Drag Me to Hell is, like Raimi’s Evil Dead 2, pure catharsis, a sick, joyous merging of technique and exploitation.Īlison Lohman stars as Christine, a plucky loan officer in pursuit of a promotion. A simple interpretation for a movie that, on its surface at least, is far more interested in honoring time-tested B-movie schlock than it is in forging any kind of new mythology. It’s a traditional interpretation, Raimi’s Hell, all fire and brimstone and emaciated demon things. ![]() That’s the practical assumption, at least, considering its fiery entrance manifests through flame-licked cracks in the ground. Hell’s beneath the Earth’s surface in Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, too. There are a lot of awful emotions, but shame might be the worst. I thought of my unsaved parents, my unsaved brother and sister-in-law. Twilight descended outside the tiny daycare we co-opted for our services as my pastor told us that by not sharing our faith with our loved ones, we were damning them to this. I reveled in shame.Īnd it was shame I felt as we listened to these grainy, fabricated screams. There are good Christians, lots of them, but I wasn’t one. You can still hear the audio, though it’s been long debunked. “But I can imagine this is what hell sounds like.” “Who knows if it’s true?” my pastor said. They tend to cite Ezekiel 31:16: “I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.” It’s not something most Christians tend to believe. See, some people believe Hell exists in the center of the Earth. Inside, scientists measured temperatures of more than 2,000 degrees. Siberian well diggers drilled a hole so deep they broke through, discovering a hollow center. With A Most Horrific Year, Senior Staff Writer Randall Colburn analyzes and reflects on the most critically acclaimed horror movie of every year, starting in 2015 and moving backwards.
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