A hell kind of movie..

Rating: 9/10 (19 June 2009)

Reviewers of Drag me to Hell are in unison that the movie was amazingly good that's why when I had the chance to pass by the theaters, I rushed to the ticket booth and spend pennies for it. Glad that it didn't failed me.
For the 21st century, many horror/thriller movies were made that is lacking in substance and originality. Horror movies were made with explicitly bloody and gruesome scenes emphasis but always lacks in sound effects and creativity to thrill the audience like Friday the 13th, Saw series and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. American movies are exaggerated in their vivacious interest of making remakes to the oriental culture like Korea and Japanese where movies in line were Shutter, The Uninvited, The Grudge, One Missed Call, The Eye and many more remakes. These are movies made by Asian masters and failed remakes in Hollywood.
Horror genre seems to be dead within these years not until the Raimi brothers of Evil Dead trilogy go back to making horror film entitled Drag me to Hell that should drag audience at the edge of their seat. What was amazingly good is that it meets all the elements of a good film the sound, the timing, the picture and of course the acting not mentioning the space. And these elements are used in a very different manner. The sound was composed and amazingly design using the orchestra and used to keep the paced of the thrill and the atmosphere of a disturbing horror. The visual effects don't seem to be realistic, but it's obvious and acceptable. It's what makes the movie to be differently scarier and I like it. The timing to keep the terror alive over and over within the pace of the movie is unpredictable and once you are caught by it, screams out the hell as you can. The actors and actresses did their job. You could expect it from Allison Lohman {Christine Brown} and Lorna Rayver {Mrs. Ganush} which the relationship between the characters was in tension. Both nailed their part. Times that you may feel pity for the bad guys and feel harsher for the good guys. Mrs. Ganush I think, have done the greatest job so far in the movie to be mean, dirty, old, sometimes pitiful and a scary gypsy woman. She is an icon that could not be forgotten in horror film-making history. Other supporting actors and actresses were useful for keeping the twist.
Overall, you may feel mixed emotions in the movie. It's a sort kind of comedy, you may get scared, you may feel like running wherein you are just seated at your seats for the solution of the protagonist, and you may feel like yuck for its nasty and disgusting parts. Kudos for Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi for bringing a one hell kind of a movie. It's a classic horror movie I've seen in a long time since the American version of The Ring and The Descent. Drag me to Hell; you will love every minute of it. It is a masterpiece and best seen in theaters.