Am I the only person who actually puts two spaces between a colon and the next word, as proper English intended? Just curious...
Anyways, Frobro had started a topic sometime this week or last...or whenever...asking people if they were going to see Drag Me To Hell, the new movie from Sam Raimi. On that thread, I had spoken about how I was willing to see the movie, but I had little to no confidence in its quality due to it being a PG-13 "horror" movie from Sam Raimi. The last time that Sam Raimi was involved with anything labeled "PG-13" and "horror" was when Ghost House (his production company) brought ho-hum Ju-on to America as The Grudge. = /
Yesterday, my brother said that we should see the midnight showing of Drag Me To Hell for my birthday, while I felt we should go see the midnight showing of Up. Nonetheless, he won out solely because I KNEW Up was going to be awesome regardless. We got to the theatre, and a measly 40 people or so were joining us for the evening. My confidence was still fragile.
Then the opening title card from the old school Universal movies popped up. This raised it.
Within the first five minutes of the movie, I was confident that I was going to fall in love with the flick.
By the end of the movie, the muscles involved in laughing were sore and I could barely speak because I was so out of breath. My ears felt like they'd been raped by a decibel level of 11 due to Raimi turning the mixes up DRASTICALLY LOUD...and without it, Drag Me To Hell would've been a lesser movie.
Everything about this movie screams "EVIL DEAD" without the chainsaw arm or the massive bloodshed. The humor is twisted and gross but also playful enough that while an evil spirit is beating up on Alison Lohman, you can't help but laugh...and think about how hard it must've been to keep a straight face through all of the things she endured. At least a third of the movie seems to be dedicated to seeing what they can put in Alison Lohman's mouth. Between bile, maggots, barf, half an arm, and everything else...I'm pretty sure that Alison Lohman is immune to all forms of disease at this point!!!
Those scared by the PG-13 rating need to know that while there isn't a lot of GORE in the movie, nor BLOOD (except for one scene that was one of the funniest in the entire film), what you will find are incredibly well-timed jump scares galore, as well as the same sense of humor that made us love Evil Dead so much. The old lady in the movie is SERIOUSLY one of the most tormenting and hilarious characters possible, essentially taking the place of Ash's evil hand from Evil Dead II.
I honestly cannot praise this film enough. I've NEVER had this much fun at the theatre, as everyone in the audience was participating and talking amongst each other the entire time. Seeing this movie is like going to a great party. It's not only worth the ticket price, but it's worth repeat viewings on a regular basis.
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