Drag Me to Hell
Universal Pictures | Release Date: May 29, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Raimi has made the most crazy, fun, and terrifying horror movie in years. Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
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 full review
100
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
This film is cunningly crafted in every detail--direction, script, performances, comic timing, special effects--from thunderous start to delicious finish. Read full review
100
Washington PostDan Kois
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 full review
100
Film ThreatMatthew Sorrento
With brother Ivan as his co-writer, Sam tosses out a delightful batch of tense, hilarious set pieces. The two are giggling behind the proceeds like the Coen brothers scripting fresh off a critical triumph. Read full review
100
SlateDana Stevens
Brilliantly nasty little horror film. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Raimi’s new film feels distinctly unburdened and fun, happily frolicking in its own pulp silliness. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
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 full review
90
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Unlike so much contemporary horror, it's devoid of sadism and mean-spiritedness. The looseness Raimi allows himself here results in an especially joyous kind of filmmaking, the sort where the filmmaker's delight in scaring us (and making us laugh) becomes part of the movie's fabric. Read full review
90
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
After directing three Spider-Man movies, Sam Raimi makes a masterful return to the horror genre. Read full review
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Truly, this is manna from hell. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Nothing short of horror-hound heaven. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Raimi knows how to modulate his technique, as with the coolly controlled morality tale "A Simple Plan," but he's a firm believer in the power of an active, expressive camera, as well as the value of insinuation. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
Raimi as a filmmaker is clearly having more fun than he's had in years. So will his fans. Read full review
80
EmpireChris Hewitt (1)
Thrilling and often hilarious, it’s good to see one of Hollywood’s most inventive directors fully reinvigorated. On this form, Spider-Man 4 should be a belter. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter Debruge
The picture is single-mindedly devoted to pushing the audience's buttons, and who better than Raimi to do the honors? Read full review
80
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
If the booga-booga shocks are sometimes repetitive, Drag Me does its audience right in its last-act burst of giddy momentum, sustained by crack editor Bob Murawski through a burlesque exorcism. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Drag Me to Hell has a tonic playfulness that’s unabashedly retro, an indulgent return to Mr. Raimi’s goofy, gooey roots. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The movie is a goofy, ridiculous blast, and yet Raimi means business: Even the precociously cute kitty isn't safe in this one. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
A Raimi-esque mix of gross-out madness and sick laughs. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Working with his brother Ivan, Sam Raimi is laughing with us - and often louder than we are. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Horror-movie heaven. Read full review
75
PremiereStaff (Not credited)
Fear not those who worried about Raimi after the last "Spiderman" debacle. There is no musical number here. The tongue is planted firmly in-cheek. The spirit of "Evil Dead" lives on. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Drag Me to Hell is unlike any scary thriller in a while: frightening, frenzied and fun. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
An unabashedly schlocky, expertly executed blend of jack-in-the-box jolts and humour. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleAmy Binacolli
If you can stomach the projectile-sputum gags and stapled-eyelid attack scene, it's hilarious. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineJason Buchanan
A popcorn film that aims to entertain -- nothing more, nothing less -- and it achieves that goal admirably. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Quick and lowdown-delightful. It's also a graveyard or two up in class from the torture films that, in recent years, have redefined horror for the worse. Read full review
70
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Drag Me to Hell is an eyeball-gouging lesson in how to make a genre flick and live to tell about it. Read full review
63
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike Scott
Even if the obligatory third-act twist arrives with all the subtlety of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Drag Me to Hell otherwise steers mostly clear of predictability. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Although Drag Me to Hell mostly fails as horror, it achieves sporadic success as a comedy. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
Drag Me to Hell is pure cheese. Goat cheese. Read full review
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