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Drag Me to Hell

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Drag Me to Hell is a 2009 American supernatural horror tragedy film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi with Ivan Raimi, starring Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, and Adriana Barraza. The story focuses on a loan officer who, in an effort to prove to her boss that she can make the "hard decisions" at work, chooses not to extend an elderly woman's mortgage. The old woman places a retaliatory curse on her that, after three days of escalating torment, will plunge her into the depths of Hell to burn for eternity. Raimi wrote Drag Me to Hell with his brother before working on the Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007). The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was a critical and commercial success, grossing $90.8 million worldwide against a $30 million budget. It won the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film at the 36th Saturn Awards.

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Directed by
Sam Raimi
Written by
mw- Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi
Produced by
Robert Tapert Grant Curtis
Starring
Alison Lohman Justin Long Lorna Raver Dileep Rao David Paymer Adriana Barraza
Cinematography
Peter Deming
Edited by
Bob Murawski
Music by
Christopher Young
Productioncompany
Ghost House Pictures
Distributed by
Universal Pictures (North and Latin America, Germany and Spain)Mandate Pictures (International)
Release dates
March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15) (SXSW) May 29, 2009 (2009-05-29) (United States)
Running time
99 minutes
Country
United States
Languages
English Spanish
Budget
$30 million
Box office
$90.8 million

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