Drag Me To Hell

[andrewducker]

Just back from this.

Proper, old fashioned, horror movie.

Spent most of it either curled up in my (gold class and thus large) seat, hands clamped around Julie's arm, hand, knee, leg or anything else that was nearby.  I don't think I actually broke anything though.

Fantastic use of surround sound, cool special effects, and obviously from the director of The Evil Dead movies.

Recommended - with the reservation that I think it would like to be a morality tale, but (IMHO) doesn't manage to pull that bit off.

Comments

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Okay ...

What do you make of the (alleged) racist subtext?

(I haven't seen the movie. Hence the question.)

[andrewducker]

Well, the person doing the cursing is a 'gypsy', which I can see some people having a problem with.

But it doesn't make them all out to be evil people, by any means, but it does play up to a stereotype for that character. The other ones, not so much.

[missedith01.livejournal.com]

It'll be MUCH too scary for me ...

[andrewducker]

Heh - if you don't like scary movies then I'd stay well away :->

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

I *loved* the direction and the sound design. I loved the fact that I jumped in my chair half a dozen times, which pretty much never happens. I also laughed myself hoarse during the car park fight and the seance.

Heck, I even loved that Raimi's battered 73 Oldsmobile had pretty much a starring role in the first act of the film (it's the same car from all three Evil Dead movies).

The set up for the end was way too clumsy tho.