Drag Me to Hell - wikipedia Drag Me to Hell Drag Me to Hell Theatrical release poster Directed by Sam Raimi Produced by Grant Curtis Robert Tapert Written by Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi Starring Alison Lohman Justin Long Lorna Raver Dileep Rao David Paymer Adriana Barraza Music by Christopher Young Cinematography Peter Deming Edited by Bob Murawski Production company Ghost House Pictures Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date March 15, 2009 ( 2009 - 03 - 15 ) ( SXSW ) May 29, 2009 ( 2009 - 05 - 29 ) ( United States ) Running time 99 minutes Country United States Language English Spanish Budget $30 million Box office $90.8 million Drag Me to Hell is a 2009 American supernatural horror comedy film co-written and directed by Sam Raimi. The plot, written with his older brother Ivan, focuses on a loan officer, who, because she has to prove to her boss that she can make the `` hard decisions '', chooses not to extend an elderly woman 's mortgage. In retaliation, the woman places a curse on the loan officer that, after three days of escalating torment, will plunge her into the depths of Hell to burn for eternity. Raimi wrote Drag Me to Hell with his brother, Ivan, prior to working on the Spider - Man films. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was released to critical acclaim. It was also a box office success, grossing over $90 million worldwide. Drag Me to Hell won the award for Best Horror Film at the 2009 Scream Awards and the 2010 Saturn Awards. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Background 3.2 Casting 3.3 Filming 3.4 Editing 3.5 Effects 3.6 Soundtrack 4 Release 4.1 Box office 4.2 Critical response 4.3 Home media 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Plot In 1969, Pasadena, California, a couple seeks the aid of the medium Shaun San Dena, saying their son has been hearing evil spirits ' voices after stealing a silver necklace from a `` gypsy wagon ''. San Dena aids the family by carrying out a seance, but they are attacked by an unseen force ( revealed later to be Lamia ) that pulls the boy into Hell. The medium says she will encounter the force again one day. In present - day Los Angeles, bank loan officer Christine Brown hopes to be promoted to assistant manager over her co-worker Stu Rubin. Her boss, Jim Jacks, advises her to demonstrate that she can make tough decisions to get a promotion. Christine is visited by an elderly woman, Sylvia Ganush, who asks for a third extension on her mortgage payment. Despite knowing Ganush is on a fixed income, and that she suffers from medical ailments, Christine denies Ganush an extension to prove herself to her boss. Ganush begs Christine not to repossess her house and kneels in front of her. Christine becomes frightened of the woman 's persistent, desperate pleading as she is helping her to stand up and calls security, who take Ganush away while Ganush blames Christine for `` shaming '' her and vows to take revenge. Jim compliments Christine on how she handled the situation, and embellishes his positive statements, alluding to a promotion. When Christine leaves work and gets to the parking garage to drive home, Ganush, hiding in the backseat, attacks Christine in her car. Despite sustaining what should be fatal injuries, Ganush rips a button off Christine 's coat and uses it to place a curse on Christine. Later, Christine and her boyfriend Clay Dalton meet fortune teller Rham Jas, who tells Christine that she is being haunted by a dark spirit, likely the result of a curse. At home, Christine is attacked by the entity and has repulsive nightmares about Ganush. At work the next day, after hallucinating flies buzzing in her stomach and Ganush 's hands in place of Stu 's, Christine snaps at Stu and has a projectile nose bleed that soaks her boss in blood. She runs out of the office, and in the occurring panic, Stu steals a file from Christine 's desk. Christine goes to talk to Ganush for forgiveness in efforts to lift the curse. Ganush 's granddaughter answers the door, skeptical of Christine 's remorse, and Christine finds that Ganush can not lift the curse, seeing as Ganush has died, and her granddaughter was hosting the funeral / viewing for her in the basement. Christine returns to Rham Jas, who explains that as long as Christine is the owner of an accursed object, she will be haunted by a powerful demon called the Lamia ( loosely based on the Greek Lamia, a child eating demon ), that will torment her for three days before taking her to Hell for eternity. He suggests a sacrifice to appease the demon. Desperate to stop the attacks, Christine reluctantly sacrifices her pet kitten. At a dinner party, she meets Clay 's parents for the first time,. She is again tormented by the Lamia, plagued with grotesque hallucinations like bugs appearing in a cake she bought for the night, and auditory illusions which cause her to scream abruptly and frighten Clay and his parents. Christine returns to Rham Jas who says that Shaun San Dena will risk her life to stop the demon for a fee of $10,000. San Dena prepares a seance to trap the Lamia 's spirit in a goat and kill it, and then allows the Lamia to inhabit her body. Rham Jas tries to persuade it not to steal Christine 's soul, but it vows never to stop until Christine dies. Christine then places San Dena 's hand on the goat, causing the spirit to enter its body. San Dena 's assistant, Milos, attempts to kill the goat, but is bitten by the goat and becomes possessed and attacks the members of the seance. San Dena banishes the Lamia from the seance, but dies in the process. Christine thinks the medium has overcome the Lamia, but Rham Jas explains that she only managed to drive the spirit away until the next day. Then, he seals the cursed button in an envelope and tells Christine that she can get rid of the curse by giving the button to someone as a gift, thereby passing the curse on to that person. Christine decides to give the envelope to Stu in revenge for his stealing her work, but changes her mind after seeing how pathetic Stu is when he meets up with her. With guidance from Rham Jas, Christine learns that she can give it back to Ganush even though she is dead. Christine digs up Ganush 's grave, and after struggling momentarily with the corpse, Christine `` formally '' gives back the button, and callously jams the envelope in Ganush 's mouth just in time before dawn, seemingly ending the curse. Christine returns home and prepares to meet Clay at Los Angeles Union Station for a weekend trip. She gets a message from her boss telling her that she landed her dream position after Stu confessed to stealing her work and was fired. At the station, Christine buys a coat that she has been wanting as a sign of a new beginning. Clay, planning to propose, reveals to Christine that he found the envelope containing the cursed button in his car ; Christine then realizes she mixed up her envelope with another that she gave to Clay when she accidentally dropped it and that the curse was never lifted. Horrified, Christine backs away and falls onto the tracks. As Clay looks on, unable to reach Christine, a train barrels towards her, while fiery hands suddenly emerge from the tracks and drag Christine into what looks like the pits of Hell. Clay, holding the button in his hand at the edge of the train platform, with tears rolling down his face, stares at the tracks in utter disbelief and horror. Cast Director Sam Raimi, actors Dileep Rao, Alison Lohman, and Justin Long discussing the film at San Diego Comic - Con International in 2008. Alison Lohman as Christine Brown : A young mild - mannered bank employee who desires the position of assistant manager. After turning down Sylvia Ganush 's request for a third extension on her mortgage, she is cursed by her and attacked by a demon called the Lamia. Justin Long as Professor Clayton `` Clay '' Dalton : Christine 's boyfriend who is a college professor born to a wealthy family. Clayton is skeptical about Rham Jas 's help and the existence of the demon. Lorna Raver as Mrs. Sylvia Ganush : An elderly gypsy Hungarian woman who attacks Christine Brown and places a curse on her. Ganush dies the day after the attack, but her soul constantly haunts Christine throughout the film. Dileep Rao as Rham Jas : A young psychic who informs Christine that she is cursed. Rham Jas later introduces Christine to Shaun San Dena who has a seance with her. David Paymer as Mr. Jim Jacks : Christine 's concerned boss who is considering whether Christine or Stu Rubin deserves the job of assistant manager at the bank. Adriana Barraza as Shaun San Dena : A psychic who has a seance to draw out the Lamia to kill it for Christine. Flor de Maria Chahua as young Shaun San Dena Bojana Novakovic as Ilenka Ganush : Sylvia Ganush 's cynical granddaughter. She lets Christine into her home when she asks to meet the elderly Ganush. Reggie Lee as Stu Rubin : A conniving employee of the bank Christine works at. Stu tries to make Christine look bad at work in order to get the promotion. Chelcie Ross as Leonard Dalton : Clay 's father who does not approve of Clayton dating Christine. Molly Cheek as Trudy Dalton : Clay 's mother who also does not approve of Clayton dating Christine due to her `` peasant '' origin and bizarre behavior ( which was caused by the Lamia ). Art Kimbro as the voice of the Lamia : A powerful demon that is summoned after Ganush curses Christine. Its task is to torment Christine for three days before literally dragging her into Hell to burn for eternity. Octavia Spencer as bank co-worker Alex Veadov as the man with ponytail at the death feast The film includes cameo appearances by Raimi himself as an uncredited ghost at the seance, Raimi 's younger brother Ted as a doctor, members of Raimi 's family Emma, Henry, and Lorne in minor roles, frequent Raimi collaborator Scott Spiegel as a mourner at the death feast, and John Paxton and Irene Roseen as the old couple at the diner. Production Background The original story for Drag Me to Hell was written ten years before the film went into production and was written by Sam Raimi and his brother Ivan Raimi. The film went into production under the name The Curse. The Raimis wrote the script as a morality tale, desiring to write a story about a character who wants to be a good person, but makes a sinful choice out of greed for her own betterment and pays the price for it. The Raimis tried to make the character of Christine the main focal point in the film, and tried to have Christine in almost all the scenes in the film. Elements of the film 's story are drawn from the British horror film Night of the Demon ( itself an adaptation of M.R. James ' short story `` Casting the Runes '' ) such as the similar - shaped demons and the three - day curse theme in the film. The most significant parallel is that both stories involve the passing of a cursed object, which has to be passed to someone else, or its possessor will be devoured by one or more demons. Unlike his past horror films, Raimi wanted the film to be rated PG - 13 and not strictly driven by gore, stating, `` I did n't want to do exactly the same thing I had done before. '' After finishing the script, Raimi desired to make the picture after the first draft of the script was completed, but other projects such as the Spider - Man film series became a nearly decade - long endeavor, pushing opportunities to continue work on Drag Me to Hell to late 2007. Raimi offered director Edgar Wright to direct Drag Me to Hell which Wright turned down as he was filming Hot Fuzz and felt that `` If I did it, it would just feel like karaoke. '' After the previous three Spider - Man films, Raimi came back to the script of Drag Me to Hell, wanting to make a simpler and lower - budget film. In 2007, Sam Raimi 's friend and producer Robert Tapert of Ghost House Pictures had the company sign on to finance the film. Universal Studios agreed to distribute domestically. Casting After completing the script and having the project greenlit, Raimi started casting the film. Ellen Page was originally cast for the main role of Christine, but dropped out of the project due to SAG strike - related scheduling issues. The main role eventually went to Lohman, who did n't enjoy horror films, but enjoyed doing the stunts during filming. Stage actress Lorna Raver auditioned for the role of Mrs. Ganush. Raver was not aware of the specific nature of her character until being cast, stating that all she had read was `` about a little old lady coming into the bank because they 're closing down her house. It was only later that I saw the whole script and said, ' Oh my ! ' '' To prepare for this role, Raver met with a Hungarian dialect coach and asked to have portions of the script translated into Hungarian. Raimi would later ask Raver to use some of the Hungarian words in the scenes of Ganush 's attacking Christine. Dileep Rao, who plays Rham Jas, made producer Grant Curtis mildly hesitant in casting him, stating that during his audition `` he was a little bit younger than he read in the script. But as we were looking at his reading, Sam said, ' There 's no minimum age requirement on wisdom. ' Dileep has that wisdom and presence on screen, and that 's what made him right. Once he got on camera, he brought that shoulder for Alison to lean on. '' Many of the actors playing secondary characters in Drag Me to Hell have appeared previously in Raimi 's films, including Joanne Baron, Tom Carey, Molly Cheek, Aimee Miles, John Paxton, Ted Raimi, Bill E. Rogers, Chelcie Ross, and Octavia Spencer. Filming Raimi said he set out to create `` a horror film with lots of wild moments and lots of suspense and big shocks that 'll hopefully make audiences jump. But I also wanted to have a lot of dark humor sprinkled throughout. I spent the last decade doing Spider - Man and you come to rely on a lot of people doing things for you and a lot of help, but it 's refreshing and wonderful to be reminded that, as with most filmmakers, the best way to do it is yourself, with a tight team doing the main jobs. '' Production for Drag Me to Hell began on location in Tarzana, California. The production team included director of photography Peter Deming ( Evil Dead II, Mulholland Dr. ), production designer Steve Saklad ( Juno ), and visual effects supervisor Bruce Jones. The film was produced by Grant Curtis and Rob Tapert. Tapert and Raimi are longtime collaborators, having attended college together in Michigan. Editing Drag Me to Hell was edited by Bob Murawski, who has collaborated with Raimi on several films including the Spider - Man series, The Gift, and Army of Darkness. Raimi has said of working with Murawski on Drag Me to Hell, `` He 'd come ( down to the set ) to see how things were going and to let me know if he 'd just cut something that was n't working the way he 'd wanted it to, or to suggest a pick - up shot I should get for a piece he felt we needed in a sequence I had n't realized I needed. He 's very detail - oriented... So we 're very close collaborators. '' Raimi finds editing with Murawski to be `` relaxing '', adding, `` I love it. For me, it 's so relaxing, unlike pre-production, which is fraught with anxiety and fear about how we'e going to do things, and production, which is so rushed and a sleepless time and you 're just racing to finish every shot and worrying about focus and so on. So post is soothing and I can watch the film come together, so it 's a time of discovery for me as Bob and I fit all the pieces together. I see new possibilities in post, as Bob puts the film together, sometimes in a way I never imagined... '' The film was edited by Murawski on an Avid computer system in a West Los Angeles facility. The color grading was completed at Company 3 with colorist Stephen Nakamura. Nakamura used DaVinci Resolve. It was CO3 's first start - to - finish feature in 4K resolution. `` For us, post is a very creative time where it 's not just about this factory producing the blueprinted product. It 's really a very creative, experimental time where we try and take everything that 's been written and then shot to the next level, '' said Raimi. The final sound mix was completed at the Dub Stage in Burbank with mixers Marti Humphrey and Chris Jacobson. Effects The effects in Drag Me to Hell were created in many different ways, including green screen, puppets, prosthetics and computer - generated imagery. Bruce Jones was the visual effects supervisor on the film. Of Jones, Raimi commented, `` He brought a great can - do approach to the film... He 's got a great team of artists and technicians with him, and he 's got great instincts. '' There were hundreds of visual effects in the film, and different effects houses were utilized. According to Raimi, the Bay Area 's Tippett Studio was a big player. `` We also had work done by Amalgamated Pixels, Ghost VFX, KNB Effects, Home Digital, Cinesoup and IE Effects, '' said Raimi. According to Raimi, `` Bob ( Murawski ) and I kept adding visual effects as post proceeded. In this film, the supernatural, the unseen, is almost another character, so sequences were developed -- even in post -- that would suggest the presence of the supernatural, and we kept on adding. The same with the sound effects, so it was a very ongoing, very live process in post. '' Director of photography Peter Deming tried to use realistic lighting in the film. Said Deming, `` Normally, you 'd put all corrected bulbs in, but we went with what was there, including the shots in the street. We used the streetlight look and mixed that with interior lighting. There were a lot of odd color sources that we chose to leave the way they would be naturally. It 's a heightened sense of realism. '' One of the earliest projects the special effects teams did was the scene in which Mrs. Ganush attacks Christine in her car. To film the action, which included close - ups of Christine jamming her foot on the pedal, hitting the brake, and shifting gears, the team created a puzzle car which allowed the front engine compartment and back trunk -- as well as all four sides and doors -- to come away from the car. The roof came off in two directions. Soundtrack Drag Me to Hell Soundtrack album by Christopher Young Released August 18, 2009 Genre Film score Length 52 : 27 Producer Brian McNelis, Flavio Motalla, Skip Williamson, Christopher Young Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic Soundtrack.Net The film score was composed by Christopher Young. Young has worked with director Raimi previously on his films The Gift and Spider - Man 3. The soundtrack was released on August 18, 2009. Sam Raimi stated that emphasis was on using the soundtrack to create a world that did n't exist, a world of the `` supernatural ''. The score contains elements of Young 's previous work on Flowers in the Attic. This is particularly apparent in the utilization of the ethereal childlike soprano vocals that feature prominently throughout the soundtrack. All tracks composed by Christopher Young. Drag Me to Hell ( Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ) No. Title Length 1. `` Drag Me to Hell '' 2 : 32 2. `` Mexican Devil Disaster '' 4 : 33 3. `` Tale of a Haunted Banker '' 1 : 52 4. `` Lamia '' 4 : 06 5. `` Black Rainbows '' 3 : 24 6. `` Ode to Ganush '' 2 : 23 7. `` Familiar Familiars '' 2 : 11 8. `` Loose Teeth '' 6 : 31 9. `` Ordeal by Corpse '' 4 : 35 10. `` Bealing Bells with Trumpet '' 5 : 12 11. `` Brick Dogs Ala Carte '' 1 : 46 12. `` Muttled Buttled Brain Stew '' 2 : 51 13. `` Auto - Da - Fe '' 4 : 31 14. `` Concerto to Hell '' 5 : 58 Total length : 52 : 25 Release Drag Me to Hell was first shown to the public as a `` Work in Progress '' print at the South by Southwest festival on March 15, 2009. The film debuted in its full form at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where it was shown out of competition on May 21 as a midnight screening. Box office The film was released in American theaters on May 29, 2009. The film opened at # 4 with $15,825,480 from 2,900 screens at 2,508 theaters, for an average of $6,310 per theater ( $5,457 average per screen ). In its second weekend, it dropped 56 %, falling to # 7, with $7,040,550 from 2,800 screens at 2,510 theaters, for an average of $2,805 per theater ( $2,514 average per screen ), and bringing the 10 - day gross to $28,233,230. Drag Me to Hell closed on August 6, 2009, with a final gross in the United States and Canada of $42,100,625, and an additional $48,742,021 internationally for a total of $90,842,646 worldwide. Critical response Drag Me to Hell received mostly positive reviews from critics upon its release. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 92 % based on 254 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6 / 10. The site 's critical consensus states, `` Sam Raimi returns to top form with Drag Me to Hell, a frightening, hilarious, delightfully campy thrill ride. '' On Metacritic the film has received an average score of 83 out of 100, based on 32 reviews, signifying `` universal acclaim ''. Positive critical reception of the film generally praised the film 's scary but humorous and campy tone. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A rating, stating that `` Raimi has made the most crazy, fun, and terrifying horror movie in years. '' Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times praised the film, stating that it `` should not be dismissed as yet another horror flick just for teens. The filmmakers have given us a 10 - story winding staircase of psychological tension that is making very small circles near the end. '' Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune described the film as a `` hellaciously effective B - movie ( that ) comes with a handy moral tucked inside its scares, laughs and Raimi 's specialty, the scare / laugh hybrid. '' Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, and stated that the film `` is a sometimes funny and often startling horror movie. That is what it wants to be, and that is what it is. '' In a positive review, Variety said of the film : `` Scant and barren of subtext, the pic is single - mindedly devoted to pushing the audience 's buttons... Still, there 's no denying it delivers far more than competing PG - 13 thrillers. '' Bloody Disgusting gave the film four and a half stars out of five, with the review calling it `` quite simply the most PERFECT horror film I 've seen in a long, long while... ( It 's ) a blast and moved quickly from start to finish ( and ) is well on its way to becoming an immediate classic. '' The film was then ranked thirteenth in Bloody Disgusting 's list of the ' Top 20 Horror Films of the Decade '. Kyle Smith of the New York Post thought it was cheesy, with too many `` gross - outs '', Rex Reed of the New York Observer thought that the plot was n't believable enough, and Peter Howell of The Toronto Star disliked Lohman 's performance and thought it was `` just not very funny ''. The film was nominated for `` Choice Movie : Horror / Thriller '' at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, which the film lost to Friday the 13th ( 2009 ). At the 2009 Scream Awards show, Drag Me to Hell won the awards for Best Horror Movie and Best Scream - play. Reviews have also received the film as a comedy horror in a more classic Raimi vein. Vic Holtreman of Screenrant claims the film is a long - awaited movie that combines both genres as Army of Darkness had done. A reviewer at UGO Networks says that the film is very much more a comedy than horror and that this is in keeping with Raimi not having produced a `` true horror '' film since he began directing. Home media Drag Me to Hell was released on DVD and Blu - ray Disc in the US on October 13, 2009. Both media include an Unrated Director 's Cut as well as the Theatrical Version. In its first two weeks the DVD sold 459,217 copies generating $7.98 million in sales. It since accumulated $13.9 million in DVD sales in the United States. On February 13th, 2018, Scream Factory released a two - disc Collector 's Edition of Drag Me to Hell, which included both edits of the film remastered from the 2k digital intermediate, archival interviews and featurettes and all - new interviews with Alison Lohman, Lorna Raver and Christopher Young. See also List of ghost films References Jump up ^ `` DRAG ME TO HELL ( 15 ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. May 8, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Drag Me to Hell ( 2009 ) ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 23, 2010. ^ Jump up to : `` Drag Me to Hell Production Notes ''. Drag Me To Hell Official Website. 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External links Drag Me to Hell on IMDb Drag Me to Hell at Box Office Mojo Drag Me to Hell at Rotten Tomatoes Drag Me to Hell at Metacritic Drag Me to Hell Full Production Notes Sam Raimi filmography Films directed Feature It 's Murder ! ( 1977 ) The Evil Dead ( 1981 ) Crimewave ( 1985 ) Evil Dead II ( 1987 ) Darkman ( 1990 ) Army of Darkness ( 1992 ) The Quick and the Dead ( 1995 ) A Simple Plan ( 1998 ) For Love of the Game ( 1999 ) The Gift ( 2000 ) Spider - Man ( 2002 ) Spider - Man 2 ( 2004 ) Spider - Man 3 ( 2007 ) Drag Me to Hell ( 2009 ) Oz the Great and Powerful ( 2013 ) Short Clockwork ( 1978 ) Within the Woods ( 1978 ) Written only Easy Wheels ( 1989 ) The Nutt House ( 1992 ) The Hudsucker Proxy ( 1994, also second unit director ) Man with the Screaming Brain ( 2005, co-story ) Produced only Timecop ( 1994 ) The Grudge ( 2004 ) Boogeyman ( 2005 ) The Grudge 2 ( 2006 ) The Messengers ( 2007 ) 30 Days of Night ( 2007 ) The Grudge 3 ( 2009 ) The Possession ( 2012 ) Evil Dead ( 2013 ) Poltergeist ( 2015 ) Do n't Breathe ( 2016 ) Saturn Award for Best Horror Film Blacula ( 1972 ) The Exorcist ( 1973 ) Young Frankenstein ( 1974 / 75 ) Burnt Offerings ( 1976 ) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane ( 1977 ) The Wicker Man ( 1978 ) Dracula ( 1979 ) The Howling ( 1980 ) An American Werewolf in London ( 1981 ) Poltergeist ( 1982 ) The Dead Zone ( 1983 ) Gremlins ( 1984 ) Fright Night ( 1985 ) The Fly ( 1986 ) The Lost Boys ( 1987 ) Beetlejuice ( 1988 ) Arachnophobia ( 1989 / 90 ) The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ) Bram Stoker 's Dracula ( 1992 ) Army of Darkness ( 1993 ) Interview with the Vampire ( 1994 ) From Dusk till Dawn ( 1995 ) Scream ( 1996 ) The Devil 's Advocate ( 1997 ) Apt Pupil ( 1998 ) The Sixth Sense ( 1999 ) Final Destination ( 2000 ) The Others ( 2001 ) The Ring ( 2002 ) 28 Days Later ( 2003 ) Shaun of the Dead ( 2004 ) The Exorcism of Emily Rose ( 2005 ) The Descent ( 2006 ) Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ( 2007 ) Hellboy II : The Golden Army ( 2008 ) Drag Me to Hell ( 2009 ) Let Me In ( 2010 ) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ( 2011 ) The Cabin in the Woods ( 2012 ) The Conjuring ( 2013 ) Dracula Untold ( 2014 ) Crimson Peak ( 2015 ) Do n't Breathe ( 2016 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drag_Me_to_Hell&oldid=826500313 '' Categories : 2009 films 2009 horror films American films American ghost films American supernatural horror films Demons in film English - language films Fictional representations of Romani people Films scored by Christopher Young Films directed by Sam Raimi Films set in Los Angeles Films set in Pasadena, California Hell in popular culture Spanish - language films Universal Pictures films Witchcraft in film Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from January 2016 Articles with hAudio microformats Album infoboxes lacking a cover Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca Català Dansk Deutsch Emiliàn e rumagnòl Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Tagalog Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 19 February 2018, at 13 : 53. 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Question: where does drag me to hell take place
Answer: Pasadena, California