well done for what it is

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2011)

I am not, as a general rule, a horror movie person, and I decided to watch this one only because I'm a big fan of Raimi's Army of Darkness. But of course, that was a comedy in a horror-movie context, which is something quite different.
Drag Me to Hell falls somewhere between Army of Darkness and The Evil Dead, a movie I did not like at all (I can't remember what I thought of Evil Dead 2, but my vague recollection would be DMTH is closer to that).
The movie is a fairly standard horror movie story with some solid scares and some of the comical yet still creepy horror scenes Raimi is known for. It's not my type of movie, as I say, but it is entertaining.
However, the ending is incredibly lame. You know, if you've ever seen a horror movie before in your life, that the ending is coming near a half hour before it arrives, and because it's a stupid, predictable, unoriginal ending, it is extra frustrating to not only have to sit through it but to also have to sit through so much time expecting it. I realize this movie wasn't aiming for an original story, and was content to just deliver cheap scares and comedic horror, but I still just dislike it.
But then, I'm not a horror movie person.