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Drag Me to Hell is a 2009 American comedy horror film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Ivan Raimi and Sam Raimi. Produced by Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, and Grant Curtis, the movie features Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, and Dileep Rao in the cast. The narrative is set in Los Angeles and focuses on supernatural themes, curses, and careerism. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and released in various formats including video on demand.
The film has a runtime of 99 minutes and was composed by Christopher Young. Its tagline states that Christine Brown has a good job, a great boyfriend, and a bright future, but in three days, she is going to hell. The production involved companies such as Ghost House Pictures, Buckaroo Entertainment, Curse Productions, and Mandate Pictures. The movie received ratings of 7.6/10, 92%, and 83/100, with a Metascore of 83. It was rated PG-13 and earned 7 wins and 24 nominations total.
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6.5After 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.
Cast
- Alison Lohman as Christine Brown
- Justin Long as Clay Dalton
- Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush
- Dileep Rao as Rham Jas
- David Paymer as Mr. Jacks
- Adriana Barraza as Shaun San Dena
Themes
- work
- gypsy
- gore
- curse
- psychologist
- psychic
- evil
- loan officer
- obituary
- engagement ring
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
229,962 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 7 wins & 24 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Sam Raimi
- Written by
- Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi
- Produced by
- Robert Tapert Grant Curtis
- Starring
- Alison Lohman Justin Long Lorna Raver Dileep Rao David Paymer Adriana Barraza
- Cinematography
- Peter Deming
- Edited by
- Bob Murawski
- Music by
- Christopher Young
- Production company
- Ghost House Pictures
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- March 15, 2009 ( 2009-03-15 ) ( SXSW ) May 29, 2009 ( 2009-05-29 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Spanish
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $90.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- careerism
- Director
- Sam Raimi
- Screenwriter
- Sam Raimi
- Cast member
- Christopher Young
- Composer
- Christopher Young
- Producer
- Grant Curtis
- Production company
- Ghost House Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Peter Deming
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 197319
- Performer
- Christopher Young
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.luckyred.it/drag-me-to-hell
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- publication date
- 2009-08-13
- title
- Drag Me to Hell
- film editor
- Bob Murawski
- costume designer
- Isis Mussenden
- review score
- 83/100
- set in period
- 2000s
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Encyclopedic overview
Drag Me to Hell is a 2009 American supernatural horror film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi with Ivan Raimi, starring Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, and Adriana Barraza. The story focuses on a loan officer who, in an effort to prove to her boss that she can make the "hard decisions" at work, chooses not to extend an elderly woman's mortgage. The old woman places a retaliatory curse on her that, after three days of escalating torment, will plunge her into the depths of Hell to burn for eternity.
Drag Me to Hell was developed by Sam and his brother, Ivan, who wrote the script for a film titled The Curse in the 1990s as a dark, cautionary fable. Conceived as a "cruel morality tale," the script was intentionally designed to punish a well-intentioned protagonist for making a single selfish mistake, capturing the visceral, slapstick-horror tone of Raimi’s earlier Evil Dead films. However, they shelved the project to focus on other films, eventually completing the script in 2007. Following the massive commercial success of his Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007), Sam Raimi wanted to return to his low-budget, independent horror roots. He partnered with Ghost House Pictures to produce the film independently from major studio constraints. It was shot in Tarzana, California in 2008 with a budget of $30 million.
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