The second number places this image along the full range of DVD and Blu-ray discs. The first number indicates a relative level of excellence compared to other Blu-ray video discs on a ten-point scale. Image: 8/9 NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were ripped directly from the Blu-ray disc. But Christine is a plucky wench trying desperately to stay her ground as it opens beneath her. Clay dismisses the man as a charlatan who only wanted her money, which does not bode well for Christine who is about to suffer the tortures of the damned. In fact, someone else does tell him: Psychic Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) reads Christine’s fortune and is horrified by the curse that lies in wait. We were, and this is no ordinary curse, we could assure him. Ganush in the parking garage, it’s time for her boyfriend, Clay Dalton (Justin Long), to lend a shoulder of support. Ganush is piteously supplicating, but even after Christine runs her appeal by her boss (David Paymer), the old lady turns spiteful and curses poor Christine all to hell. Ganush (Lorna Raver), an old woman just this side of bag lady – in fact, that’s sort of her concern: She wants another extension on her loan or else the bank will foreclose and she will lose her home of God knows how many years. Christine is apparently good at her job, but she has not yet made the necessary impression. Christine has her eye on the vacant assistant manager position, but a newer, more ass-licking employee (Reggie Lee – who gave the second season of Prison Break something to die for) has the boss’s attention. And pay he does.įast forward to the present day where Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) works as a loan officer. Apparently the boy stole something from a gypsy and is unable to return it. He is said to be hearing voices – and not the garden variety psychotic ones. A boy is brought to a woman with occult gifts by his anxious parents. The movie starts with a brief prologue that takes place - not in Transylvanian Middle Ages, but just a few decades ago in Pasadena, California. Drag Me To Hell is a masterful early 1980s style (check out the older Universal logo that kicks things off here) horrorshow combined with the latest visual and sound effects and prosthetics. Quite the contrary - though many moments will provoke a reflexive chuckle from the sheer ridiculousness of the situation. And it’s all done without the tongue-in-cheek flair of Army of Darkness. We’re talking Spider-Man here – all three of them, so far (and a fourth in production.) Last year Raimi returned to his B-Movie “roots’ with your basic horror genre keywords: gypsy-curses, blood spewing, insect crawling in and out of body cavities, séance, graveyard and psychic phenomena. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell.After his Evil Dead B-Movie series from 1981-92 and a brief stop directing the star-packed Quick and the Dead in 1995, Sam Raimi indulged himself in the rarified world of high budget and maximum production values. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Director Sam Raimi ("Spider-Man" trilogy, "Evil Dead" series) returns to the horror genre with "Drag Me to Hell," an original tale of a young woman's desperate quest to break an evil curse.Ĭhristine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A.
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