Components of success: visual effects and carefully selected actors. "Drag Me To Hell" - a mystical ribbon with black humor

Fans of the cult director Sam Raimi, who shot the trilogy of horrors "Evil Dead" and filmed "Spider-Man", in 2009 were pleased with a new tape with a chilling soul called "Drag Me to Hell." Actors and roles were carefully selected by an American screenwriter and producer who spent $ 30 million on the film.

Spectators around the world appreciated the thriller, which earned at the box office three times the amount invested. The plot of the picture resembles the book by Stephen King "Losing Weight" with gypsy curses, only in horror the main role went to a nice office blonde.

Why is the mass audience saturated with all sorts of horror stories so attracted by this mystical and sometimes ridiculous story? Let's try to understand!

The plot of the movie

The plot of the painting "Drag Me to Hell", the actors of which pleased the audience with an interesting game, tells about the credit manager Christine Brown, who refuses to extend the payments to the old gypsy woman Ganush. Dreaming to take a position higher, the gray office mouse does not listen to the prayer of the real witch, and she in retaliation curses her.

From this moment, the measured life of a bank employee changes radically. Kristin literally pursue failure. Problems with the groom and his parents, frightening voices and filled with frightening squeaks house lead to the fact that she runs to the psychic, confirming her guesses about the induced damage.

The girl finds the house of a gypsy who came to her and finds out about the unexpected death of a witch. Quiet Christine comes into real battle with trying to take her life by a demon, desperately resisting him. The ending of the picture causes real horror in the audience, who believed that the outcome of the fatal battle will be in favor of the blonde.

Great game of the main actress

The actors of the film "Drag Me to Hell" coped with their roles brilliantly. Especially noteworthy are the works of Alison Lohman, playing Christine, and Lorna Rever - a gypsy witch.

From a modest and quiet bank clerk who does not try to deal with intriguing colleagues, the girl turns into a real soldier for her life. She even goes to the cemetery to open the grave of the old woman and return the curse to her.

Loman plays resisting circumstances and fighting with her fears heroine, who in parallel has to make a decent impression on the parents of his chosen one, so as not to get into an embarrassing situation.

Terrible and funny

The director, who paid for the cost of the painting, did not in vain invite in his project already held artists, an excellent game which and expensive special effects were the main components of success. Raimi, whose corporate style of work - it's overtly banter over the stamps of horror films, believed that they should fit into the type selected by the actors.

"Drag Me to Hell" is both a terrible and ridiculous tape that helped reveal the American actress his talent. E. Loman conveys the character of a very practical office employee, who does not have the stereotyped stupidity of a blonde.

Sinister old woman

And many critics believe that still seventy-year-old Lorna Rever, made up unrecognizable, became the main star of the mystical horror film "Drag Me to Hell." Actors who play the role of disgusting villain heroes, are rarely awarded with flattering reviews, but the play of this actress was judged on merit, and the scenes of intimidation by Christine rightfully entered the treasury of the most horrific episodes of horror.

The image of the sinister old woman with a touch of the otherworld was very successful for Lorna, and all the episodes associated with her look in one breath.

Male role, losing female

However, not all actors ("Drag Me to Hell") are organic in the tape. The groom of the main character, played by Justin Long, who starred in various TV and film projects, including the horror film "Jeepers Creepers", looks sluggish against Loman and Raver, and critics have declared the character of the character unworked and recognized the acting as an emotionless play.

But the director did not seek to develop a love line in his painting, focusing on other things.

Funny moments on the set

With the skilful leadership of Raimi, who simultaneously shot a horror film and a black comedy, the actors "Drag Me to Hell" followed his clear instructions - get used to the role and play as seriously as possible.

Although some of the moments on the set were extremely amusing for the entire crew. For example, there was a memorable episode with a talking goat, when the animal brought to the site only interfered with the process, and the director decided to replace him with a mechanized doll.

A frightening horror story

Among the same type of horror films that regularly appear on screens, the mystical tape is, in the opinion of many, a breath of fresh air. And the key to the success of the film, along with black humor and visual effects, became the actors selected by the director. "Drag Me to Hell" is a fascinating horror story, the ending of which hits the spectators on the spot, confident that at last all the bad is left behind, because people like to be scared from the big screen.