"Drag" Is the Word, All Right

Rating: 1/10 (8 December 2009)

The idea behind "Drag Me to Hell" isn't a bad one, particularly in these times of underwater mortgages, foreclosures, etc. Given a decent script, competent direction and credible acting, it could have been a smart, witty tale of terror. As it is, however, I can only recommend that the scriptwriter, the producers, the director, the entire cast and all extant prints of this cringe-inducing, sorry excuse for a horror movie be piled together in the middle of the floor and set on fire.
Though I hated "Drag Me to Hell" in its entirety, it was the uniformly atrocious acting that really triggered my gag reflex. If I had to single out the worst performance, it would have to be Reggie Lee as ethics-free loan officer Stu Rubin. Lee plays his character as an utterly transparent, exceptionally dumb sleezeball. In the real world, Stu wouldn't last a week in his job. But in the movie he's presented as a deadly threat to the career prospects of plucky heroine Christine Brown (Alison Lohman). Yeah, right. As for Ms. Lohman's performance, well, if you look up "comatose" in the dictionary. . .
Don't let anyone drag you to a screening of "Drag Me to Hell." You've been warned.