Drag Me to Hell

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Drag Me to Hell

PG-13

Released May 29, 2009

1h 39m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Christine Brown has a loving boyfriend and a good job at a Los Angeles bank. Her heavenly life becomes hellish when, in an effort to impress her boss, she denies an old woman's request for an extension on her home loan. In retaliation, the crone places a curse on Christine, threatening her soul with eternal damnation. Christine seeks a psychic's help to break the curse, but the price to save her soul may be more than she can pay.

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Sam Raimi returns to top form with Drag Me to Hell, a frightening, hilarious, delightfully campy thrill ride.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

It's very well-directed and a total f---ing blast!

Rated: B+

Oct 26, 2020

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Kaleem Aftab

Independent (UK)

When violence appears in Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, it's not meant to be real, often it's hilarious, and what Raimi tries to show is what is going on in the mind of his principal character.

May 15, 2018

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Glenn Kenny

MUBI

At what point does gleeful cynicism become so gleeful that it ceases to function as cynicism at all, and mutates into a blatant formalist trope of little emotional or intellectual resonance, but plenty of aesthetic...what's the word? Bliss?

Dec 13, 2017

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

Raimi's "return" to horror features cartoonish violence, Evil Dead references, and a great cast that's game for anything. And that's before we talk about the controversial animal murder and mean AF ending.

Rated: 4.5/5

May 28, 2024

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

This rollercoaster horror film is like an EC horror comic of the 1950s come to life, an unforgiving morality tale with playfully gruesome twists and a doozy of a gallows humor.

Oct 27, 2023

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sam Raimi cements himself as a master of the horror-comedy, thanks in large part to Alison Lohman's impressively outlandish performance. Arguably Raimi's best balance of humor and horror, and best film, since Evil Dead 2.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 22, 2023

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Lloyd S

Movie for kids... Disappointed. Sam raimi is not good in making horrors. It's like evil dead. Just idiotic.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/12/25

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Shaun R

It’s good fun in parts, but overall it wasn’t good. This is not a classic horror. Not sure what all the great reviews were about.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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Ian S

Very average. Not very funny or dramatic. Seen it all before. The acting was decent especially Long. After a pretty good first 30 minutes it went downhill.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/30/25

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Nick O

God bless Sam Raimi for making his way back to the wild world of demon horror after such a successful Spider-Man stint. With his trademark breakneck camera work and wall to wall blood splatter, this plays out almost like a homecoming to the Evil Dead style that put Sam on the map!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/26/25

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g j

Utterly generic and forgettable cookie cutter trash. Never understood the praise for this

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/22/25

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Niko H

Great half/half horror thriller dark comedy. Must watch just keep opened minded.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/17/25

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Synopsis

Christine Brown has a loving boyfriend and a good job at a Los Angeles bank. Her heavenly life becomes hellish when, in an effort to impress her boss, she denies an old woman's request for an extension on her home loan. In retaliation, the crone places a curse on Christine, threatening her soul with eternal damnation. Christine seeks a psychic's help to break the curse, but the price to save her soul may be more than she can pay.

Director: Sam Raimi
Producer: Rob Tapert, Grant Curtis
Screenwriter: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Ghost House Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Sequences of Horror Violence|Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.1M
Runtime: 1h 39m

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