Drag Me to Hell Critic Reviews

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.Read the full review

Brilliantly nasty little horror film.Read the full review

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.Read the full review

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

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

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

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.Read the full review

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

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