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by **Doc Jon** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:48 am

Because except for a couple moments, I thought it sucked.

It also illustrates to me why the Spidey movies don't hold up well for me personally.

by **guitarsmashley** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:52 am

I don't know but you not liking it tells me it's the best horror movie ever,

Also the Spidey Movies stopped holding up about an hour after you saw them, the third didn't make it 45 minutes in.

by **Doc Jon** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:00 am

guitarsmashley wrote:I don't know but you not liking it tells me it's the best horror movie ever,

sick burn...

by **Chris** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:04 am

Doc Jon wrote:Because except for a couple moments, I thought it sucked.

It also illustrates to me why the Spidey movies don't hold up well for me personally.

It also further illustrates my point about your movie views.

by **Doc Jon** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:08 am

Holland Oats wrote:
It also further illustrates my point about your movie views.

SO you liked it?

I thought it was Raimi's same old schtick but without the humor that the Ash character provided.

by **ThatGuyRoman** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:45 am

The Spidey movies DON'T hold up. At all.

But Drag Me To Hell is still one of the most awesome horror movies of the last decade.

by **Greg** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:20 am

LOVED it. Definitely one of the best horror films in the last decade.

by **rdrsfn82** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:24 am

It was OK. It was a PG-13 take on his old horror movies, so it wasn't as wild as it could have been and there was some amusing stuff and some shitty stuff. It's not one of the best horror movies of the last 10 years, nor is it one of the worst.

by **Doc Jon** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:33 am

rdrsfn82 wrote:It was OK. It was a PG-13 take on his old horror movies, so it wasn't as wild as it could have been and there was some amusing stuff and some shitty stuff. It's not one of the best horror movies of the last 10 years, nor is it one of the worst.

See, here's my issue. It felt like the Evil Dead movies with a bigger budget (which sometimes doesn't help Raimi's love of the cheesy) and not nearly as funny.

The over the top gags work better when played against someone like Campbell.

by **Doc Jon** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:34 am

Greg wrote:LOVED it. Definitely one of the best horror films in the last decade.

Well, considering the torture porn/remake bs/reality tv nature of many recent horror movies, that ain't sayin much.

by **ThatGuyRoman** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:35 am

You are not wrong there.

by **Doc Jon** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:37 am

Plus, doesn't the "best" horror movie of the last decade have to be, I don't know, scary?

Were you guys actually frightened by the film? Grossed out? Sure. But I never found the film frightening in the least, just like Army of Darkness wasn't scary.

by **ThatGuyRoman** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:11 am

I judge movies based on the overall quality, not on how well they adhere to the guidelines of their genre. That's just me personally.

by **Greg** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:38 am

Same here, pretty much. I don't find myself getting as scared of films anymore, but if a film is good in story and quality and has the horror elements and themes that are rampant and does a good job with it, then I'm all for it. Most of my favorite horror films are films from the 30s, 40s, etc. I don't find them scary at all, but to me they're the best horror films. When I did see the film in theaters before it officially came out, the theater loved it and were going nuts, laughing and screaming and jumping, etc. I watched it with my family at one family gathering and everyone were also jumping and having a great time.

There are all types of horror films, and sub-genres within the genre. Drag Me To Hell was a pleasant surprised that while kooky, showed that it can do a good horror film with the right themes and elements of classical horror without resorting to torture porn. The biggest part with blood/gore was when the lead had a squirting nose bleed. And it generally was just a good fun time, something you can laugh at while still finding great suspense and tense moments.