7 Movies That Were Way Weirder Than Advertised

For many years now, there's been a tendency to sell every new horror movie that comes along as the most unbelievably terrifying thing you'll ever see. Understandable enough, given that horror movies typically hinge on being scary; but oftentimes, there's a whole lot more to the picture.

This was most certainly with Drag Me To Hell, director Sam Raimi's 2009 return to the genre in which he made his name. Alison Lohman stars as a young woman who finds herself cursed, with three days to save herself before she is condemned to eternal damnation.

Sure, it sounds sinister, and the marketing played up that angle. However, anyone who's seen the Evil Dead movies can tell you that Sam Raimi isn't one for playing his scares totally straight. Still, after the trailer promised a serious scary movie, many viewers were bemused when the film proved to be a much more tongue-in-cheek, slapstick affair.

From Lohman's exaggerated car-seat confrontation with Lorna Raver incorporating stationery and false teeth, to Raver vomiting maggots and shoving her whole fist directly into Lohman's mouth, most of Drag Me To Hell's set pieces are played as much for laughs as scares.

This wasn't what most of the audience expected, which might explain why the film under-performed at the box office, but happily its reputation has grown in the years since.