Drag Me to Hell
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.
Why it matters
A gleefully gory blend of supernatural curse and darkly comic suspense, Drag Me to Hell is Sam Raimi’s return to his horror roots with a modern twist.
- Raimi’s trademark kinetic camera work and practical effects deliver some of the decade’s most inventive and viscerally unsettling set pieces.
- Alison Lohman anchors the film with a relatable, everywoman performance caught in escalating terror and moral reckoning.
- Balances genuine scares with pitch-black humor—perfect for fans who want horror that knows how to laugh at itself without losing the dread.
- A sharp riff on the “curse” subgenre, tapping into anxieties about fate, guilt, and economic desperation in the post-2008 era.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
71
Slow Burn
17
Psychological
43
Supernatural
100
Creature
0
Disturbing
50
Fun Factor
100
Cerebral
43
Survival
50
