Send Help: Sam Raimi's Powerful Comeback
The best Sam Raimi is the one who stays away from franchises. The one who handles small projects with complete freedom and fully unleashes the darkest parts of his mind. That is the Sam Raimi of A Simple Plan, Drag Me to Hell, and Send Help. Three spectacular films. A Simple Plan stands at the level of the best from Tarantino and the Coens. Drag Me to Hell is my all time favorite horror movie. Send Help is a survival thriller and a fabulous black comedy at the same time. Some will say Send Help is a horror film, and yes, it has some elements of that. I laughed a lot throughout the entire movie, just like what happened to me with Drag Me to Hell, which also made me laugh a lot. Raimi's humor does not ask for permission. Raimi is disturbing and funny. Curiously, the creative team behind Send Help is closer to the horror genre than to thrillers. Send Help is also a survival movie, a subgenre that I love. Nowhere is fabulous, 127 Hours is impressive, and Fall is another gem. But Send...











