Drag Me To Hell (2009)

After getting us all through election season, Aughtsterion is
concluding its first season with an elite level guest. Filmmaker
April Wolfe joins Jordan and Sam to discuss Sam Raimi's odd man
out of millennium horror with 2009's Drag Me To Hell. This
one is a classic of the era by virtue of feeling completely out
of place within it, but turns out that not only is this
charmingly kitschy story of a demonic curse a little marvel of
daylight horror with excellent performances from Alison Lohman
and company, it's also... a passing story that's partly about the
ills of capitalism. Listen to find out how Sam ties Miley Cyrus
to the whole thing, and to hear April describe why Raimi is an
eminently American filmmaker.


 


Produced by: Jordan Crucchiola


Music by: Sam Wineman