He and his co-writer brother Ivan (the writing team that gave us Darkman, and, of course, Army of Darkness) know that fans go in expecting to jump out of their seats, and it's twice as entertaining if the film's direction lets the audience in on the joke. The movie is a ride already.Īfter months of terrible slasher pictures, two factors stand out: Raimi's respect for his audience, and his desire to make being terrified fun again. It's a shame he can't, but then again, it isn't even necessary. Critics often compare movies to rollercoaster rides, and Castle might have suggested someone hook co-writer/director Sam Raimi's return to the horror genre up to an actual rollercoaster, so the audience could get flung around like poor heroine Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) as she desperately tries to escape a curse placed on her by a shamed old woman (Lorna Raver).

seeing it again on DVD was, for once, exactly the same.ĭrag Me to Hell is the kind of movie that would have brought a smile to the face of infamous showman director William Castle, who would hide buzzers in seats and dangle plastic skeletons on wires to get an amused reaction from movie audiences. Note: The first section of this review is taken wholesale from my theatrical review of Drag Me to Hell, because my opinion of the movie in theaters vs.

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