Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, Professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg–up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home.
In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse?
DVD Extras
Production Diaries: The Bloody Nose Inside the Psychic World Make–up Effects Justin Long Profile Alison in the Mud The Nightmare Alison‘s Wirework The Parking Lot Fight The Goat Set Tour: The Great Room Puzzle Car Dragging Her to Hell Sound Design
After the big budget, web–slinging, all–American crowd–pleaser that is the "Spider–Man" trilogy, director Sam Raimi returns to the genre that made him a cult hero in his new horror thriller, "Drag Me To Hell".
The film tells the story of loan officer Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) who refuses to grant a loan repayment extension to the strange old Mrs Ganush (Lorna Raver) in order to demonstrate to her boss that she has the ruthlessness required for a promotion. However, Christine‘s moment of selfishness comes at a deadly price when the decrepit woman plants the ancient Lamia curse on her, which will see Christine tortured by a demon for three days before being, well…dragged to hell.
With the help of a psychic seer (Dileep Rao) and her sceptical boyfriend (Justin Long), Christine tries to halt the effects of the curse. In the meantime, she is hurled around rooms, attacked by shadows and images of Mrs Ganush and is forced to drown in her fair share of bodily fluids.
The film acts as a perfect vehicle for Raimi‘s return to horror. The influential director of "The Evil Dead" series is renowned for his ability to combine screams of terror with laughter, which is expertly displayed in some of the most memorable scenes of "Drag Me To Hell". Notably, as Christine grapples with Mrs Ganush in her car, the old woman‘s dentures fall out so that she ends up gumming Christine‘s face instead of delivering a fatal bite.
Raimi deserves the plaudits which will undoubtedly follow the release of "Drag Me To Hell"; he has created a well–paced, tightly constructed movie that puts the director‘s own characteristic spin on classic horror movie traditions. Although, he will have to share the praise with Alison Lohman and Lorna Raver, who steal the show with their pitch perfect performances. Lohman garners enough sympathy for being a kind–hearted woman who picks the wrong person to mess with, while Raver‘s depiction of Mrs Ganush will make you want to offer your seat on the train to a pensioner for fear of being cursed.
