Drag Me to Hell

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Raimi has made the most crazy, fun, and terrifying horror movie in years.

Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey

With that fire in his belly, Raimi's Drag Me to Hell does everything we want a horror film to do: It is fearsomely scary, wickedly funny and diabolically gross.

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

This film is cunningly crafted in every detail--direction, script, performances, comic timing, special effects--from thunderous start to delicious finish.

Washington Post Dan Kois

As in the best horror movies, Drag Me to Hell keeps the audience on the edge of hysteria throughout, so that every thump sets the heart racing and every joke earns a slightly out-of-control laugh.

Film Threat Matthew Sorrento

With brother Ivan as his co-writer, Sam tosses out a delightful batch of tense, hilarious set pieces. The two are giggling behind the proceeds like the Coen brothers scripting fresh off a critical triumph.

Slate Dana Stevens

Brilliantly nasty little horror film.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

Raimi’s new film feels distinctly unburdened and fun, happily frolicking in its own pulp silliness.

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

Raimi's still very much up to his old tricks, retaining that deliriously over-the-top brand of Grand Guignol horror that he had abandoned by the mid-'90s in pursuit of other genres.

New York Magazine David Edelstein

Truly, this is manna from hell.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Unlike so much contemporary horror, it's devoid of sadism and mean-spiritedness. The looseness Raimi allows himself here results in an especially joyous kind of filmmaking, the sort where the filmmaker's delight in scaring us (and making us laugh) becomes part of the movie's fabric.

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

After directing three Spider-Man movies, Sam Raimi makes a masterful return to the horror genre.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Nothing short of horror-hound heaven.

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

Raimi knows how to modulate his technique, as with the coolly controlled morality tale "A Simple Plan," but he's a firm believer in the power of an active, expressive camera, as well as the value of insinuation.

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

Raimi as a filmmaker is clearly having more fun than he's had in years. So will his fans.

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Drag Me to Hell has a tonic playfulness that’s unabashedly retro, an indulgent return to Mr. Raimi’s goofy, gooey roots.

Village Voice Nick Pinkerton

If the booga-booga shocks are sometimes repetitive, Drag Me does its audience right in its last-act burst of giddy momentum, sustained by crack editor Bob Murawski through a burlesque exorcism.

Empire Chris Hewitt

Thrilling and often hilarious, it’s good to see one of Hollywood’s most inventive directors fully reinvigorated. On this form, Spider-Man 4 should be a belter.

Variety Peter Debruge

The picture is single-mindedly devoted to pushing the audience's buttons, and who better than Raimi to do the honors?

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

The movie is a goofy, ridiculous blast, and yet Raimi means business: Even the precociously cute kitty isn't safe in this one.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

A Raimi-esque mix of gross-out madness and sick laughs.

Premiere Staff (Not credited)

Fear not those who worried about Raimi after the last "Spiderman" debacle. There is no musical number here. The tongue is planted firmly in-cheek. The spirit of "Evil Dead" lives on.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Working with his brother Ivan, Sam Raimi is laughing with us - and often louder than we are.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Horror-movie heaven.

USA Today Claudia Puig

Drag Me to Hell is unlike any scary thriller in a while: frightening, frenzied and fun.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

An unabashedly schlocky, expertly executed blend of jack-in-the-box jolts and humour.

San Francisco Chronicle Amy Binacolli

If you can stomach the projectile-sputum gags and stapled-eyelid attack scene, it's hilarious.

TV Guide Jason Buchanan

A popcorn film that aims to entertain -- nothing more, nothing less -- and it achieves that goal admirably.

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

Quick and lowdown-delightful. It's also a graveyard or two up in class from the torture films that, in recent years, have redefined horror for the worse.

New York Daily News Joe Neumaier

Drag Me to Hell is an eyeball-gouging lesson in how to make a genre flick and live to tell about it.

New Orleans Times-Picayune Mike Scott

Even if the obligatory third-act twist arrives with all the subtlety of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Drag Me to Hell otherwise steers mostly clear of predictability.

New York Post Kyle Smith

Drag Me to Hell is pure cheese. Goat cheese.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Although Drag Me to Hell mostly fails as horror, it achieves sporadic success as a comedy.