A Morality Tale?

Rating: 1/10 (12 May 2011)

My understanding is that the writers, Sam and Ivan Raimi, wanted to write a morality tale about how a good person makes a bad choice based upon greed and is punished for it. A good premise to make a movie on, but that was not in this movie. The bad decision was how the protagonist, Christine Brown, denied an old woman, Sylvia Ganush, a third extension on a mortgage payment so that Christine could get a promotion. Now I'm not familiar with all of the workings with a bank, but not giving a third extension doesn't sound like a bad move even if she did do it with the hopes of a promotion. So Ganush curses Christine and damns her to hell. When Christine goes to confront Ganush, it is revealed that Ganush died. This makes Christine's decision moot because Ganush did not die as a result of the decision. This is more of an immorality tale; if someone doesn't give you what you want, inflict immense pain and suffering upon them.