing what i feel is moral or immoral in movies i go to see at the theater. My boyfriend and i are meat eaters, we are not PETA enthusiasts and we were still upset with both the idea of a kitten being sacrificed and showing the dead body of the kitten being buried. If i wanted my money back and had pursued it, i would have gotten my money back.

[RoseBlood]

So what if she traveled back to the farm and killed one of her pigs? I am pretty sure you would have walked out of that movie, regardless of whether they showed the slaughter or not, am i correct?

Probably not, I'm too cheap to walk out.

I've seen movies where a child kills their mother. I love my mother and would not walk out of an otherwise entertaining movie.. that's just me.

If something in a movie truly upset me, I'd walk out and I have no problems with anyone who chooses too, it's your money and your time; you shouldn't have to sit through something that makes you uncomfortable.

[grlNIN]

Also, i originally stated that even though we were equally upset, i said that i could have continued to sit through the movie, however my boyfriend refused and wanted to leave.

I've seen movies where a child kills their mother. I love my mother and would not walk out of an otherwise entertaining movie.. that's just me.

I care more about animals than i do people, if she would have sacrificed a baby she found in a dumpster i probably would have applauded her for keeping the population rate down.

[RoseBlood]

I care more about animals than i do people
i said that i could have continued to sit through the movie, however my boyfriend refused and wanted to leave.

Then you should have had fun while demonstrating your hatred for mankind by tieing him down and forcing his eyes open (ala clockwork orange) for the duration of the movie.

[grlNIN]

I said i would have stayed through the rest of the movie because he paid for it and i didn't ant him to feel as if he wasted his money.

Do you have anymore insights into my life that you would like to share or are you done inciting an argument just so you could have everyone know that "I've seen movies where a child kills their mother. I love my mother and would not walk out of an otherwise entertaining movie.. that's just me."?

[hammersavage]

I won't be seeing this because I am a big old scaredy cat. Not the sacrificial kind.

[drusilla]

Probably not, I'm too cheap to walk out.



that's as bad as when people refuse to throw out terrible food just because they paid for it

[hammersavage]

that's as bad as when people refuse to throw out terrible food just because they paid for it

I'm so passive, I will never make a fuss. But I will almost never see a movie I don't like because I do too much research.

[CountryBob]

I hate cats and I will see this movie just for that reason!

[drusilla]

I'm so passive, I will never make a fuss. But I will almost never see a movie I don't like because I do too much research.

i'm a wimp. i love raimi but i watch scary movies with my head down & my feet up off of the floor. also usually don't walk out unless it's that terrible. then i'll just fall asleep (only dvd though, can't fall asleep at the theater)

[hammersavage]

i'm a wimp. i love raimi but i watch scary movies with my head down & my feet up off of the floor.

Hot.

[grlNIN]

i'm a wimp. i love raimi but i watch scary movies with my head down & my feet up off of the floor. also usually don't walk out unless it's that terrible. then i'll just fall asleep (only dvd though, can't fall asleep at the theater)

My mom fell asleep during Attack of the Clones.

[hammersavage]

My mom fell asleep during Attack of the Clones.

She's the best

[Contra]

Cat sacrifice I'm in! Dog sacrifice, count me out.

[RoseBlood]

that's as bad as when people refuse to throw out terrible food just because they paid for it

I was actually kinda joking, but i do agree with your food commet.

[Gerald]

I generally enjoyed it. It was definitely fun viewing and Alison Lohman was great to look at in every sense. I'll stop well short of calling it a great horror movie even though it was really enjoyable to see Raimi go back to his genre roots. I'm a faggy animal lover across the board and the cat killing didn't bother me because the tenor of the movie was so overtly comical (despite the preponderance of GOTCHA! moments that make you jump, I don't understand how anyone could genuinely be frightened by the film). Even if I hadn't known beforehand about the cat death, I would've realized immediately that it was toast as soon as it appeared because house pets are always doomed in movies like this. I have to admit if I had a satanic gypsy death curse and I thought an animal sacrifice would get rid of it, I too would go after either of my two feline friends with a butcher knife.

[Crispy123]

Also, i originally stated that even though we were equally upset, i said that i could have continued to sit through the movie, however my boyfriend refused and wanted to leave.



I care more about animals than i do people, if she would have sacrificed a baby she found in a dumpster i probably would have applauded her for keeping the population rate down.

Wow, way to take a stand for animal rights by walking out of a movie. :thumbdown:

[ecobag2]

stupid.

I walked out of the trailer in a bar recently.

[StupidGirlllll]

I saw this last night. I will admit I did jump a few times & screamed maybe once. I just thought it was gross not goory if you saw it you will know what I mean.

[grlNIN]

Wow, way to take a stand for animal rights by walking out of a movie. :thumbdown:

It wasn't really taking a stand on animal rights. It's just something that made us no longer wiant to continue watching the movie, combined with the fact that i could hardly watch the movie to begin with.

Maybe you should learn how to read comprehensively before adding your own uninspired attempt at an insult into the mix.

[Dude!]

Yeah. They didn't show it but you see her coaxing the kitten with a knife then cut to the house, cat screeching and seeing the dead body as she is burying it.

I could have gone through the movie (unpleasantly) with that but my boyfriend said "No, i don't want to see anymore of this it's ruined it for me". I was going to get my money back fro the manager for "not condoning or giving money to a movie that is so liberal about animal cruelty". Yes i know it's a movie and it's "fake" but i don't care. I was talked out of doing this and so there you go.

It's also getting a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/drag_me_to_hell/)

i like your boyfriend

[grlNIN]

He posts here sometimes.

[thepaulo]

I was like a very gory and extremely gross Hitchcock movie. Many of the Bank scenes had that stilted pace and perfectionist composition unique to Alfred Hitchcock.

It was also a folm that encouraged people to talk and scream back at the screen.
There were so many setups that had the audience jumping in anticipation.

It was primarily done as a full tilt entertainment. Very enjoyable.

[dino_electropolis]

I was like a very gory and extremely gross Hitchcock movie. Many of the Bank scenes had that stilted pace and perfectionist composition unique to Alfred Hitchcock.

It was also a folm that encouraged people to talk and scream back at the screen.
There were so many setups that had the audience jumping in anticipation.

It was primarily done as a full tilt entertainment. Very enjoyable.

You hit it right on the head.

Just got back from watching it. I thought it would be this uber scary movie, but instead, in true Raimi fashion, it was one of the funniest movie experiences i've had in a long time.

I think thats due in part to the general expectation of the audience for a scary flick.

Hootin, hollerin and gut busting laughs.

If your lucky to watch it with the right crowd, its a great time.

[Crispy123]

It wasn't really taking a stand on animal rights. It's just something that made us no longer wiant to continue watching the movie, combined with the fact that i could hardly watch the movie to begin with.

Maybe you should learn how to read comprehensively before adding your own uninspired attempt at an insult into the mix.

Where exactly was the insult?

Heres a friendly bit of advice, go back and read over some of these posts and your responses before you talk shit about other peoples reading comprehension.

[Sue_Bender]

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[grlNIN]

Where exactly was the insult?

Heres a friendly bit of advice, go back and read over some of these posts and your responses before you talk shit about other peoples reading comprehension.

Perhaps in the snide remark combined with the artful use of the emoticon?

[thepaulo]

So now we have to wait until Rami makes Spiderman 4 b4 we get Evil Dead 4. Hurry up Rami. Get cracking.

[Gerald]

So now we have to wait until Rami makes Spiderman 4 b4 we get Evil Dead 4. Hurry up Rami. Get cracking.

I wish he would've bailed on the franchise after the part 3 debacle. He must've been motivated to return by the hope of getting rid of the bad taste left in everyone's mouths. And the dump truck of money the studio was offering probably added extra incentive. If he never goes back to ED I won't be too bummed because Indy 4 showed that all you can do is fail when you dust off a beloved property that's been dormant for over a decade. Theoretically it would be nice to see a Dead movie with a beefed up budget that SR could command with his Spidey clout, though.

[thepaulo]

I wish he would've bailed on the franchise after the part 3 debacle. He must've been motivated to return by the hope of getting rid of the bad taste left in everyone's mouths. And the dump truck of money the studio was offering probably added extra incentive. If he never goes back to ED I won't be too bummed because Indy 4 showed that all you can do is fail when you dust off a beloved property that's been dormant for over a decade. Theoretically it would be nice to see a Dead movie with a beefed up budget that SR could command with his Spidey clout, though.


How about a franchise merge/reboot.....Spiderman: Evil and Dead

[Gerald]

grlNIN how much hard time do you think the offender from this story should do?

http://www.miamiherald.com/486/story/1097422.html

[Gerald]

How about a franchise merge/reboot.....Spiderman: Evil and Dead

I'd be all in favor of a Darkman reboot. Or better yet, a sequel. Liam Neeson has aged well and he showed in Taken that he can still bring a physically imposing kick-ass presence.

[Gerald]

grlNIN, avoid The Collector at all costs. There's a scene where a cat writhes in acid before being cut in half. It was an older feline unlike the one in DMtH, though, so at least we can find consolation in the fact that it lived a fuller existence before being horribly killed.