Review: 'Send Help,' the Next Installment in Director Raimi’s Homage to Horror Genre

Review: 'Send Help,' the next installment in director Raimi’s homage to horror genre

Some of the most intimate moments I've shared have been with people I've never met. Spending decades watching a director's films is like building a relationship. Through their work, I’ve discovered their desires and obsessions and how they feel about…

Send Help: horror as funny as it is scary

Send Help sees the return of legendary horror movie director Sam Raimi with a film in the genre that made him famous. Photo: 20th Century Fox. For 16 years, legendary horror director Sam Raimi went without making a film in the genre that made him famous. Not since Drag Me To Hell in 2009 had Mr Raimi brought moviegoers a film with his classic dark comedy and gory violence that made films like The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness the cult classics …

Send Help (review) - a movie that basks in the playful macabreness that makes Raimi such a hypnotic director - Cinerama Film

When your cast is this strong and your sense of tone is this dexterously colourful, one can’t help but get lost in the grim but exuberant storytelling of Send Help. Whether it’s bizarre comedy, gory horror, a mix of both, or his take on Spider-Man, Sam Raimi’s skill set often amounts to compelling characters and a unique visual and tonal style. Even among filmmakers today, his work has a way of leaving a deep, imprinted impression. Send Help is …