Posted on 05/29/2009 10:37:49 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Going all the way back to the days when Fritz Lang had to flee Germany after Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels figured out that Lang's "Dr. Mabuse" thrillers were crammed with all sorts of not-entirely-hidden cautionary warnings about the evil, malevolent tyrant who was about to transform Germany into a truly evil empire, horror films have had a justified reputation for ruffling our feathers, for stoking our most unruly, subconscious urges and fears. In horror films, there is always more to the images than meets the eye.
That goes double for the slyly evocative one-sheet for "Drag Me to Hell," the new Sam Raimi thriller from Universal Pictures that opens this weekend. The other day I found myself staring at a row of "Drag Me to Hell" posters slapped on the side of a construction site in my neighborhood.
The poster ostensibly offers up the riveting image of a young woman (played in the film by Allison Lohman) in the clutches of a multi-armed beast from the underworld, presumably dragging her off to its hellish lair.........
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Hmmm not really sexy, not really scary, I’m gonna go with cool.
I understand the PG version is called...DRAG ME TO HECK.
I guess I’d have to question the quality of the film for them to need sex to sell it. The guy is talking about not wanting to show gore, and yet it is a horror film.
I guess they need to sell tickets.
You mean they have already made a documentary on the Obama presidency?! He hasn’t even been in office but a few months!
I’ll go with cool, too.
Ouch...
Though there are those who are in ecstasy about it, so maybe you’re right.
Hmmm. The movie’s called, “Drag me to hell.”
Sounds like it’s a docudrama about being married to a Streisand or Baldwin...
I thought it’s about Obama dragging us into socialism.
“Evil will do anything to live”. You said it!
Did you ever notice that the circle in “The Ring” looks like 0bama’s logo? I’d rather watch that videotape than one of 0bama’s speeches.
The picture’s OK and kind of pretty.
However the words “Drag me to Hell” - indicating an at-least half-consensual wish to go to Hell - disturb me.
I used to brush this stuff off. But Hell is real, the abode of the damned who have rebelled against God. I just don’t take allusions to it casually anymore.
Having said that, this is doubtless a conventional, enjoyable horror film with a title I happen to dislike.
I thought it’s about Obama dragging us into socialism.
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Same thing.
I think there are levels to this sort of thing. From what I hear, the Raimi movie isn't as sadistic as so very many of these movies are these days, where scared teens and older geeks can get their jollies seeing women they lust after but who wouldn't give them the time of day get scared and killed. There's a sadistic element in the making of it and the viewing of it. I don't think someone who really likes women can enjoy seeing one chopped to pieces in a film. Of course it's phony, but you aren't drawn to representations of things that don't have some attraction for you.
People who know I find Jessica Biel attractive AND that I love moody, creepy films told me to see the Texas Chainsaw remake, but I fast forwarded through it. I don't enjoy seeing attractive women being terrified and screaming. That's depressing, not fun.
Bighollywood’s, John Nolte’s review calls it pretty bad, made for TV stuff.
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/05/29/review-drag-me-to-hell/#more-147470
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