Drag Me to Hell

Release Year: 2009

Director: Sam Raimi

Review: After the buzz I decided to give this a try hoping that it might redeem the horror genre for me.  Ultimately, I see where people had a good time with it, but its far from making me any more appreciative of the genre.  The story was painfully rudimentary.  I like that Rami took the time to put in a backstory, but ultimately, what's the point when its so cliched?  I don't mind camp, but the film seems to swivel between the awful and interesting too quickly for me.  I wanted to like it as being so bad its good, but it seemed like Rami was trying to hard for this, and in the end I didn't want to give it to him.  The acting by Alison Lohman is comparable to kitten trying to be lion, its just not a role she could ever pull off.   There is some fantastic camera work and inspired editing, but these moments were to sporadic to make an impact.  Sure, its a fun movie.  It plays for laughs and cheap jumps and does this type of film very well, its just that these type of movies don't work for me.
Rating: 2.5/5