A much needed horror

Rating: 8/10 (14 November 2009)

Before I start, I totally thought that this was an serious horror film. I'll probably blame the misleading marketing for that. Despite being filled with clichés , drag me to hell was still an good film worth watching.
Instead of an serious horror, it was more of an comedy filled with cartoon violence. This is not an film that takes it self to seriously. The gore and violence is fun to watch , often making you laugh. For instant , when the gypsy eyes pop out . There are many scenes like these. Now, when the film obviously doesn't take itself to seriously , you can't rate it by it plot but instead by it entertainment values. The plot is simple and has been done before many a times. A girl gets cursed, seeks for help, finds solution , twist ending, the end. Now if the film took itself seriously, then you would have the right to complain about the unimaginative plot . But despite the concept being simple, the direction id delivered well. Not once does Raimi lets you settle, the film is filled with pop up scares. But many of these scares aren't just the simple draw-back-curtain-and-boo-scares, instead there well created, for example, the car park scene when the gypsy reveals here self inside the car, very spooky.
The film is often humorous , but at times frightening . Raimi builds up suspense and then out of nowhere , delivers the frights. But the best thing about the film is that it was much needed. This decade hasn't been the best for horror films , with only SAW ( first one ) being the only exceptional film so far. Drag me to hell only concentrates on frightening the audience , reminding us why we watch horrors. I watched this on DVD but I can imagine how more suspenseful and frightening the film would be at the cinema. If your getting your mates round yours for the night and thinking of watching an horror, I highly recommend drag me to hell