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absolutely refreshing, entertaining, and scary. Thank you Sam for this movie. and if your concerned about the pg13 rating, don't be, you"ll be shocked by what Sam got away with.

What makes this movie so special? When I saw previews I thought to myself, "Meh... another horror movie." and I never once thought to see this movie. Then I heard a few good reviews, so I thought I'd check rottentomatoes and discovered the movie currently has a 95% rating from 111 reviews. I didn't think that was possible for a horror movie to be rated so highly. So my question again for those who have seen it, what makes this movie so special? Without giving spoilers of course.

i saw this film has great reviews but i thought it was barely OK, same with other films like this year, Star Trek , wolverine and fast and furious.

#5 - In my opinion, Star Trek and DMTH were awesome. Wolverine and Fast & Furious were eh, but they didnt get good reviews. RottenTomatoes.com

Loved it to bits. Pure fun from start to finish - if you love Raimi it will be a slice of fried gold. Had me jumping out of my seat one minute, laughing hysterically the next, and then back to goosebumps. Incredibly difficult balance to pull off, so Sam, I salute you! The only thing that could possibly have improved it would be a Bruce cameo. Which he had to turn down due to Burn Notice filming commitments. I wonder which role he was up for? I'm guessing Justin Long's dad, perhaps.

Definitely seeing it now. Thanks everyone. I have little money for movies I just want to see as I'll see the BIG ones with my dad. Big screen is how horror films should be enjoyed as well.

12# I havent seen it, but Raimi has always used those same camera effects. You damn skippy they are cheezey, but I wouldnt have it any other way. Raimi has never done "canned" horror and hell; I dont know if you can even consider Evil Dead and Army of Darkness horrors over comedy. On the rest of the material, I cant comment

@ #12..... I think they know that they are not getting any Oscars for this sorry it doesn't stand up to your Shakespearian friggin method acting standards... Go read a book buddy film doesn't need you!

Personally, I don't think what Raimi did with this was "creepy." It seemed to use too much "pop-out" horror to drive its point home. The shots with rotating camera and the shots with the creepy shadows were very well done but I just don't see the point in all the rest. It seemed almost wacky at times. I didn't know whether I should laugh or not. Plus the end is so depressing, it makes me wonder how people can watch this and movies like it over and over. And was their a good story? Not really, I mean what actually happened? I guess I will always be a sucker for the older horror films like the Exorcist, the Thing, and Alien, because they use the environment and atmosphere to create "good" horror.

Sam Raimi doesn't make scary scary horror movies, he makes fun ones that have more comedy in them than any of the mall cop movies. It's horror/comedy with real scares, but over the top performances... kind of a B horror movie with fun affects. If you liked Evil Dead and Army of Darkness more the same goodness. Fun as hell to watch.

worst movie i have ever seen. period.

All good points by the people that responded about hey its a Raimi flick you should expect cheese...but I ask you to look at the way the movie was marketed...."Utterly terrifying and greatest horror film of the year"..."masterpiece of american horror" ...that was my problem They marketed this as something else..and hyped it up as a truely scary horror movie...not as the typical fun cheesy Raimi flick So i ask you all that are going into this movie somewhat biased with love for raimi cheese...to instead go in with a measure of a true horror film that should be scary. Then you may see more of my point. I didnt watch a movie like van helsing and walk out mad that it was cheesy...i knew it was cheesy going in. #21 thx for backing me up. #15 ur kidding right. Because someone doesnt blindly agree with your personal opinion u think they arent a movie fan ? urs is the only response i have no respect for.. lol Everyone go see UP btw..was awesome

this was awesome from start to finish there should definitely be a sequel

I loved this flick, it was advertised as the greatest horror film of the year and I don't think that was a lie. What was the last good horror movie? 28 Days Later in '02? Grindhouse in '07, maybe? The first truly scary mainstream movie I've seen in years. And if you think Raimi's return to horror was misleading advertisement than you must not have seen any of what he's returning to. It's exactly what me and my friends expected, being fans of the Evil Dead and its sequels. And he did it all with a PG-13 rating! I was genuinely impressed at the scares he was able to get out of me. I jumped two feet in the air despite telling myself i wasn't going to when i heard the music picking up. It reminded me most of Evil Dead II, freaking terrifying at some points, straight-up nasty at others, totally badass or hilarious in still others, and (Spoiler Alert) an ending that doesn't really bode well for our hero. In my opinion, this Christine Brown needs to be the new Ash Williams. Bring on a couple sequels to this mess.

It was fun.

Okay here's what I thought: I have yet to decide whether this movie was bad or good, so please read on and I'll make up my mind. Me and my friend were deciding what movie to watch today, and since Up was sold out we decided to go see Drag me To Hell on the advice of a friend who called it "hilarious". And here's where I guess #18 has a very good point. Regardless of whether or not the film itself is intentionally supposed to be hilarious, we brought in a very different perspective of "funny". In our case, this perspective was reinforced by my friend's opinion on the movie being "hilarious", as well as our experience watching Raimi's movies such as Army of Darkness (which is arguably not a horror movie whatsoever, just pure comedy). And as far as I could see most of the audience who saw it with us entered into the theatre expecting funny as well. But despite this prejudice, I don't think I can honestly make the argument that this film WASN'T FUNNY. There was so many ridiculous moments I can remember. *SPOILERS* Like when the goat gets possessed by the demon and starts talking, and if I remember correctly when the demon posses the Mexican assistant dude, and he starts cackling maniacally and dancing in the air over the fire, some guy near the front stood up and started clapping. THAT was hilarious. Also WTF with some of the scenes, like when Lohman sees the black cat at her boyfriend's home, and when asked about her cat, gives this very strange stilted response. Like I'm sorry was that ab-libbed or something? Did they do 30 takes and that was the best they could get? Also can anyone say haunted handkerchief, LOL. * END SPOILERS* I honestly don't know if I can say I liked this movie as a horror movie. But I did love it as a comedy. That is all.

That was honestly one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Most of the funny parts were supposed to be serious. Goddamn I wasted my money. Piece of shit movie. Wowwwww, everyone, save your money.

what a great piece of fun this movie was. I think it takes a certain mindset to enjoy this sort of thing - you can't really be going into it expecting quality, that's for sure. Also, you can't really take it seriously... if you just watch it and take everything in stride it's such a FUN movie to watch, and although the casting is admittedly out of the blue and not that great, and there are definitely many "scary" parts that are more silly than scary, that's just part of it. One should watch this having the mindset of someone who rents an old crappy B horror movie to make fun of. And #12, you're absolutely right about the scares being based more on gimmicky audio blasts rather than genuinely scary content (a distinction that marks a truly GOOD horror movie) but, that being said, Drag Me to Hell is still a great ride if one tries not to be critical and just lets it in or whatever. Also, terminator sucked. Everybody go watch UP.

I'm an idiot. In the above comment I was referring to Boston Legal not Boston Public,

Awesome and like what was said refreshing BUT Raimi could have turned up the intensity a bit more in some areas. Meeting with the Mexican lady in the house, too short and could have used more suspense ++SPOILER++ (also, if this lady was waiting 40 some years to finally redeem herself from her first encounter, why would she insist on having $10,000 to perform this ritual thing?...splitting hairs I know but anyhoo..)

Unfortunately the box office didn't do so good: $16,628,000 (Estimate) http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dragmetohell.htm I think they estimated it would do around $24-26? Hopefully word of mouth and good reviews will help it next week.

@23, Despite the marketing attempts, you should've known that this is a Raimi film. Marketing is marketing. That's their job, to make you go see it, over hype it... if you've seen any of his Evil Dead movies then you should've known what to expect going into the movie rather then to base it on the marketing attempts. Granted if you've never seen a Raimi horror flick then I can understand your dissatisfaction. If I were to base every movie I've seen on Marketing, then I would be unhappy 90% of the time. For example, over used marketing ads... "Funniest movie of the year", "Scariest movie of the year", "Best movie of the year", etc..... how many times have you seen this on every new movie that's coming out? Obviously you can't believe that every movie that's coming out is the funniest, scariest, or best movie of the year. Sorry but in the end, it's your own fault. I went in knowing what to expect from Raimi, and wasn't disappointed. Though I thought that this wasn't as good as his Evil Dead films, mainly because the Evil Dead films had Bruce.

@42 Spoofs are making fun of other movies retard. This movie is classic American horror and contains all the stuff that you don't want happening to you, but still contains cheesey and satirical tidbits. Black Lagoon and The Mummy might be considered along the lines of Raimi's take on TRUE horror.

look i didnt no it was a comedy ok, why should i have known its a raimi film, i just watch the trailers i dont go away thinking hhhhmmmmm lets just see, what can i expect from this film. seriously if id have known it was the makers of army of darkness i would have left it to people who enjoy them films. and i do not agree i should have known it was gonna be a comedy, as it never once said anything of the sort in the preview. i no all about evil dead films, but i dont no by gospal the director, you obviously no your stuff not every one does like me, i watch a trailer and go from there, just gutted it wasnt anything i wanted it to be. like it said it would be on the trailer. obviously i dont expect every film to be exactley like the trailer, but if it had said its tongue in cheek, (army of darkness) etc, maybe i would have not thought i was gonna be scared out of my wits, i love scary films, i just think they could have made a really really frightning movie if all the comedy was cut out. but i agree the one your are 100% right. the next time a movie comes out, i will take no notice of the trailer, i will rush home search the directors name on the net, check all the films out produced by this director, then i will no exactley what to expect. maybe not. when that time comes ill get a life

@47, Obviously you don't have to do any research... from what I remember some of the trailers specifically mentions Raimi's name, the director of Spiderman and the Evil Dead. Maybe you didn't see the same trailer I did, but I thought they made it pretty clear who was making the movie. Now, if you at least consider yourself somewhat of a movie buff, my guess is that you would know who Raimi is and what kind of horror work he does... (since you're on this site, i'm guessing you like movies enough). Now, if you didn't know what type of horror films Raimi makes, then I guess you know now and maybe the next time he decides to make another horror movie, you won't be bitch'n as how it's not what you expected. But according to your statement "seriously if id have known it was the makers of army of darkness i would have left it to people who enjoy them films." So you obviously have some knowledge of his past work and what trailer is going to list every single movie that the director every directed? It's a trailer, not an encyclopedia. Again, the trailer I saw even listed Raimi, Spiderman, Evildead..... if you're too stupid to figure it out, then you're stupid enough to get Gipped and be disappointed. Also, if you base your decisions on which movies to watch solely on a trailer then I say to you that you will be disappointed a lot! Take it as a lesson learned.

Excellent film. Best time I have had at the theatre in a long time.

for god sake the one im not a movie buff just enjoy films, is that ok wiv you i only came on this site to leave my review didnt realise i would get slanded by movie geeks knowing every director known to man. i think you, well we think you should get out more. xxxxxx

#12 okay so i dont normally write up on sites like this, but you're just absolutely retarded, maybe the button should've been handed to you, so i felt the need to address that fact. this movie was meant to be cheesy. period. i'm sorry you went to a PG13 movie about a crazy grandma and expected the scariest horror movie you've ever dreamed of seeing. okay, maybe i'm not sorry. you're retarded. wait and see a rated R horror, everyone knows those are more of a thrill. as you were speaking with such intellect and supposed knowledge on stuff like this, i would think you could take in and absorb the cheesyness of the movie. idk what else to say really haha i guess you just missed the point.

who needs spooky scenes when shit is jumping out the screen at you every 5 seconds. at the end of the movie I felt like I had just gotten off a roller coaster from holding my breath the whole time. Honestly, spooky scenes aren't what make a movie scary. I could stare at a graveyard all day, but when things pop out at you, even when you expect it, it makes for a thrilling ride. But maybe thats just me. Personally, I find scenes scarier when they happen in a place you don't expect it. Such as the toolshed.

Trash. Absolute trash. If I wanted to say all the bad things about this movie, it would take 3 hours to type, and you would be reading a book longer than the script itsself. First, I should not have to KNOW who the director is to know what to expect, THATS the ENTIRE PURPOSE of TRAILERS!! The posters here should KNOW that already. Second, I saw the evil dead movies when they came out as a kid. I liked them, but they were a horror films FIRST, with a comedy AFTERTHOUGHT. Shes doing somekind of speech lessons in the car at the begin: never explained. She was fat girl when young: so what, wheres relevance? trying to give background attachment? plz There is no chemistry between the lead actors Cursed becaused she 'shamed' the woman? How? cause she fell on her ass? Retarded. Bank employees are not allowed to leave alone at closing. Even most restaurants have this policy. Oh no! Not the Evil Handkerchief!! That why you NEVER forget to say 'bless you' when someone sneezes!!! And of course after the incident in the bank, and a violent assault resulting in a totaled car, the police have no ryme or reason to find this nutjob, and arrest her?!?!?! She smashes the window then the door seems to be unlocked, or she certainly knew how to get it open ON THAT PARTICULAR CAR in the heat of battle! Oh no! Not the Evil Wind!! Some contrived stuff from a medium, and no one believes her They what do you do when someone has been violently attacked that day? Leave them at home alone with no protection. The old clanking pot scene. Didnt they do that in Amityville? some evil shadows from them panning a light outside, and the camera inside. spooooky. OMG she grabbs the flshlight and it flickers and dies? You MUST be joking? Never seen that before. She doesnt wake when a bug flys up her nose? c'mon this guy has a fetish with something nasty being sprayed out of one persons mouth into anothers. Its recurrent, stupid, and gross. Of course its RIGHT back to work the next day. Then she screams out loud about the hand in the bank, and no one is wondering what the hell is going on? And just when you think the bank manager is there to say WTF? He is already holding a handkerchief when her nose bleeds, no sprays blood everywhere. Which BTW she would have been to light headed to walk after the (estimated) 8-10 oz of blood that came out. But she just runs off. So she just strolls around in her bloody shirt, and dont think I didnt notict the license plate '99951' cliche' The picture of the lady at the wake is from her OLD age, they almost ALWAYS use a pic from peoples YOUTH!!! Then she gets the tuberculosis french kiss from the old lady?!?!? 10 seconds later she seems cleaned up and composed. Dude tell her to make a blood sacrifice to appease the demon. What does she do? Kills the kitten!!! For this alone I would mercilessly beat the writer to an inch of his life!! I mean why not kill a damn chicken, and cook it for dinner???? Oh, no, kill the companion cat? WTF? Demon dog, kill it, demon cat kill it, but the damn cat was doing nothing but sleeping in the laundry basket. I better never see this boy, or I will show him REAL pain that will make him wish HE had been dragged to hell! Then the medium tells her he knows someone that can help, but they want a buttload of cash. Later you find out she has a vendetta aginst the demon?!?! WTF is the point of the cashe then, shes been 'waiting for years' didnt look like she had much time left, you would think she would be chomping at the bit!! Silly seance. Thegoat never dies but the cat does? WTF??? The anvil scene made more sense than anything, since EVERYONE has an 100 pound anvil suspended at the celing by a rope in their shed. Thats on everyones list right? 'Be CEO of fortune 500 company' Check, 'Own a 5 million dollar yacht', Check, 'Heavy anvil suspended from ceiling in shed', Check. Then make sure you leave her alone again that night then shes digs an ENORMOUS hole to dig the lady up. Now you CAN dig up a fresh grave pretty easy, but I have dug a hole that big (bigger really) and it is many hours of hard labor. I doubt this skinny girl could tough it out. You notice all that expensive headstones (which take about 2-4 weeks to get engraved BTW) and that expensive plot they are in? The the old gal is burried in a pine box crappy enough that you can rip it apart with your barehands? c'mon then more gross slime kissing (I think this guy might be a necrophiliac) Yeah, she talk normally to someone through a shop window, anyone who has tried know its usually VERY difficult. I was Soooooooooo happy she died at the end. Bitch. Killed a kitten for NO reason. Burn ye in hell forever! I would gladly go there to help stoke the fire. I could go on and on. But I do agree with another poster, alot of these reviews seemed hammed up. They seem to also be the ones telling the other people that 'they are not REAL horror fans' or whatever. And while I'm on it there is NOTHING classic about this film except what has been regurgitated from OTHERS work. Classic Horror films are either phycholical thrillers, or hack and slash, this is NEITHER. AS long as I'm on the classic topic in most horror films theres a little tit. Look at Friday the 13th etcetera. At least three good opportunities in this flick, NONE are taken. You shouldnt even be marketing this to 13+ anyway, so the rating argument NOT withstanding. Just when you thought I was done, let me recap. The script is bad, the acting is between luke warm to poor, the production.... so-so, the directing... I'm between poor, and so-so. Probably the best parts of the film were, when the demon possed the guy at the seance, and he does a little dance over the flaming table, THATS evil dead kinda funny. When she tells the waitress get her some more coffee or she'll get a tip she doesnt want, and at the end when she found out it wasnt the button, but the quarter. Too bad I was totally hating the movie by that time. I had no idea who this writer/director was. I saw the evil dead films when I was a kid (not Army of darkness of course) but they are much better in comparison. In fact stabbing yourself in the foot with a fork to have fun on a friday night is more fun than this film. Trash. Absolute Trash. People will catch on to your fake reviews too. Dont think you invented that. Just for killing the cat I am boycotting all this jerkoffs films. Glad I havent seen that spiderman crap either.

A totally campy visual experience. The visuals were hilarious and the small touches like the "hang in there" cat poster made the movie work. A fun film to watch.

Bizarre all of the invective over this movie. No one is making you watch this stuff...personal choice and all... I bought the BluRay and loved it. Brought back the old Raimi and even gave us some new stuff to enjoy. The production diaries are cool, too.