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Drag Me to Hell (2009) More at IMDbPro »

• Ellen Page dropped out because of scheduling problems.
  
  
• The script was written after Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi completed Army of Darkness (1992), but Sam pursued other projects before returning to this.
  
  
• Sam Raimi's friend Bruce Campbell, who appeared in some fashion in every other film Raimi directed, turned down a role because he was busy with his TV show "Burn Notice" (2007).
  
  
• The character played by Justin Long can be seen using various products by Apple Inc. In real life, Justin Long is a spokesperson for Apple Inc.'s I'm a Mac advertising campaign.
  
  
• Lalo Schifrin's "The Exorcist Symphony" was never used (except for one trailer for The Exorcist (1973)), but it is heard over the film's end credits.
  
  
• The name of the medium in the film, Ram Jas, is similar to Ram Dass, the name adopted by Harvard psychologist Richard Alpert when he became a new-age spiritual guru.
  
  
• The movie begins with the 1980s Universal logo, which refers to when director Sam Raimi got started in the horror genre with the first two "Evil Dead" movies. After the credits, there is also the title card that says to take a tour of Universal Studios. This was also used in the 1980s in other Universal movies, such as An American Werewolf in London (1981).
  
  
• Cameo: [Sam Raimi] The director makes a cameo as a spirit during the exorcism scene.
  
  
• Sam Raimi named David Paymer's character after his long time friend producer James Jacks.
  
  
• Director Trademark: [Sam Raimi] Raimi's 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88, also known as the Classic, appears in the movie as Sylvia Ganush's car.
  
  
• Cameo: [Ted Raimi] Sam's brother makes an off-screen cameo as a doctor. Their brother Ivan (also the co-screenwriter of this and several other Sam Raimi-directed films) really is a practicing doctor of osteopathic medicine.
  
  
• In the movie, Shaun San Dena (Adriana Barraza) mentions her late husband Sander, a reference to both Sam Raimi's older sibling, Sander Raimi, who died in a swimming accident at age fifteen while on a trip to Israel, and his oldest nephew, Sander Rubin.
  
  
• The license plate of Sylvia Ganush's car is 99951. When it is turned upside-down, it reads IS666.
  
  
• In Christine's house is a picture of a boat that resembles Anchor Bay's corporate logo. This company released many special editions of The Evil Dead (1981) trilogy by Sam Raimi.
  
  
• When Clay Dalton mentions traveling to his parents' cabin that has trees and is private, this is a direct reference to the cabin used in The Evil Dead (1981) and Evil Dead II (1987).
  
  
• In the car fight scene, Sylvia Ganush (Lorna Raver) curses in Hungarian, saying, "Az ördög szálljon beléd!" ("Shall the devil fly into you!")
  
  
• The Yellow Delta 88 is the same car used in the Evil Dead films.
  
  

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