Drag me to Hell...Again.

DIR: Sam Raimi

Welcome back dear reader! 31 one nights of Horrors (And some other oddities thrown in) and we're over the first hurdle. October is an exciting time to be a Horror fan, and as the nights draw in and I have to start putting the heating on, there's nothing better than cosying up with a Horror flick...or 31.

So today is Drag me to Hell, and it should be noted that this is my second viewing. My first is detailed on my OTHER Blog (I'm starting a blog for everything I like, up next...Kitchen Utensils) here. So while my initial thoughts are over there, we can just go into thoughts on my second viewing here.

So...what's changed?

Well I don't think I jumped once this time around, and that's really a shame. I can't really think if that's because I didn't have a Cinema to watch it in, or just because I know when all the jump scares are coming. But on this occasion, the "Spook A Blast" didn't quite get me.

Like the Final Destination series of films, Drag me to Hell strikes me more as a community film. Something you watch with friends and a little bit of Alcohol. Half the fun is in watching someone else squirm, and watching someone else jump. Watching it alone and without the benefits that Alcohol can bring, I found it an ultimately enjoyable but lacking 90 minutes that has an occasional mis use of CGI, but still comes recommended.

So, what worked?

I liked both Justin Long and Alison Lohman more this time around. Long in particular not only plays the unforgiving role of 'Skeptical Boyfriend' but is almost non existent on the page. The fact that he sells the role as well as he does makes me wonder what would've happened if Raimi gave him something else to do.

Lohman works best here though, and watching it again I noticed how she plays the sweet innocent girl as more of a facade than something that's actually real. It seems more that her character WANTS to be the nice innocent girl next door, but is instead perhaps a little more calculating. As usual though I could well be overthinking things.

So that's almost all I have to say on Drag me to Hell. My initial thoughts have not changed much past my initial viewing. If you're going to see the film then see it with the lights down and a lot of friends, you'll thank me afterwards.