REVIEW: Drag Me to Hell

The past 7 years Sam Raimi has graced Spider-Man fans with his knack for creating truly human characters thrown into extraordinary worlds of the impossible. Evil Dead fans can rejoice; Raimi’s taken a step back from the web-slinger to dive back into the supernatural macabre with Drag Me to Hell. Raimi is at full form, crafting what has got to be one of the best horror films in the past 5 years. It’s the perfect Sam Raimi blend of terror, blood, guts and humor has you laughing your ass off one second and reeling from fright the next. It’s his take on a Jacques Tourneur 1940’s b-film; a tale of the consequences when good people have one tiny moral lapse. Allison Lohman is wonderful, able to jump from endearingly compassionate to terrified to flat out hilarious with ease; think of Bruce Campbell’s Ash, just not as studly. Chock full of exact amonts of slime, scares and dead kittens, Drag Me to Hell is a damn fine horror movie.