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Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell gets fresh appraisal

Original: ONE HUNDRED WORD REVIEW: "Drag Me to Hell" Having made oodles of money with his crowd-pleasing Spider-Man trilogy, Sam R

Sam Raimi returned to horror with Drag Me to Hell after his blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy, telling the story of a woman fighting to avoid being dragged into Hell. A short review circulating online revisits the film, recalling Raimi's horror roots in Evil Dead and The Gift and weighing the film's mix of scares and dark comedy against his earlier crowd-pleasing work.

Why now: Film fans are revisiting and reappraising Raimi's horror output through short-form reviews.

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• ONE HUNDRED WORD REVIEW: "Drag Me to Hell" Having made oodles of money with his crowd-pleasing Spider-Man trilogy, Sam Raimi (“Evil Dead”, “The Gift”) returned to horror with a story about a woman trying to avoid getting dragged into Hell, which is bad news for her because the… · JDWrites@mstdn.social

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