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Topic	THE Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related (Vol. 5) 5th Anniversary RANKINGS
Snake5555555555 10/26/20 12:29:53 PM #276:	31. Drag Me to Hell (2009 film) (20.5 points) Nominated by: Xiahou Shake (0/2 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPOaxHqoYxo Importance: 4.5 Fear: 7 Snake: 9 Drag Me to Hell was Sam Raimi's great return to horror after spending nearly a decade on the mainstream Spider-Man franchise. With a horror slant inspired by Evil Dead, Drag Me to Hell nevertheless takes its subject matter a little more seriously than the average Raimi horror flick. Alison Lohman portrays Christine, a loan officer who denies Ganush, an old gypsy woman, a third extension on her mortgage. Ganush ambushes her later on and puts a curse on her, to torture her for three days before she is totally dragged to hell, by something called the Lamia. Drag Me to Hell definitely has the gross-out factor you would expect from a Raimi film, and throughout the film there always seems to be something disgusting landing in Christine's mouth. However, the three-day time limit gives the film a sense of frantic pacing, as Christine tries anything and everything to rid herself of the curse. Drag Me to Hell, despite its comedy, is a film that plays with morality. We initially feel bad for Christine, a lower-class woman just trying to do her job, but over the course of the film, as Christine saves her skin countless times by sacrificing others to the Lamia and even kills a kitten, and the film really tests your patience and likability towards her character. I've also read that the film is a meta-commentary on the audience's desire to actually see the effects of hell on the main character, and how we revel in other's suffering as long as we're nice and comfy and safe. I mean, I guess I can see that interpretation, it's the foundation a lot of slashers are built on, but I don't totally buy into it here. It's more a look at how differing interpretations of good and evil can built up and flipped on its head, and in that regard, it's a powerful film that delivers a blend of horror & comedy only someone like Raimi can deliver in the way he does. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:946321690] in THE Snake ... [t:79012032]...</cite> <quote>31. Drag Me to Hell (2009 film) (20.5 points) Nominated by: Xiahou Shake (0/2 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPOaxHqoYxo Importance: 4.5 Fear: 7 Snake: 9 Drag Me to Hell was Sam Raimi's great return to horror after spending nearly a decade on the mainstream Spider-Man franchise. With a horror slant inspired by Evil Dead, Drag Me to Hell nevertheless takes its subject matter a little more seriously than the average Raimi horror flick. Alison Lohman portrays Christine, a loan officer who denies Ganush, an old gypsy woman, a third extension on her mortgage. Ganush ambushes her later on and puts a curse on her, to torture her for three days before she is totally dragged to hell, by something called the Lamia. Drag Me to Hell definitely has the gross-out factor you would expect from a Raimi film, and throughout the film there always seems to be something disgusting landing in Christine's mouth. However, the three-day time limit gives the film a sense of frantic pacing, as Christine tries anything and everything to rid herself of the curse. Drag Me to Hell, despite its comedy, is a film that plays with morality. We initially feel bad for Christine, a lower-class woman just trying to do her job, but over the course of the film, as Christine saves her skin countless times by sacrificing others to the Lamia and even kills a kitten, and the film really tests your patience and likability towards her character. I've also read that the film is a meta-commentary on the audience's desire to actually see the effects of hell on the main character, and how we revel in other's suffering as long as we're nice and comfy and safe. I mean, I guess I can see that interpretation, it's the foundation a lot of slashers are built on, but I don't totally buy into it here. It's more a look at how differing interpretations of good and evil can built up and flipped on its head, and in that regard, it's a powerful film that delivers a blend of horror & comedy only someone like Raimi can deliver in the way he does. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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