Drag me to hell (2009)

[Shpira]

The best horror film I have seen in a long time

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127180/

[Corven]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

already had a thread

http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68500&highlight=drag+hell

[Shpira]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

sorry mate!

[Kamal]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

The best horror film I have seen in a long time

you couldn't even start to get serious with a quote like that bro. so pathetic i'm amazed the guy from the Mac adverts even decided to get into a movie like this. absolute rubbish imo. stole the movie's length worth of time from my evening and even wasted my buzz on it.

and that indian guy in the movie. wtf. lame like he had it nailed to his head

[res0nat0r]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

i was planning on watching this tonight. i heard it got really good reviews which is why i am giving it a shot. too bad you didnt like it kamal. i will find out tonight i guess. i usually dont even bother with new horror movies as they all suck but i am giving this one a shot b/c of what ive heard.

this has a 92% fresh rate on rottentomatoes w/ 199 reviews counted.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/drag_me_to_hell/

[Kamal]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

seriously man I dont know how it's rated so high. and wtf is that ghost called? Lamia or some shit? they decide to butcher a goat for it so he won't attack the woman anymore

seriously who wrote that script.

[Highsteppa]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

Sam Raimi and his brother did. This is pretty typical of their actual style of writing when you consider the Evil Dead trilogy and Darkman.

[Kamal]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

Sam Raimi and his brother did. This is pretty typical of their actual style of writing when you consider the Evil Dead trilogy and Darkman.

evil dead was just way too ahead for its time especially part 1, part 2 was ok (though some parts of it got silly). I'll have to check out darkman. If you consider some of the horrors released over recent years, there have been some real quality ones,

Quarantine/Rec, Exorcism of Emily Rose (this one set the bar for me), 30 Days of Night (better in comparison), One Missed Call (better in comparison), Cave - just to name a few. The movie lost it's entire "horror" aspect when the freaking goat got pissed

[Highsteppa]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

Yeah, but while the first Evil Dead was played pretty straight faced, the sequel and Army of Darkness were not without their skewered sense of humor. Even when Sam Raimi directed The Quick And The Dead, there were still trace elements of it lingering around.

He started doing more straight faced stuff with A Simple Plan and For The Love Of the Game, probably seeking a bit more street cred in Hollywood so he could get more regular and better paying work, which led eventually to him doing Spider-Man. I saw this as him going back to his roots, and touching back on what he was doing in Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness - twisted, silly and some pretty good scares.

[Kamal]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

Then it's a Satire, not a horror mate.

[floridaorange]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

I was confusing Rami with M. Night Shyamalan for a minute there...I prefer Shyamalan's movies. Not that they are comparable really.

[Highsteppa]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

Then it's a Satire, not a horror mate.

You can't be both?

[Kamal]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

a satirical horror? like killing while laughing? True enough, I'm open to ideas of different types of horrors and people "getting" it. Sort of like the different types of humor from standups. I never got into Seinfeld and at the same time a lot of my friends can't get into Ron White.

so fair play there sir.

[Highsteppa]

Re: Drag me to hell (2009)

Exactly. Horror and comedy are tough enough genres on their own - and people are sometimes very specific about the tone/style they like (ie for Horror - gothic, splatterpunk, slasher, gore, etc. For comedy: situational, absurdist, observational, etc).

Mixing the two together is really, really tricky - and it's why there's a very short list of horror films that have satirical element that are successful. Setting the proper tone for something like that is key, and can make or break the movie. Drag Me To Hell is a tough sell to some audiences that enjoy horror films - some people feel that the comedic element takes away from the horror element of their film - they don't really feel that they can take the element of menace seriously. Having that balance of the two is really tough to maintain, and won't work for everyone.

Some peeps prefer their satirical horror to be more in the vein of something like the original Dawn of the Dead - very straight faced and a bit more interpretive and not quite as blunt. Others prefer something more along the lines of what they were doing with something like Dog Soldiers or Shawn of the Dead - a willingness to be silly and over the top.