2010年12月28日星期二

Drag Me To Hell

Drag Me To Hell by Sam Raimi

抱歉,之前忘记review这部电影。。。



Synopsis
In 1969 Pasadena, California, a young couple seek aid of the medium Shaun San Dena (Flor de Maria Chahua) as their son claims to see and hear monsters. San Dena aids the family with a seance, but they are attacked by an unseen force which pulls the boy into a fiery pit.

In 2009 Los Angeles, California, bank loan officer Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) hopes to be promoted to assistant manager over her co-worker Stu Rubin (Reggie Lee). Her boss, Jim Jacks (David Paymer), advises her to demonstrate that she can make tough decisions to get a promotion. Christine is visited by an elderly woman, Sylvia Ganush (Lorna Raver), who asks for an extension on her mortgage payment. Christine decides to deny Ganush an extension to prove herself to Mr. Jacks. Jacks compliments Christine on how she handled the situation.

In the bank parking lot, Christine is attacked in her car by Ganush. After a violent struggle, Ganush removes a button from Christine's coat and uses it to place a curse on Christine. Later, with her boyfriend Clay Dalton (Justin Long), they meet the fortune teller Rham Jas (Dileep Rao), who tells Christine that she is being haunted by a spirit. At her home, Christine is attacked by the spirit and has nightmares about Ganush. At work the next day, Christine has a projectile nosebleed that soaks a horrified Mr. Jacks in blood. Christine then tries to meet Ganush at her granddaughter's home and finds that Ganush died the previous night and a memorial service is being held.

Christine returns to Rham Jas, who explains that she is being haunted by a powerful demon called the Lamia that will torment her for three days before taking her to Hell. Rham Jas suggests a sacrifice to appease the demon. The next day, the Lamia returns and thrashes
Christine around her bedroom. Desperate to stop the attacks, Christine sacrifices her pet kitten. At a dinner party with Clay and his parents, Christine is still tormented by the Lamia, which frightens the Daltons enough for them to think Christine is not the right girl for their son Clay.

Christine returns to Rham Jas, for further help, who says that Shaun San Dena will risk her life to stop the demon for a fee of $10,000. Further supernatural attacks on Christine lead Clay to pay the fee. San Dena prepares a séance to trap the Lamia's spirit in a goat and kill it, vanquishing the spirit. San Dena allows the Lamia to inhabit her body. Rham Jas tries to persuade it not to steal Christine's soul, but it refuses and vows to never stop until Christine dies. Christine then places San Dena's hand on the goat, causing the spirit to enter its body. San Dena's assistant, Milos, attempts to kill the goat, but is instead bitten by the goat and in turn becomes possessed, attacking the members of the seance. San Dena banishes the Lamia from the séance, but dies in the process. Rham Jas seals the button from Christine's coat in an envelope and then tells her that the only way to get rid of the curse is to give the accursed item to someone as a gift, thereby passing the curse on to that person.

Christine and Clay drive home, but due to a sudden stop by Clay, she drops the envelope. After retrieving the envelope, Christine attempts to find a recipient of the curse. She decides to give the envelope to Stu, but changes her mind. With guidance from Rham Jas, Christine learns she can give it to Ganush. Christine drives to the cemetery where Ganush is buried and digs up her grave. In a torrential downpour, Christine jams the envelope in Ganush's mouth. The next day, Christine goes to Los Angeles Union Station to meet Clay, where they plan to spend a weekend in Santa Barbara. Clay, planning to propose reveals to Christine that he found the envelope containing the button from her coat in his car. Christine then realizes she mixed up her envelope with another that she gave to Clay. Horrified, Christine walks backward and falls onto the tracks as a train barrels towards her. Before the train hits her, a fiery hole in the ground opens from under the tracks. Clay watches in horror as hands reach out and pull Christine down into hell to burn for eternity.
(Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_Me_to_Hell)






Blues 的评论:
好吧!老实说,这是我看过最最最不恐怖的“恐怖”片。虽然说这部戏的剧情是蛮新鲜的,演员也演得不错,不过,这对于爱看恐怖戏的我来说,可真是大失所望。还有,我最最最不能理解的是,已开始那里,明明是Ganush自己跪下来求Christine,而她过后又把脸抹在Christine的裙上,那么如果换成我是Christine,我肯定也会推开她啦!结果反倒成了Christine侮辱她?就好像华人有句谚语说:“人必自侮,然后人侮之”这样,我觉得这点是Ganush自己的错吧,而且,Ganush自己本身也不是什么善类。一些情节,也可以算是蛮普通的了。就好像Christine到车场,然后看到一条围巾飘过去,然后进而看到Ganush。老实说,在她看到围巾后,用猜的我都可以猜到接下去她会看到谁。就一些情节而言,如果已预先能够被观众猜到,我觉得就没有那么好看了。而另一个部分,最最最奇怪的就是为什么Christine分辨得出她那粒被咒诅的钮扣和她男友送她的钮扣。当Christine把钮扣放进late Ganush的手里后,她认为她得救了。但是,当她男朋友送她类似的钮扣时,为什么她会如此惊吓?她怎么知道她男友送她的那粒钮扣是那粒被咒诅的钮扣?两粒钮扣根本就是一模一样的啊!那她怎么会认为她男朋友送她的那粒钮扣是那粒被咒诅的钮扣,再不然,她怎么会以为她放回的纽扣是被咒诅的那粒?这里的剧情有点奇怪,荒谬。整体来说,我认为这部电影是还好吧!

我会给这部电影三粒星。它的Medal是Medal 4。

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