Drag me to Hell! - Blu-ray Forum

Foggy · 01-19-2010, 09:43 PM

I have just watched this film, and I think I've (almost) seen genius. Let me create a senario made up in this movie to explain why it is so great, Evil demonic old woman is strangling you, there is no escape, you notice a rope which is connected to a harness which is supporting a heavy weight swinging above the old womans head, you cut the wire the weight comes crashing down and old woman eyes pop out, in Evil Dead fashion. How is that not genius, it so Tom and Jerry in it's setup.

But a lot of people don't like this film, sure you may have your reasons, but those reason probably will go against what the movie was stading for. This was never trying to be anything ground-breaking, it was a film which was trying to be fun and was trying to be scary. Now maybe you weren't scared by it (I was) but you can at least say you had fun.

This film is showing how horror should be made, silly and over the top, with goofy scares. The horror genre was never serious, so why are so many trying to make it serious.

CZAR · 01-19-2010, 09:52 PM

I agree and disagree! The horror film genre is taken serious as there are real great groundbreaking horror films that are serious. However Drag Me to Hell isnt one of them but i love the film for what it is though. It is a modern day horror/comedy (more horror) with a cool original idea and concept! But u have great horror films like The Shining, Carrie, The Exorcist etc....that are great horror films that are all time classics and are taken seriously! Got Em!!

Foggy · 01-19-2010, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CZAR

I agree and disagree! The horror film genre is taken serious as there are real great groundbreaking horror films that are serious. However Drag Me to Hell isnt one of them but i love the film for what it is though. It is a modern day horror/comedy (more horror) with a cool original idea and concept! But u have great horror films like The Shining, Carrie, The Exorcist etc....that are great horror films that are all time classics and are taken seriously! Got Em!!

I didn't say it was ground-breaking, I do believe that you can make a serious horror movie, but you can not make one within the relmes of the real world. The serious problem with Paranormal Activity (other than the fact that the boyfriend was a nobhead, and every actor in the film was crap) was it took it's self way to seriously to be scary.

X12Celtics3 · 01-19-2010, 11:41 PM

I thought the audio and video, audio especially, for the Blu-Ray version were very good, which surprised me (having heard nothing about it before watching). The movie itself, however, still had some really lame parts that literally made me laugh out loud, as most horror movies that I've seen do.

Batman1980 · 01-19-2010, 11:46 PM

Drag Me to Hell did what it was supposed to do, it re-established Sam Raimi as a player in the horror genre and as one of the best filmmakers in Hollywood after the maligned Spider-Man 3.

jjbsn5192 · 01-20-2010, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by X12Celtics3

I thought the audio and video, audio especially, for the Blu-Ray version were very good, which surprised me (having heard nothing about it before watching). The movie itself, however, still had some really lame parts that literally made me laugh out loud, as most horror movies that I've seen do.

i couldnt take the film serious..
and i think they tried to potray it "Serious"

if i wanted to watch a Goof of a Horror-Comedy Lackluster..
i would've stuck to the House of Wax Scene with Paris Hilton

"Get's Me Every Time"

jjbsn5192 · 01-20-2010, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

Drag Me to Hell did what it was supposed to do, it re-established Sam Raimi as a player in the horror genre and as one of the best filmmakers in Hollywood after the maligned Spider-Man 3.

He's a Good Director..

Surely Spiderman and Evil Dead are some really Great Film's!

nathanp · 01-20-2010, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jjbsn5192

He's a Good Director..

Surely Spiderman and Evil Dead are some really Great Film's!

The Gift is really good too, and not just for the Katie Holmes scene!

Yautja · 01-20-2010, 12:49 AM

I only watched this last night, give it a 7/10 not that much of a fan of humor in horror films!!!!!

jjbsn5192 · 01-20-2010, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by nathanp

The Gift is really good too, and not just for the Katie Holmes scene!

ill check that out

Katie Holme's is a great actor i like alot of the stuff she does!

Foggy · 01-20-2010, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jjbsn5192

i couldnt take the film serious..
and i think they tried to potray it "Serious"

I do agree that the silly marketing killed the film, making it out to be a proper scary horror film.

Batman1980 · 01-20-2010, 06:47 AM

Not to be mean but anyone who didn't know Sam Raimi makes comedic horror films doesn't really know Sam Raimi.

,deeii · 01-20-2010, 07:05 AM

Watched this a few days ago, I really enjoyed it. :]

Monkey · 01-20-2010, 07:52 AM

Evil Dead is awesome. Spiderman 3 and this movie quite the opposite..

Kryptonic · 01-20-2010, 07:53 AM

Best horror film of the decade.

Foggy · 01-20-2010, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkey

Evil Dead is awesome. Spiderman 3 and this movie quite the opposite..

I don't want to hear anything of spiderman 3 in this thread.

Monkey · 01-20-2010, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

I don't want to hear anything of spiderman 3 in this thread.

Mentioned 3 times before my post

To his credit 30 Days of Night was very good, so maybe there is still hope that the other two were just major duds and he'll be back.

stroudenov · 01-20-2010, 04:32 PM

I think Drag Me to Hell was a Thank You to the Legion of fans wanting him to return to his roots. He could have taken a "cash grab" approach and tweaked something he had already done. Instead, he took a great "Twilight Zone" type of an idea and spread it out over 90 minutes. Gags and giggled shocks have always been part of the resume.

I loved the film. As a parent of pre-teens, this was the first movie that jolted them, made them scared (momentarily) and entertained them enough to want to watch over and over.

Carrie, Shining, Exorcist, Ghost Story, Amityville, etc. are all great classics but tend to be overshadowed now by both "technical effects" and "in your face" shocks. It's hard to entertain the kids with those classics.

Had them watch Psycho, however. Suprisingly, it still achieved the desired effect. Not so much "scary" as opposed to the suspense build.

CYMBOL · 01-20-2010, 04:38 PM

I liked it - wife LOVED it - but when we bought it and watched it on Blu - it didn't hold up.

With the suspense gone (since we knew what was coming) - it came off as hokey.

I gave it an average rating the first time because basically Raimi just copied himself. There were so many Evil Dead throw backs that it got annoying.

I kept thinking during the movie - "Dude! We get it! You're the director of the Evil Dead movies! Sheesh!"

Good horror/humor movie - doesn't hold up on repeat viewings.

SDon1969 · 01-20-2010, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Monkey

To his credit 30 Days of Night was very good, so maybe there is still hope that the other two were just major duds and he'll be back.

I don't get the connection, was Raimi involved with 30 Days of Night?

01-19-2010, 09:43 PM	#1
Foggy Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:UK 4K collection:29 Blu-ray collection:3591 DVD collection:47	Drag me to Hell! I have just watched this film, and I think I've (almost) seen genius. Let me create a senario made up in this movie to explain why it is so great, Evil demonic old woman is strangling you, there is no escape, you notice a rope which is connected to a harness which is supporting a heavy weight swinging above the old womans head, you cut the wire the weight comes crashing down and old woman eyes pop out, in Evil Dead fashion. How is that not genius, it so Tom and Jerry in it's setup. But a lot of people don't like this film, sure you may have your reasons, but those reason probably will go against what the movie was stading for. This was never trying to be anything ground-breaking, it was a film which was trying to be fun and was trying to be scary. Now maybe you weren't scared by it (I was) but you can at least say you had fun. This film is showing how horror should be made, silly and over the top, with goofy scares. The horror genre was never serious, so why are so many trying to make it serious.

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01-19-2010, 09:52 PM	#2
CZAR Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Camp Crystal lake 4K collection:72 Blu-ray collection:312 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:75	I agree and disagree! The horror film genre is taken serious as there are real great groundbreaking horror films that are serious. However Drag Me to Hell isnt one of them but i love the film for what it is though. It is a modern day horror/comedy (more horror) with a cool original idea and concept! But u have great horror films like The Shining, Carrie, The Exorcist etc....that are great horror films that are all time classics and are taken seriously! Got Em!!

01-19-2010, 11:41 PM	#4
X12Celtics3 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2010 Blu-ray collection:427	I thought the audio and video, audio especially, for the Blu-Ray version were very good, which surprised me (having heard nothing about it before watching). The movie itself, however, still had some really lame parts that literally made me laugh out loud, as most horror movies that I've seen do.

01-19-2010, 11:46 PM	#5
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	Drag Me to Hell did what it was supposed to do, it re-established Sam Raimi as a player in the horror genre and as one of the best filmmakers in Hollywood after the maligned Spider-Man 3.

01-20-2010, 12:49 AM	#9
Yautja Power Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2008 Location:AUSTRALIA Home Theater Gallery:29 Trading Score:6	I only watched this last night, give it a 7/10 not that much of a fan of humor in horror films!!!!!

01-20-2010, 06:47 AM	#12
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	Not to be mean but anyone who didn't know Sam Raimi makes comedic horror films doesn't really know Sam Raimi.

01-20-2010, 07:05 AM	#13
,deeii Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Netherlands SteelBooks™: 208 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:68 Blu-ray collection:680 Trading Score:14	Watched this a few days ago, I really enjoyed it. :]

01-20-2010, 07:52 AM	#14
Monkey Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2006 Trading Score:31	Evil Dead is awesome. Spiderman 3 and this movie quite the opposite..

01-20-2010, 07:53 AM	#15
Kryptonic Suspended Member since:Jul 2009 Trading Score:45	Best horror film of the decade.

01-20-2010, 04:32 PM	#18
stroudenov Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Tampa Bay, Florida Home Theater Gallery:25 Blu-ray collection:173	I think Drag Me to Hell was a Thank You to the Legion of fans wanting him to return to his roots. He could have taken a "cash grab" approach and tweaked something he had already done. Instead, he took a great "Twilight Zone" type of an idea and spread it out over 90 minutes. Gags and giggled shocks have always been part of the resume. I loved the film. As a parent of pre-teens, this was the first movie that jolted them, made them scared (momentarily) and entertained them enough to want to watch over and over. Carrie, Shining, Exorcist, Ghost Story, Amityville, etc. are all great classics but tend to be overshadowed now by both "technical effects" and "in your face" shocks. It's hard to entertain the kids with those classics. Had them watch Psycho, however. Suprisingly, it still achieved the desired effect. Not so much "scary" as opposed to the suspense build.

01-20-2010, 04:38 PM	#19
CYMBOL Blu-ray Knight Member since:May 2007 Location:I move around a lot. Blu-ray collection:8	I liked it - wife LOVED it - but when we bought it and watched it on Blu - it didn't hold up. With the suspense gone (since we knew what was coming) - it came off as hokey. I gave it an average rating the first time because basically Raimi just copied himself. There were so many Evil Dead throw backs that it got annoying. I kept thinking during the movie - "Dude! We get it! You're the director of the Evil Dead movies! Sheesh!" Good horror/humor movie - doesn't hold up on repeat viewings.

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