Drag Me to Hell (2009) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - May 29, 2009

After a near two decade long hiatus from the horror genre, director Sam Raimi returned to the genre from which his career was birthed with the zesty Drag Me to Hell. At time of release I remember a smattering of online complaints about the film. One being that its PG-13 rating would rob it of any and all visceral thrills. Another being that it was not Evil Dead 4.

Being a Sam Raimi film, Drag Me to Hell blended visceral shocks with Three Stooges inspired splat-stick comedy to great effect. Longtime fans were also rewarded with an ending every bit as upbeat and optimistic as the ones for the first two Evil Dead movies had been.