Drag Me to Hell

Drag Me to Hell
In a dark night, a few hands grab a woman (seen screaming) into a fire. The film's tagline reads: "Christine Brown has a good job, a great boyfriend, and a bright future. But in three days, she's going to hell."
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Raimi
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Deming
Edited byBob Murawski
Music byChristopher Young
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures (North America, Latin America, Germany and Spain)
Mandate International (International)[1]
Release dates
  • March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15) (SXSW)
  • May 29, 2009 (2009-05-29) (United States)
Running time
99 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Budget$30 million[3]
Box office$90.8 million[3]

Drag Me to Hell is a 2009 American supernatural horror film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi with Ivan Raimi, starring Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, and Adriana Barraza. The story focuses on a loan officer, who, because she has to prove to her boss that she can make the "hard decisions" at work, chooses not to extend an elderly woman's mortgage. The old woman places a retaliatory curse on her that, after three days of escalating torment, will plunge her into the depths of Hell to burn for eternity.

Raimi wrote Drag Me to Hell with his brother before working on the Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007). The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was a critical and commercial success, grossing $90.8 million worldwide against a $30 million budget. It won the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film at the 36th Saturn Awards.

  1. ^ Simon, Brent (June 2, 2009). "Drag Me to Hell". Screen International. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "DRAG ME TO HELL (15)". British Board of Film Classification. May 8, 2009. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
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