Drag Me to Hell: auspicabile alternativa al cinema, in effetti.
Come possa essere piaciuto tanto un film del genere mi lascia davvero perplesso, dato che non funziona sotto nessun aspetto e, del resto, neppure si capisce cosa volesse essere.
Come horror sfiora il patetico, come parodia non è efficace e come fine denuncia sociale (tocca sentire pure questo, in giro...) siamo all'a-b-c del radical-chic.
Per fortuna come trash fa ampiamente ridere.
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Impiegata di banca buona-ma-costretta-dal-sistema-ad-essere-dura rifiuta ad una vecchia zingara incazzereccia la dilazione di un mutuo.
Questa le scaglia contro l'usuale maledizione sotto forma di
Lamia, spirito capronesco che non ha niente di meglio da fare che prendere ordini dalla vecchia, circa le anime da trascinare all'inferno.
Per l'impiegatuccia saranno tre giorni pieni di sorprese, ma per fortuna avrà dei validi alleati: il fidanzato triliardario eunuco, un medium che accetta le principali carte di credito ed un incolpevole gattino.
Alla fine c'è anche un colpo di scena che definire telefonato è poco.
I casi sono due: o
Sam Raimi si è rimbecillito, che può anche essere, o ha deciso di prendere per il culo il pubblico con un horror che sarebbe stato molto scarso anche 30 anni fa.
Le citazioni vanno fatte bene, non buttate lì a casaccio, per giunta usando le moderne tecniche di ripresa (fotografia riprovevole, tra le altre cose) e computer grafica di bassa lega. Questa non è una parodia: è un insulto.
Per il resto, in assenza di trama e regia, si punta esclusivamente sullo schifo: si vomita, si schizza sangue, si mangiano mosche e vermi, si vomita di nuovo, si tira qualche calcione, si vomita ancora (stavolta vermi ed in bocca a qualcuno), si sacrificano (o si tenta di sacrificare) bestie e persone, un'altra vomitatina, ci si trastulla un po' con la dentiera, e poi ci si fa un altro bel giro di vomito.
In pratica, un film sulla bulimia.
Se questo non fosse abbastanza, sappiate che c'è anche di peggio: in questo film,
non c'è BRUCE CAMPBELL!!! Mai siamo impazziti?!
Scena memorabile: il tentato esorcismo in cui tutti si passano
la sfiga, incluso un riottoso capretto che svetta in quanto a capacità attoriali.
Voto: 3, come i giorni che ti restano da vivere dopo la maledizione.
Trashometro
® 8/10:
(funny!)
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Raimi, Sam
Nome di battesimo: Raimi, Samuel Marshall
Data di nascita: 23 October 1959
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Coniuge: Gillian Greene::(1993 - present) 5 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Highly inventive US film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood Raimi was a fan of the cinema and before he was ten years old, he was out making movies with an 8mm camera. He was a devoted fan of The Three Stooges, so much of Raimi's film work in his teens, with good friends Bruce Campbell and Robert G. Tapert, was slapstick comedy based around what they had observed from Stooges movies. Among the three of them they wrote, directed, produced and edited a short horror movie titled Within the Woods (1978), which was then shown to prospective investors to raise the money necessary to film The Evil Dead (1981). It met with lukewarm interest in the US with local distributors, so Raimi took the film to Europe, where it was much more warmly received. After it started gaining positive reviews and, more importantly, ticket sales upon its release in Europe, US distributors showed renewed interest, and "Evil Dead" was eventually released stateside to strong box office returns. His next directorial effort was Crimewave (1985), a quirky, cartoon-like effort that failed to catch fire with audiences. However, he bounced back with Evil Dead II (1987), a racier and more humorous remake/sequel to the original "Dead" that did even better at the box office. Raimi was then given his biggest budget to date to shoot Darkman (1990), a comic book-style fantasy about a scarred avenger. The film did moderate business, but Raimi's strong visual style was evident throughout the film via inventive and startling camera work that caught the attention of numerous critics. The third chapter in the Evil Dead story beckoned, and Raimi once again directed buddy Campbell as the gritty hero "Ash", in the Gothic horror _Army of Darkness (1993)_. Raimi surprised fans when he took a turn away from the fantasy genre and directed Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone in the sexy western The Quick and the Dead (1995); four years later he took the directorial reins on A Simple Plan (1998), a crime thriller about stolen money starring Bill Paxton and Bridget Fonda. In early 1999 he directed the baseball film For Love of the Game (1999) and in 2000 returned to the fantasy genre with a top-flight cast in The Gift (2000). In 2002 Raimi was given a real opportunity to demonstrate his dynamic visual style with the big-budget film adaptation of the Stan Lee comic book superhero Spider-Man (2002), and fans were not disappointed. The movie was strong in both script and effects, and was a runaway success at the box office. Of course, Raimi returned for the sequel, Spider-Man 2 (2004), which surpassed the original in box-office takings. Raimi remains one of Hollywood's most creative, exciting and intelligent filmmakers.
Trivia random: He wanted to adapt and direct The Shadow (1994), but was denied the rights to do it. Instead, he created his own superhero with his film Darkman (1990).
Citazione random: I love the Spider-Man character. And that's what's at the heart of it. That's why I really love it. But there's another fun thing that I never had before where you make your movie and a lot of people see it and they seem to like it. So it's like oh my god, I've always been the nerd, lame ass guy on the side, but I made something that a lot of people like. I know that won't last for long, and I'm obviously riding the Spider-Man thing. He's a popular character for 40 years. So anyone who makes a Spider-Man movie gets to make a popular movie. But it's fun to be popular, even if it's a brief, lame thing, and even though I know it's not important. I can't help it. It's really fun and I know how quickly things turn in Hollywood.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Campbell, Bruce (I)
Nome di battesimo: Campbell, Bruce Lorne
Data di nascita: 22 June 1958
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Ida Gearon::(1991 - present), Christine Deveau::(13 March 1983 - 1989) (divorced) 2 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:"Uncle Sam's favorite son" as the lyrics to the theme of "Jack of All Trades" (2000) go, was born June 22, 1958 (the youngest of 3 brothers) in Royal Oak, Michigan. As a child, Bruce watched "Lost in Space" (1965) on TV, and ran around dressed as Zorro. He got the acting bug at age 8; his dad was performing in local community theater. At 14, Bruce got to play the young prince in "The King and I" and even got to sing. He went on to appear in several community theater productions, including "South Pacific". However, he was also interested in directing, and shot super-8 flicks with a neighborhood pal. Perhaps through fate, he met future director Sam Raimi in a high school drama class in 1975. Soon, along with Sam, and now a bunch of other high school pals, Bruce filmed about 50 super-8 movies. During the summer of 1976, he was an apprentice in northern Michigan at Traverse City's Cherry County Playhouse, a summer-stock company. Bruce worked 18-hour days putting up sets, being assistant stage manager, doing errands, etc. No money, but it was a learning experience (it was show biz). He attended Western Michigan University and took theater courses. Bruce became a production assistant for a company that made commercials in Detroit. In the early part of 1979, with buddy Sam Raimi, he decided to become a pro filmmaker. Armed with a super-8 horror film Within the Woods (1978) which they showed potential investors, they raised $350,000 to make The Evil Dead (1981) which Bruce co-produced and starred in as "Ash". Four years later, the completed film became the best-selling video of 1983 in England, and New Line Cinema got it a US release. Around this time, he married his first wife, and they had 2 kids. They raised 10 times as much cash for the sequel Evil Dead II (1987) again co-produced by Bruce and starring him as "Ash". He moved to L.A. In 1990, while filming Mindwarp (1992), he met his future second wife (costume designer Ida Gearon) on the set. In 1992, he rejoined Sam, and Bruce co-produced and starred as "Ash" in the 3rd of the Evil Dead trilogy, Army of Darkness (1992) for Universal Studios. On TV, Bruce directed many episodes of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995). Bruce also acted as the recurring character "Autolycus", the King of Thieves; he portrayed this villain with zest in both "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995) and "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995). Bruce's latest television venture was starring as the title rogue of "Jack of All Trades" (2000). Everybody loves Jack. And everybody's heard of him -- "There ain't a French or pirate rogue who don't know Jack!".
Trivia random: Attended Western Michigan University for six months before leaving to continue his already budding acting career. [1976]
Citazione random: [about his fans] Thanks for being very loyal . . . they're very well-informed and they're very loyal. Tell 'em I'll need them on that opening weekend.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Regista: Sam Raimi Scrittore: Sam Raimi,
Ivan Raimi Genere: Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.3/10 (39393 voti)
Durata: 99 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Spanish, Hungarian, Czech
Cast:Trama:Christine Brown is responsible for loans in a bank and expects to be promoted to the open position of assistant manager after dealing a big contract. However, the new hire Stu Rubin is a collusive coworker that scheming against Christine to be selected by the manager Mr. Jacks to the position. When Mrs. Ganush, an old gypsy with appearance of witch that has been evicted by the bank, requests a third extension of her mortgage, Mr. Jacks tells Christine that it is her call. Christine denies the loan to prove her boss that she can take tough decisions. Mrs. Ganush begs for the loan but Christine shames the woman calling the security. In the night, Christine is stalked by Mrs. Ganush in the parking lot and they struggle. Out of the blue, Mrs, Ganush removes a button from Christine's coat, curses it, returns the button to her and vanishes. Later, while going home with her psychologist boy-friend Clay Dalton, they pass by the fortune teller Rham Jas, and Christine decides to consult him. He advises her that Christine has the fiend Lamia, the Black Goat, upon her. When Christine is haunted by the dark spirit during the night, at home, she tries to fix the situation releasing the loan of Mrs. Ganush.
Trivia random: Director Trademark: [Sam Raimi] Raimi's 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88, also known as the Classic, appears in the movie as Sylvia Ganush's car.
Citazione random: Mrs. Ganush: I beg and you shame me?
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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