Should have known better...

Rating: 1/10 (10 October 2009)

When I chose this film I thought that a horror/thriller would be a fun change for me, and I saw that 'Drag Me to Hell' had a good IMDb rating. The title is even less creative than 'Snakes on a Plane', but I'm very unhappy with my bank right now, so the premise of a loan agent being dragged to hell sealed my movie selection.
Unfortunately, if there is a good film for my venture into horror, this was not it. The one major plot twist is more than predictable enough to ruin the end of the film.
But who cares about that, it's a horror flick for god's sake! At least, there's plenty of suspenseful moments and scares right? Of the two dozen or so 'Old-Lady-Jumping-out-at-you scary parts', maybe one of them was a little bit startling. If I'd seen it on a big screen rather than at home, 1 or 2 other moments might have made me lift a pinkie in surprise as well. The only other shock value was the 'Two Girls One Cup'-like episodes of everything from embalming fluid to eyeballs projecting from the old gypsy to the cute blonde's mouth.
The Cute Blonde, portrayed by Alison Lohman (her character doesn't need a name), did a surprisingly 'ok' job of gaining sympathy despite a horrible script. Her Co-star Justin Long's performance in the film made me want to immediately purchase a new Windows based PC. Apparently, the only thing that a MAC can't do is act.
I guess I just don't get the cult Raimi-Horror fans who had given this movie a 7.5/10 rating (as of the moment I started writing this). If you want to see a good Sam Raimi film rent 'Spider Man 3', even '30 Days of Night' was better. You don't necessarily expect a B horror movie to have a great plot or Oscar winning acting. But when you take away the thrill and suspense, you might as well drag me to hell.