Allison Lohman and Justin Long star in the new scary, thriller Drag Me To Hell new in theaters this week. Seems every summer Hollywood takes a stab or two at some kind of new way to scare us, and in some respect they are successful here.
Christine (Lohman) is a young up and comer in the banking business. She is up for an assistant managers job at her local branch. When convinced by her boss that the way to advance is to be more aggressive and make the tough decisions, she takes it. In walks a creepy looking, gypsy kind of woman who is on the verge of being evicted from her home. Christine picks her to be the example, and turns her down for a mortgage extension, and informs her she will be evicted. The gypsy woman then puts an ancient curse on Christine. She has three days to somehow appease the evil spirit, and save her self from certain death and an eternity of burning in hell.
Let the loud noises and banging begin, along with the scary music and special effects. All predictable, and overall not very scary. But there is a "but". What is kind of scary here is the fact that no one would be thrilled having as curse bestowed on them, whether you are a believer or not. I think DMTH could be scary especially to some young people. Our young victim looks very youthful, and could be easily identifiable with many.
DMTH does succeed in delivering a story that hasn't been told in a while. This is not a slasher flick at all. Minimal blood, and language tame. There are a couple of extremely uncomfortable moments with possible animal sacrifice, that may be disturbing for some. BUT again, is this movie playing it straight, or is this a parody on these kind of movies? No question there is comic relief among the supposed intensity. True too, special effects by and large are adequate, but a couple of times you'll think you're watching the silliness of The Mask, or some kind of silly cartoon.
To be honest, this movie lost me a few times during the first one hour and 37 minutes it ran, but the final two minutes, gave it me back a mark or two. You may find yourself ahead of the movie, and that's okay. I don't think the makers mind that at all.
Drag Me To Hell is very targeted, If you're a fan of these kind of movies, you may be very intrigued and think this is a really great night at the movies. But to be fair it's not for everyone. It's a young persons, group go-see night at the movies.
Leave Nana at home.
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