10 Controversial Theories That Improve Films

10. Drag me to Food-Hell

Drag Me to Hell is one of the better horror films of recent years. It saw Sam Raimi return to the genre that he made his name in. The film carries his usual dark humour with it and follows a woman, Christine, who believes she has been cursed by an old woman whom she refused a mortgage extension. However the film may also carry a subtext that if intended would be a stroke of genius. In fact even if not intended it is a happy accident that improves the film anyway. From the offset Christine, is presented as being a bit timid and insecure. A key point to this theory is that we see a picture of her younger self wherein she is a bit... plumper. This coupled with the fact that throughout the film we do not really see Christine eat raises suspicions of a particular condition. She drinks a lot and even brings others food. Additionally many of her experiences with the 'demon' involve things forcing their way down her throat. A dead corpse even empties its stomach contents into her mouth. The one time she sits down to eat some food; it contains an eyeball and other grisly things rolling about. Understandably she freaks out. At work she has a geyser of a nosebleed that sprays out everywhere. Whilst she panics her co-workers act as if nothing particularly out of the ordinary has occurred. This is important as it suggests that the severity of the nosebleed is not as bad as she is making it out to be. In other words we are seeing the world through an unreliable narrator. If you apply this to the rest of her experiences the film suggests that it is simply about a woman suffering hallucination due to Bulimia. The old woman who supposedly curses her has all the symptom of someone suffering from bulimia such as: no teeth, nail damage and loss of hair. Whilst the theory cannot be applied to some of the film, especially the ending, it is a subtext that is heavily supported throughout the film. In fact some elements suggest this so heavily that it seems as if it were done purposefully. source
 
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Hey. My name is Addison. And I am a Film Addict. My addiction began when I was a young lad, but it was controllable... For a while. As I entered teendom, my condition worsened. Slowly all my shelves began to fill with DVD cases. I hadn't even watched them all. I still haven't.