For a film Sam and Ivan Raimi wrote in the early ‘90s and beginning production in three weeks (it was delayed by two weeks from the 17th, probably because of that Ellen Page thing), we know surprisingly little about the plot of Drag Me to Hell. We know that it is about someone who is cursed. We know, as Variety points out, that said cursed person is an “unwitting recipient” of said curse. We know Alison Lohman is in the film. And now we know her character has a boyfriend, who will be played by Justin Long. There was a time when I though Long was going to be a big star, but it’s become clear that he has little interest in attempting to position himself as such and is OK with merely being an mid-level star. As of late, he’s been jumping on projects that basically let him fool around, with some (Live Free or Die Hard, Alvin and the Chipmunks) earning him a lot of money.
Ultimately, though, all that matters is the guy is hilarious. Actually, that probably matters very little for this film. What does matter for Drag Me to Hell is that Long was great in his lone role in a horror movie, that of Darry in Jeepers Creepers. So there.
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Comment #1 (Posted by God)
Hell will also claim Owen.......unless he starts improving. Is it really all that hard, Phil? Jesus Christ!
Comment #2 (Posted by The Devil)
the real Hell will claim Long for all his smug Mac commercials.
Comment #3 (Posted by Muhammad)
Fuck this guy!
Comment #4 (Posted by Ben)
Dude was the single best part of Walk Hard.
Comment #5 (Posted by Johnny Daywalker)
I'll admit he was passable in Waiting and Die Hard 4 but it stuns me that this guy gets all this work. His talent level isn't that high.
Comment #6 (Posted by Spacemanspliff)
Walk Hard? That's not saying much. It was a black hole of shittiness from the minute it was conceived.
I will say that he was truly excellent in Idiocracy however.
Comment #7 (Posted by Norris)
I think Long's goal was to reach a level of stardom that would allow him to nail star quality women like Drew Barrymore. Nothing wrong with that. And yes I do read US Weekly.
Comment #8 (Posted by Servo)
"ah... it says on your chart that you're fucked up. Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded" = why I'll love this guy forever.
Comment #9 (Posted by WTWTF)
"We know that it is about someone who is cursed. We know, as Variety points out, that said cursed person is an 'unwitting recipient' of said curse." Jesus cunting christ, if you can't expand on a basic news story without resorting to this sort of pointless padding, hand it over to someone who can actually offer something witty and/or insightful.

