Awesome Thriller

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2012)

Finally, a good horror film that is also funny. Sam Raimi wrote and directed it while working on Spider Man. In 1969, a boy sees monsters, so his parents hire a medium to perform a seance. They are attacked and the kid is pulled down through the floor to hell.
Flash ahead to 2009, and Christine Brown is a loan officer at a bank, looking to move up the ladder. Her boss tells her that she must be able to make tough decisions in order to advance. An old Gypsy woman asks for an extension on her mortgage and Brown turns her down to impress her boss; big mistake, as the Sylvia puts a curse on the young banker after attacking her in the parking lot and removing a button from her coat. That night, a spirit haunts her and she has nightmares. The next day she has a nose bleed and shoots blood all over her boss.
Brown visits Sylvia's granddaughter and learns that the gypsy has died the previous night. The medium has bad news; a demon named Lamia will be visiting her for the next three days, and then will take her to hell. Apparently, the little devil enjoys sacrifices, and so while Christine is being beaten, she kills her kitten.
The psychic wants $10,000 to remove the curse, and Christine gives him the cash. Another seance, this one involving a goat, is held, but to no avail. Lamis wants Christine's hide, refusing all offers of appeasement.
I will not give away the ending. I will just say that it is one of the best I've ever seen. Raimi has made a great movie.