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New ‘Gamer’ International Trailer Online

29 June 2009 9:33 AM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Although it seems most every element of this film is “borrowed” from other films, it doesn’t make Gamer look any less cool. And now, there’s a new international trailer for the film to further confirm that fact. In case you’re not familiar with the film, Gamer is an action/thriller set in the near future where humans control other humans in a massive multiplayer online game.

Billionaire Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall) has created the controversial form of entertainment called “Slayers,” a hugely popular game that allows millions to act out their secret desires and fantasies online. At the center is Kable (Gerard Butler), who is taken from his family, imprisoned and forced to fight against his will. Now, he must survive long enough to escape the game, free his family, regain his identity and save mankind. Doesn’t sound that tough, right?

Like I said, lots

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International Trailer for ‘Gamer’

29 June 2009 9:06 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

We have the not so new international trailer for Gamer, the film starring Gerard Butler (300) and Michael C. Hall (Dexter). The international trailer pretty much replicates the domestic trailer, introducing audiences to the basic premise of the film, which explores a future where shoot-em-up video games have become a real-world death sport using live humans whose minds and actions are controlled by “gamers.”

Unfortunately, this international trailer is shorter than the domestic version and offers very little if any new footage. Still, never one to deny you loyal readers, here is the international trailer for Gamer:

 

You wouldn’t know it from the trailer(s), but Gamer boasts an impressive supporting cast that includes Alison Lohman (Drag Me To Hell), Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes), John Leguizamo, Zoe Bell (Death Proof), Keith David, Terry Crews (The Expendables) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer). Oh, and Ludacris managed to snag himself a part too,

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Drag Me To Hell Movie Review

26 June 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Title: Drag Me To Hell Directed by: Sam Raimi (Spider Man) Starring: Justin Long (Serious Moonlight, Live Free or Die Hard ) and Alison Lohman (Beowulf) Scores: Technical: 95, Story: 85, Acting: 80, Overall: 87 With all of the hype in the teen-aged horror community surrounding the Twilight series in recent months, it was easy to question how Ghost House Pictures’ new PG-13 release, Drag Me To Hell, would compare. Also being directed and written by Sam Raimi, famously remembered for the smash hit Spiderman trilogy starring Toby Maguire and the revolutionary ‘80s Evil Dead series, and veering away from the slasher sub-genre that has always dominated the box office, Drag Me To [...]

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Drawing on Your Nightmares: After Crypticon

22 June 2009 12:56 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Lest I be taken for a pretentious twit with no place on this site after my last blog, I want to start this one with a quick review of Drag Me to Hell. I loved it. A goofy but great take on supernatural horror, a glorious gross out with a surprising lack of blood—but generous with other bodily fluids—this was Sam at his best. While I hated Spider-Man 3, I felt like that one had more hints of Raimi’s weird vision from the Evil Dead days than anything else he’d done recently. But now, putting Alison Lohman in the place of Bruce Campbell showed Sam’s willingness to adapt for modern, mainstream audiences—since Halloween, it’s just not a horror movie without a damsel in distress doubling as protagonist—as well as the endurance of his own distinct aesthetic, which can bear up under current trends.

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Visual FX from Hell

18 June 2009 2:18 PM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news

One of the most memorable aspects of the much-loved (by both critics and fans) but sadly underseen Drag Me To Hell is the ending of Sam Raimi’s supernatural thriller (Spoiler Alert: that conclusion will be discussed heavily in this piece, with photos from the sequence—so if you haven’t seen the film yet, read no further). Even if you see it coming, as some people have claimed to, it’s a hell of a note to end on, and has sent audiences out buzzing.

When it came time to bring this finale to the screen, Raimi (who also scripted the Universal release with his brother Ivan) looked to Academy Award-winning visual FX house Tippett Studios (Cloverfield, Blade II, Starship Troopers), which also ended up contributing to the opening sequence and the moment in which heroine Christine (Alison Lohman) snorts and swallows a fly. Matt Jacobs, who has been

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Signed Sam Raimi Poster Winner

8 June 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

We have chosen the winner of our signed Sam Raimi movie poster for Drag Me To Hell which is now playing. Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganus...

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OnTheFlix Reviews Sam Raimi’s ‘Drag Me To Hell’ Movie

8 June 2009 5:33 PM, PDT | From OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news

Sam Raimi did a great job with this movie. It was truly frightening. It had me on the edge of my seat the entire time,and that Mrs. Ganush was just truly,truly gross. In a brief synopsis of this film. Christine Brown played by the gorgeous Alison Lohman, is working hard to get a promotion at the bank she works at. One day, an old Gypsy type lady named Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) walks in,and asks Christine if she can please have a third extension on her mortgage because she's been sick. It ends up being Christine's call, after she talks to her manager. Feeling the pressure of wanting to get that promotion,she turns down Mrs. Ganush because it would lose the bank, money. Mrs. Ganush doesn't like that, so she eventually puts a curse of the Lamia on Christine after attacking her. Christine eventually goes to

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Discuss: The Curious Case of 'Drag Me to Hell's Button

7 June 2009 1:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

(Spoilers herein.)

Okay, so you lot have had two weekends now with which to see Sam Raimi's sublimely ridiculous Drag Me to Hell, and I'm seeing the debate that a couple of us waged out in front of the Paramount at SXSW last March coming back around on a grander scale, so I want to open up the floor.

Some have claimed that the third-act twist -- in which Alison Lohman's character mistakenly gives away an envelope with a quarter instead of an envelope with a cursed button and is consequently dragged to, um, Hell -- is telegraphed so far in advance that it takes the suspense out of the last reel or so, while others (including yours truly) believe that Raimi is smarter than that, and knows that we're in for this ride anyway, so even if we know that her efforts to pass on the curse are futile,

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Drag Me To Hell

3 June 2009 11:50 PM, PDT | From Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news

Release Date: May 29Director: Sam RaimiWriters: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi Cinematographer: Peter DemingStarring: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna RaverStudio/Run Time: Universal, 99 mins.

Old Raimi is back, kind of

Sam Raimi has had a long and curious career, but his legacy as a filmmaker has never been in competition. Yes, after The Evil Dead, he quickly took on studio work, and even before the Spider-Man trilogy made billions worldwide, his name was already attached to a host of incongruous titles—The Quick and the Dead, A Simple Plan, For Love of the Game. But he will always known for his dourly imaginative Evil Dead movies, the bombastic, brutal, hilariously tasteless semi-trilogy that over time enshrined him as a godfather of modern horror.

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Lorna Raver Talks Drag Me to Hell

2 June 2009 3:01 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Actress Lorna Raver never thought moving to La was in the cards for her. After all, she had been enjoying a satisfying career playing theatres in both New York and Chicago. However, she took a chance with a friend when they decided to head West, and suddenly Raver found her career zooming right past live performances and into the world of being a character actress on television.

“I definitely never would have moved out here on my own, but I am more than happy that I did,” said Raver. “I always had this idea that women of a certain age just shouldn’t even bother to try and make it in Hollywood, and I have been pleasantly surprised and blessed by all the work that has come my way.”

Now, with a solid start from appearing in episodic television, Raver is taking her next leap starring in Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell,

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Girls on Film: Drag Me to Disappointing Hell

1 June 2009 7:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Combining the words "Sam Raimi" and "horror" is one of those mixtures that evokes bliss -- wild laughs, wonderful chills, and the best hero the big screen has ever seen. Just thinking of Ash was enough to send me into an INeedToSeeDragMetoHellNOW frenzy, positive that Raimi had created a character to rival Bruce Campbell's Ash. Add to that two weeks of tweets about how darned good Raimi's return to horror was, and I was just about foaming at the mouth as I tried to find a way to slip it into my busy weekend schedule.

Preemptively, I began to muse about how great the film would be for this column. So many were saying that Raimi has still got it that I was sure Alison Lohman's Christine would bring some horror-fighting magic. I slipped into a matinee seat, and prepared to be amazed. 99 minutes later, I left in shock.

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Monika Bartyzel

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Killer New Drag Me To Hell Wallpaper

1 June 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Here’s a kick ass new desktop wallpaper for the horror film “Drag Me to Hell” by director Sam Raimi (Spider Man). The film is director Sam Raimi’s return to the horror genre under the Ghost House Pictures label. The film stars Justin Long (Serious Moonlight, Live Free or Die Hard ) and Alison Lohman (Beowulf). Sam Raimi will also direct the upcoming remake of “The Evil Dead” co produced by b-movie legend Bruce Campbell. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Drag Me To Hell. Synopsis: Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy, Evil Dead series) returns to the horror genre with Drag Me to Hell, an original tale of [...]

Brian Corder

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Drag Me To Hell Review

31 May 2009 11:15 PM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

Drag Me To Hell Directed by: Sam Raimi Written by: Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi Starring: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao It's still a little hard to believe that the guy who got his start directing the low budget horror flick The Evil Dead has gone on to be in charge of perhaps the biggest blockbuster franchise of all time, but by now, Sam Raimi has certainly has proven himself many times over. He's come a long way from the days of shooting 8mm films as a kid in Michigan, and yet it's that passion and drive that has propelled him to where he is today. After Spider-Man 3 ballooned into a massive beast that ended up beyond his control, Raimi wanted nothing more than to get back to basics for his next film. Drag Me To Hell would be his first horror movie in over 15 years

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'Drag Me To Hell'

31 May 2009 9:40 PM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news

If your idea of fun at the movies is mixing laughs with white knuckles and teeth grinding, then Drag Me To Hell is a must-see. As a horror film fan who’s been generally disappointed with the genre for years, I couldn’t have been more pleased with Sam Raimi’s loose, freewheeling schlock-fest. Right from the jump (out of my seat) through to the final frame, Drag Me had its audience rocking with delight. And I had one of the better sleepless nights in recent memory.

Raimi began his illustrious career in this territory with the beloved Evil Dead trilogy. He’s tackled most every genre imaginable since — Suspense, Western, Sports Drama — and has conquered Hollywood with the Spiderman franchise. But for me, Raimi will always be connected to the dismembered arms and flying eyeballs of his low-budget horror comedies. With Drag Me, you can feel his excitement at

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New Batch of Gamer Images

31 May 2009 7:18 PM, PDT | From SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news

A new batch of images from Gerard Butler’s sci-fi actioner “Gamer”, one of those movies that you probably won’t be leaving the theaters discussing, unless it’s to argue about how many bodies the movie piles up, and how many explosions they managed through the whole thing. This looks like a straight-forward, shoot’em up in a sci-fi setting, and that’s just fine with me. Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player (Butler) from a game called “Slayers” looks to regain his independence while taking down the game’s mastermind (Hall). Starring Alison Lohman, Gerard Butler, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael C. Hall, John Leguizamo, Terry Crews, Logan Lerman, Keith David, Zoe Bell, Kyra Sedgwick, Aaron Yoo, Amber Valletta, Sam Witwer, Efren Ramirez, and directed by by the duo of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. It’s

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Sam Raimi is a Genius! "Drag Me to Hell" Single-Handedly Restored my Faith in Horror Genre

31 May 2009 5:49 PM, PDT | From Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news

Sam Raimi returns to his "Evil Dead" roots with "Drag Me to Hell." A movie so funny it's scary, or is it the other way around?

Alison Lohman shines in the role of Christine Brown who, initially, only have one thing in mind -- to become the Assistant Manager at the bank where she works.

Justin Long adds the funny and the heart with his role as Christine's supportive boyfriend.

When Christine fails to extend a mortgage loan to an old lady (the talented Lorna Raver), thus evicting her from her home of 30 years, an evil curse falls upon our heroine. Will Christine be dragged to hell?

I Love This Film! You can practically see Raimi's evil eyes squinting with monstrous glee as he's concocting this scary flick with his co-writer, brother Ivan Raimi.

"Drag Me To Hell" Is What Horror Movie Is All About! This puts all the other

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Box Office: Pixar's 'Up' catches solid $68M

31 May 2009 5:06 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Weekend of May 29 – 31, 2009

Pixar’s “Up” safely landed at the No. 1 spot at the North American box office this weekend with $68.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Directed by Peter Docter, the animated family adventure opened at 3,766 locations, scoring an average of $18,109 per theater. The story follows a 78-year-old widower who decides to fulfill his dream and take his entire house on a trip to South America.

Last week’s champion “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” dropped to second place, earning another $25.5 million for a domestic total of $105.2 after a strong two-week run.

Debuting at No. 3 with $16.6 million from 2,508 locations was Sam Raimi’s horror flick “Drag Me to Hell.” In the film, Alison Lohman plays an ambitious loan officer whose life turns into a living hell after she’s cursed by a creepy old lady.

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Drag Me To Hell Movie Review

30 May 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

Went to see Drag Me To Hell yesterday afternoon and have to admit I was pretty damn excited. It is afterall Sam Raimi's return to the horror genre and that is no small thing. Thankfully Drag Me To Hell did not let me down at all. Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her...

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Gamer babe bikini

30 May 2009 1:10 PM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

A bunch of new pics from the Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor directed actioner Gamer have surfaced giving us our first glimpse at Amber Valletta's fine ass in an assortment of skimpy-wear and Alison Lohman looking all despondent teen. In the film, Gerard Butler stars as a death row inmate forced into a game in which outside players control his every move who decides he's had enough and goes after the game's mastermind - a ridiculously accented Michael C. Hall. Valletta's smoking hot ass can be seen in motion on September 4th.

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Pixar's 'Up' grabs $21M Friday

30 May 2009 12:44 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Pixar's latest family adventure "Up" flew to the top of the North American box office Friday with a solid $21.4 milllion in ticket sales (the film opened at 3,766 locations). That's just $1.7 million less than the studio's previous film, "Wall-e."

Directed by Pete Docter, the film follows a 78-year-old man who decides to fulfill his dream and take his entire house on an exciting trip to South America. Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer and Jordan Nagai lead the voice cast.

At No. 2, Shawn Levy's Ben Stiller vehicle "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" grabbed another $7.5 million, lifting its domestic total to $87.3 million.

Meanwhile, Sam Raimi's latest horror flick "Drag Me to Hell" debuted in third place Friday, earning $6.4 million from 2,508 locations. Starring Alison Lohman, the film follows a loan officer who is cursed by a creepy old lady.

McG's "Terminator Salvation" took home $5 million at No. 4, bringing its cumulative gross to $79.6 million.

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