About to be hit in the face by evil
Ok, so Sam Raimi made another horror movie — finally! He’s the only Leprechaun out there who can turn standard horror B.S. into a magically hillarious gore-tacular. We remember the deliciously over-the-top Evil Dead, and its evil rubber chicken of a sequel/remake, Evil Dead II. Then there’s Army of Darkness, which streamlined the mayhem and made it larger. So Drag Me to Hell has a heck of a lot to live up to, is what I’m saying. Does it? Well…yeah, I suppose, if you’re into that sort of thing.
What sort of thing is that? Well, how about a toothless old gypsy gumming up poor Alison Lohman’s face, not once but twice? How about multiple scenes of people being hit with unseen punches and everyday household objects? How about people being, as the title suggests, dragged to hell? How about evil forces screwing with people in ways that can only be described as hilarious and super-disgusting?
Why does Sam Raimi waste his time with things like directing Spider-Man or producing Xena: Warrior Princess when he has the power to do something this unique and cool whenever he wants? Sure, Spider-Man II remains the greatest superhero movie of all time, and Xena had quite the following, but what about this scene from Evil Dead II:
And there are 20 scenes in ED II that are just as good. Now, nothing in Drag Me to Hell is quite that inspired, but it’s still a good effort from the only man in the world capable of such lunacy. 3.5 out of 5 overpriced popcorns, but that’s only because parts of it were a little boring. Specifically, most of the parts with the guy from the Apple ads.
