Monday Movie Review

I'm not a big fan of horror movies, I feel that if I'm paying money to see a film, I'd rather have fun and laugh then be scared sh!tless. I'd say the majority of movies that I watch are comedies. Tonight was different however, tonight I watched Sam Rami's film "Drag Me To Hell."

When I first saw the trailer I thought it was another one of those stupid scary movies that seem to be cranked out every month. Not being a horror fan, I can't really compare this movie to anything, but I have to say I was entertained. I understand that people like to be scared every now and then, just look at theme parks and haunted houses. This movie certainly had it's fill of "jolt you out of your seat" scary moments and I enjoyed every one of them. Unlike the "Saw" movies, "Drag Me To Hell" relies on classic suspense and surprise rather than blood and gore (though it did have a wonderful "nose bleed" scene.)

The movie is over the top and that's what makes it great. You can't go into this film expecting it to be a serious horror flick. I read one review that described it as "the exorcist directed by Bugs Bunny." Maybe I enjoyed this movie because of it's cartoonish scares or maybe because it was also very funny. Raimi's dark sense of humour blended well with the rest of the film and it's stylistic scary scenes.

The suspense in this movie is made even suspensfuller, (yeah I just made it up) by the score. The music builds and builds until you can't take it anymore and you're left waiting for something to happen, then it either does or doesn't, but either way it'll catch you off guard.

The movies stars Justin Long and Allison Lohman, who I think both did an excellent job. I'm especially impressed by Lorna Raver who played Mrs. Sylvia Ganush (aka the creepy gypsy lady). She was able to make a creepy character REALLY creepy, especially at the start of the car scene.

So far the movie has been receiving superb reviews and it definitely deserves them. "Drag Me To Hell" brought a lot more to the table than I was really expecting and I think it's safe to say that the next time a good horror flick comes around you won't have to drag me to it!




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