As fun as it gets

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2009)

Yep, I'm gonna say it. This is Sam Raimi's best work yet. Stylewise, this is definitely a more jolting horror than Army of Darkness & the Evil Dead films. The jokes and gags don't come as often as they do in AoD, but he puts more into setting them up, so that when they do come, they're even more shockingly hilarious than the ones in AoD. Raimi invests more in character building in this film, leading us to both squirm and howl even more at all the punishment that Christine (the heroine) takes. I like the horror movie genre, but I'm sick of all the predictably bad schlock that the movie studios put out there just to make a quick buck. Thank god Raimi has returned some credibility to horror. If you like roller coasters, this is the maliciously fun movie for you.