GITS Script Reading and Analysis Series: “Drag Me To Hell” — Themes

This week we are analyzing the screenplay for the 2009 movie Drag Me To Hell (written by Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi), your choice for the Horror Comedy cross-genre.

You may access the 2007–09–26 draft of the script here.

Today we discuss the script’s themes. There are several of them in Drag Me To Hell. Which ones do you see at work in the story?

See you in comments to discuss the themes in Drag Me To Hell.

For Day 1 of our analysis of Drag Me To Hell, go here.

For Day 2 focusing on structure, go here. If you haven’t checked out the incredible spreadsheet Teddy Pasternak put together visualizing the structure of DMTH, you should do so here.

For Day 3 focusing on characters, go here.

Remember the upcoming schedule:

Week 11 [November 14-November 18]: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [2003–02–04] — Charlie Kaufman

Week 12 [November 28-December 2]: Panic Room [2000–02–23] — Action Thriller

NOTE: THIS SERIES AND THE USE OF SCRIPTS IS STRICTLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES!

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