Post by dvdjunkie on May 30, 2009 8:04:25 GMT -6
Larry is going to be really surprised that I even peeked through the door of the theater, much less bought a ticket for this film, but I did, and I am really jazzed about this movie.
It's been almost 25 years since Sam Raimi has gone back to his directing roots and brought us horror fans a movie we can chew on for a few weeks. I can tell you that this film was worth every minute of the wait. Sam Raimi is back, and I hope that it is for a long time to come.
Alison Lohman plays Christine Brown in this wonderfully put together film. Brown is a bank loan officer competing against a cutthroat colleague, played ruthlessly by Reggie Lee, for a promotion. When a strange old woman named Mrs. Ganush, played exquisitely by Lorna Raver) comes into the bank begging for an extension on her delinquent mortgage. Christine's first instinct is to want to reach out and help this old woman, but in order to prove to her boss (David Paymer) that she can be an efficient and unsentimental businesswoman, she denies the request.
Things begin to turn badly for Christine and because I don't want to give away some of the neat, kinky twists this movie takes I will stop with the basic synopsis right there. I can tell you there are enough frights to make you jump out of your seat several times, and I truly want to go back and see this one again.
In lesser hands this film probably one have turned into the usual 'slasher/gasher' films, but Sam Raimi keeps the reigns held tight is makes us enjoy the ride with him. Alison Lohman is a very underrated actress and in this role she just chews up the scenery as if it were her last meal.
Justin Long, who plays Christine long-suffering boyfriend/fiance', is underused in the film and the tension between his parents and Christine is never truly fulfilled, but Raimi makes it work, and for an hour and 38 minutes we are his captive audience.
I had to raise the bar on the "Junkie-Meter" so I could give this one a marvelous 10 out of 10 Junkie stars. Again, this movie is not for the squeamish, but if you are a fan of "The Evil Dead", then run don't walk to the theater nearest you that is playing this movie.
It's been almost 25 years since Sam Raimi has gone back to his directing roots and brought us horror fans a movie we can chew on for a few weeks. I can tell you that this film was worth every minute of the wait. Sam Raimi is back, and I hope that it is for a long time to come.
Alison Lohman plays Christine Brown in this wonderfully put together film. Brown is a bank loan officer competing against a cutthroat colleague, played ruthlessly by Reggie Lee, for a promotion. When a strange old woman named Mrs. Ganush, played exquisitely by Lorna Raver) comes into the bank begging for an extension on her delinquent mortgage. Christine's first instinct is to want to reach out and help this old woman, but in order to prove to her boss (David Paymer) that she can be an efficient and unsentimental businesswoman, she denies the request.
Things begin to turn badly for Christine and because I don't want to give away some of the neat, kinky twists this movie takes I will stop with the basic synopsis right there. I can tell you there are enough frights to make you jump out of your seat several times, and I truly want to go back and see this one again.
In lesser hands this film probably one have turned into the usual 'slasher/gasher' films, but Sam Raimi keeps the reigns held tight is makes us enjoy the ride with him. Alison Lohman is a very underrated actress and in this role she just chews up the scenery as if it were her last meal.
Justin Long, who plays Christine long-suffering boyfriend/fiance', is underused in the film and the tension between his parents and Christine is never truly fulfilled, but Raimi makes it work, and for an hour and 38 minutes we are his captive audience.
I had to raise the bar on the "Junkie-Meter" so I could give this one a marvelous 10 out of 10 Junkie stars. Again, this movie is not for the squeamish, but if you are a fan of "The Evil Dead", then run don't walk to the theater nearest you that is playing this movie.