An absolute hoot. Hilarious. Alison Lohman brings a strange energy to Sam Raimi’s revisionist startle-fest. She’s pretty, but exceedingly vulnerable. Raimi and company set-up her desire to succeed snappily to jump right into the lunging and lurching. The horrible old woman, Lorna Raver, was also a great sport, devoting herself fully to her creepy, one-eyed gypsy curser. There’s not much of a plot here. You can feel the Raimi brothers just setting up situations for the next ridiculous set piece -- falling somewhere between a Three Stooges Movie and Poltergeist, or perhaps Darkman and The Gift. Made with great zeal and love for the genre, and a treat for the Evil Dead fans.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Drag Me To Hell
An absolute hoot. Hilarious. Alison Lohman brings a strange energy to Sam Raimi’s revisionist startle-fest. She’s pretty, but exceedingly vulnerable. Raimi and company set-up her desire to succeed snappily to jump right into the lunging and lurching. The horrible old woman, Lorna Raver, was also a great sport, devoting herself fully to her creepy, one-eyed gypsy curser. There’s not much of a plot here. You can feel the Raimi brothers just setting up situations for the next ridiculous set piece -- falling somewhere between a Three Stooges Movie and Poltergeist, or perhaps Darkman and The Gift. Made with great zeal and love for the genre, and a treat for the Evil Dead fans.
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