Sam Rami shows how to make a horror movie with comedy.

Rating: 8/10 (2 June 2009)

This movie was a very good horror movie, the best I have went to see all year. I was a bit guarded about it at first when it received a pg-13 rating instead of an R, however it is most likely a rather hard rating as I am sure just a bit more and it would have been an R. The only thing it really lacks is a lot of cussing and there is no nudity and there are no trees raping girls as in the evil dead movies. This movie has a cute loan officer in line for a promotion at her job, it is between her and a very unlikable butt kisser. Well in walks a very frail looking and somewhat gross old lady who has a problem, she needs her loan extended because her house is about to be repossessed. She goes to her boss and he tells her it is up to her, so she takes the hard line and denies the request. To make matters worse when the old lady proceeds to beg for an extension the girl calls security on her and the old lady really gets mean at this point. We have a rather nifty scene in a parking garage that is rather disturbing and oddly humorous at the same time and a curse is set in motion, one that at the end of three day drags the one who is cursed straight to hell!!! So for the rest of the movie the girl desperately tries to overcome the curse with almost all of her attempts failing miserably. You also get camera angles and scares that will make one think about the evil dead movies and the humor should be familiar to any who have seen the evil dead movies as well. Though I thought the scene at the parent's house would have been more funny. Overall I enjoyed the movie, I did not care for a couple of plot points however which is why I gave the movie an 8 also a couple of effects looked a bit to fake for my tastes. Still, the way it ends is very well done, basically you get a sense of dread as you can plainly see there is nothing to be done, but watch. However, I can see a possibility of a sequel too.