A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to p... Read allA loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.
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- 7 wins & 24 nominations total
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- TriviaAlison Lohman did almost all of her own stunts.
- GoofsMrs. Ganush's body gushes a large quantity of embalming fluid onto Christine's face, but in the next scene, her hair is completely dry.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with the 1963 "Van Allen belts" Universal logo.
- Alternate versionsThe unrated director's cut DVD adds four notable extended shots/sequences:
- 1. The scene where Christine's nose squirts blood is extended, adding a shot of blood pouring out of her mouth. She covers her mouth, causing the fountain of blood to erupt from her nose.
- 2. The shot of Christine raising the knife above her cat is extended, showing Christine plunging the knife down several times, with some squirting blood.
- 3. We also see the cat's bloodied body fall into the hole in Christine and Clay's yard, just before Christine begins to shovel dirt upon it.
- 4. When Christine drops the anvil on Mrs. Ganush, Christine still gets splattered with Mrs. Ganush's eyeballs and brain matter, but now it's blood red colored.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: Making 'Drag Me to Hell' (2009)
- SoundtracksRock Ballad (Unused Theme from The Exorcist)
Written and Performed by Lalo Schifrin
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment
Played in the end credits
Featured review
Drag Me to Hell gets off to a strong start, with a young woman's stress at home and work reasonably well developed before, well, all hell breaks loose, and an assortment of colored fluids are expelled from various orifices, often from one person to another. There are a lot of squirm-inducing moments but they are spaced out reasonably well, and this is a fun film.
The young woman (Alison Lohman) is a loan officer at a bank who is vying with another to get promoted at work, but watching her hopes dim as he seems better at playing political games. She also has a boyfriend (Justin Long) whose wealthy parents believe she isn't good enough for. One day at work an elderly woman comes in asking for an extension on her loan payments so that she doesn't lose her house. Fearing that she needs to be perceived as tough enough to make hard decisions, she turns the woman down, leading to being cursed and soon haunted by an evil spirit called a lamia. She turns to a fortune teller for help, but naturally the solution is not as simple as sacrificing an animal.
I liked how Sam Raimi the director moved the action along, skipping unnecessary dialogue and physical movement to get from one scene to another. I thought Sam Raimi the writer (and his brother Ivan) were a little less successful in the middle part of the film, where it stalled a bit. One of the obvious solutions to attempting to lift the curse (getting rid of an object) is oddly delayed. There were also moments where the dialogue was stilted. With that said, the film holds together well, and its big scenes all deliver. Strong ending too.
The young woman (Alison Lohman) is a loan officer at a bank who is vying with another to get promoted at work, but watching her hopes dim as he seems better at playing political games. She also has a boyfriend (Justin Long) whose wealthy parents believe she isn't good enough for. One day at work an elderly woman comes in asking for an extension on her loan payments so that she doesn't lose her house. Fearing that she needs to be perceived as tough enough to make hard decisions, she turns the woman down, leading to being cursed and soon haunted by an evil spirit called a lamia. She turns to a fortune teller for help, but naturally the solution is not as simple as sacrificing an animal.
I liked how Sam Raimi the director moved the action along, skipping unnecessary dialogue and physical movement to get from one scene to another. I thought Sam Raimi the writer (and his brother Ivan) were a little less successful in the middle part of the film, where it stalled a bit. One of the obvious solutions to attempting to lift the curse (getting rid of an object) is oddly delayed. There were also moments where the dialogue was stilted. With that said, the film holds together well, and its big scenes all deliver. Strong ending too.
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- Also known as
- Arrástrame al infierno
- Filming locations
- 1031 Everett St, Los Angeles, California, USA(Christine's house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $42,100,625
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,825,480
- May 31, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $90,843,550
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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