Loved it! My friend and I went to see it and noticed my little sister walked into the same theater with a friend shortly after, she didn't notice us. We followed her home and made goat noises by the door, scared the shit out of her haha.

Re: Drag Me to Hell!
 

Definitely Sam Raimi's most badass film to date. A return to form for him.

Yeah, I don't like most of Ghost house's stuff but this was rad.

x2.

The best one since The Evil Dead.

I liked this movie, it was really good!

I only watched this last night and I guess I'm going to have to go against the pack and say that I was actually quite disappointed. I mean it was an ok movie, the sound effects rocked, but the gore just made me roll my eyes. It wasn't that it was too gory it was just...over the top. In a very comedy kind of slap stick humor type way.

I was actually really looking forward to seeing this movie because the trailer's made it look so good. But once again horror has disappointed me. And I love horror.

To me this movie was a huge disapointment. BUt then again that's what I was expecting with a pg 13 horror. I actually said "Pg 13? How scary is THAT?" Turns out, not at all. Sure it was disgusting, I do enjoy grossness, but it was not scary. Then I found out it was the same guy that did Evil Dead. Unlike you guys, I don't keep up on who directs what. Well after I found that little bit of info, I said "Go figure". All Evil Dead did for me, was make me laugh. I guess I'm just not a fan of this guy's.

I must be the same as you dewaholic because I didn't enjoy Evil Dead either. A friend of mine told me to get because it was the best horror movie, was very disappointed.

Well hey lady, at least there's 2 of us. lol

Overall I enjoyed it.
Good ending.

:eek: You're both fired! ...That's blasphemy here @ HDC.

drag me to hell
 

i just saw drag me to hell today, and it was just ok for me.there was a few jump scenes in it but thats about all it had.its the same old, same old curse movie.nothing new here.it remiinded me of steven kings movie THINNER.:rolleyes:

Bump... To spite Bigkev and his redundant threads.

Yeh? I thought that ending was predictable as fuck. All the Evil Dead homages/in jokes whatever you wanna call them got tiresome too.

I enjoyed it but found it to undeserving of the hype and praise lumped on it.

that was the worst part of the whole movie

Didn't like Evil Dead?

I feel like I don't even KNOW you people!
:)

most of us like it. its my fav horror movie.

It was SO predictable that I didn't think they would go through with it, which is why I enjoyed it so much I think. An ending doesn't have to surprise you to be good.

Exactly - I was laughing my ass off at the end, even if you could see it coming.

And let's be honest here...the end of EDII wasn't exactly a shocker either, but it's still one of the coolest endings in horror history. Not saying that this was on par, of course, but still.

Well no and ending doesn't have to suprise you to be good. The key word is that is has to be good... that ending was weak and dragged the flick further into averageness. This one was just OK not the masterpiece a lot of people have made it out to be.

...and like I said earlier the Evil Dead homages were fucking LAME.

omg i loved it it is really good horror film and it got me jumping at bits that you wouldnt see coming in the film. it is really really good.

i thought we were on about drag me to hell????
and the evil dead is really good. but the ending was predictable gotta say.

good example of pg-13 horror

DM2Hell was a definite winner! I wasn't expecting much with the rating either, but the 'in your face' jump out scenes, the flies, the gore! Oh yeah, it's a keeper.

DM2H was wonderful
 

The movie was awesome. Especially the over-the-top fighting scenes which reminded me of the Evil Dead movies. It's a trademark movie and restored my faith in Sam Raimi.

Drag Me to Hell was my favorite movie of 2009 and by far the best theater experience I had. :)

Hear Hear!

Drag Me To Hell
 

Uhhh... I knida liked the story lines and all but parts of the movie that were suppose to be scary really made me laugh , because the scenes looked so fake...

Drag Me to Hell
 

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Holy shit, this one surprised me! I don't think a horror comedy has worked so well since... well, ever. This movie was as funny as it was scary and disgusting, and it truly felt like what I'd expect from a Raimi film. The acting was great (I love you Justin Long ::stick out tongue::), the cinematography was so crisp and nice to look at. The story was also pretty disturbing and creepy. I also liked how it poked fun at a few horror cliches like the bleeding nose thing. The ending, though, was so shocking and unexpected. I'm glad it wasn't another Hollywood ending where everything is alright because I love huge twists like that! I really loved this movie. I jumped and laughed and cringed too many times to count. I haven't had this much fun watching a movie in a long time.

A+

I don't think that movie really categorizes as a horror comedy

How could it not? I laughed during quite a few scenes, and I've read pretty much everywhere that it's a horror comedy. Maybe it's not as tongue-in-cheek (and dumb) as Army of Darkness, but I still think it was a horror comedy.

It is.

To me it wasn't. Just my opinion. I didn't get the feeling that the intent of the movie was to be funny as is the point of a comedy. It didnt come across as a comedy. To me it was a horror movie with some parts that made you laugh. Nothing about that movie made me laugh though. It wasn't silly, it took itself seriously and was trying to be scary plus it had a dark ending and not a silly one. I don't see how anyone could say its a comedy.

I'd definitely say it was a horror comedy. It has a ton of scenes that are played for laughs and plenty of scenes that are in the classic Raimi slapstick style. Half of what Raimi does in horror is a nod to The Three Stooges.

That's why I don't think it's a horror comedy. To me it was just his style, not a comedic tone to the movie. There's laughable scenes but it just doesn't play like a comedy.

If another director had directed that film, would it be a horror comedy then?

No because like I said it doesn't play like one. its intent isn't to be funny. The fact that there's a few humorous scenes doesn't make it a comedy. Lots of horror movies have humorous moments for levity but that doesn't make it a comedy.

Shaun of The Dead, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Army of Darkness, Hide and Creep. Those are horror comedies. Movies that act as both horror and comedy not just a horror movie with a few funny moments thrown in.

The ones you mentored are pretty much the opposite of Drag Me to Hell. They're comedies with some horror aspects. It doesn't matter how much comedy is in the film as long as it's prevalent and more than just one instance. Hell, I found no horror in the movies you listed, so how could those possibly be horror comedies?

It does matter how much comedy is in the film. If its a comedy the tone will reflect that throughout and the same goes for horror. If a movie having some comedy made it one then every movie would be a comedy. Those movies tone reflect comedy and horror. Those movies feature gruesome effects and depicts people in scary situations as do the others and three of them involve supernatural beings and all play up on horror tropes. Cabin in The Woods is another example of a horror comedy. That's why those movies are horror.

Drag Me To Hell has some scenes that might make people laugh but its tone reflects a horror movie throughout.

Just because a movie makes you laugh it doesn't make it a comedy. If I laughed during the scene where Regan throws up on the priests would that make The Exorcist a comedy?

If I laughed at Michael Myers under the sheet does that make Halloween a comedy?

I know I have a strict sense of what makes a horror comedy but to me its just logic.

It has to be intentionally funny. Why would we be talking about unintentional comedy when it never came up in the conversation before? I get the bolded part now, though.

And one last thing: I hardly found comedy in Cabin in the Woods.

Because I didn't find anything intentionally funny in Drag Me To Hell.

To further my argument: