Demonstrating my support for outspoken movie titles with a verb and a possessive pronoun, as well as to see Sam Raimi’s return to the horror genre, I went to see Drag Me To Hell and OMG IT WAS SO AWESOME.*
There was an evil eyeball in a slice of cake, gushing blood, animal sacrifices, and bugs a plenty. And it was so surprising to me, because I thought horror movies were where we subjected the audience to the gruesome realities of being strapped down to a table and being tortured and so on. I had no idea that some horror movies were actually part of tradition of spectacles intended for amusement and escapism!
One of the many clever aspects of the film is that it borrows heavily from the charming and creepy Night of the Demon (my wife noticed this and it went right by me. I adore Night of the Demon, though). And there are puppetry effects and makeup, a minimum of CGI, and an attractive title sequence.
I haven’t been in to a recent movie where people were actually screaming out of glee in quite awhile. I hope there’s a little more of it in the near future.
*Editor: Please put something in place of this statement when you hit the “Publish” button.
