"I beat you, you old bitch!"

I think I am officially banned from picking movies. I wanted to see Drag Me to Hell the minute I saw the trailer, but B resisted, so as soon as it came out on DVD I demanded that we get it. He put it in horror week for me, and now regrets doing so. What a load. This should have been my perfect movie: Sam Raimi, Justin Long, gypsy curses, evil spirits, possession... everything I love! And yet... and yet. So, so bad. There were a few moments where I literally jumped and gasped, but they were all just those "loud noise/creepy image in your face" type scares. Mostly we just laughed at how freaking lame it was. When Christine saw the old lady's car waiting for her, why didn't she turn back around and get security? The entire situation could have been easily avoided in that one moment. Then the attack sequence with he old lady... ugh. I kept yelling that this had to be a dream, what with the [spoiler] stapling of the eye, the stapler down the throat, the jagged dentures, the chomping on her face, the fact that she decided to RAM INTO OTHER CARS INSTEAD OF JUST RUNNING AWAY!!!! Please. Please. Just... ugh. And then Justin Long saying the police would "talk to" the old lady so she would leave Christine alone? OH, HELLZ TO THA NO. Why was she not pressing charges???? [/spoiler] As I said before, I will suspend my disbelief for just about anyone with a two bit story and a dream in his heart, but this was ghastly, and not in the good way horror movies should be. When the [spoiler] goat [/spoiler] started talking it was all I could do not to leave the room. Such a disappointment.