To me the ending just didn’t fit into the overall context of the film. I could understand the unhappy ending in Justine or the Misfortunes of Virtue/ Les infortunes de la vertu by the Marquis de Sade as the finale was connected with the philosophy of the novella which illustrated a series of negative episodes happening to a good person but in Drag Me To Hell I struggled to find the reason. Christine ultimately seemed to be a good person who was tormented and punished harshly and unnecessarily for no satisfactory reason.

Also, I agree with what was said about the audio cues, I thought that they set a lot of tension which wasn’t followed through with anything to actually make you jump. Those complaints aside I did enjoy the film and thought that the performances of Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver and Dileep Rao where great.

‘Let's also not forget that this gypsy is presumably the same one who sentenced the child to hell for eternity after he stole a necklace - which he tried to return’ -that’s what I assumed had happened too and it made the ending difficult to accept. Looking at it from one perspective it the ending was at the very least entertaining because it was different and well staged but taken in the context of the overall film it’s at the very least... troubling. No matter how hard Christine struggled it ultimately proved futile as she fell victim to a vindictive bitch who couldn’t accept that she had defaulted too many times on her payments and who felt her pride wounded because she decided to make a scene.

It felt as though there was no resolution as Mrs Ganush died before any retribution was extracted by Christine and so she escaped any punishment within the structure of the film. Of course Mrs Ganush conceivably could have been sent to hell for practicing the dark arts, invoking demons and being prideful (illustrated both by her hurt pride after begging and her refusal to live with relatives) but it’s never alluded to.

I like post-apocalyptic narratives and although I’ve never read the book on which this film is based the presentation of the desolate landscapes in the trailer makes it look like a film that I’ll definitely have to watch.

A love story is a love story and this film sounds like it’s got some relatability no matter what your sexual preference is. It also sounds a lot of fun and as Jim Carey has been one of my favourite actors for a while now (and I quite like Ewan McGregor too) I’ll definitely see it when it’s out.

I saw this film last year and I really enjoyed it, it was different. I hope that it gets released so that more people get to see it.