I've never really been into horror movies. Although I occasionally enjoy them, I don't generally seek them out. However, I heard some good things about "Drag", so when it came to Korea, I decided to see it. I saw it with my friend Alan on Saturday night at Kinopia.
And was it good? Well, it wasn't bad. It kept my interest, and was worth my $7 if barely.
The plot? The old gypsy woman curses a beautiful woman to go to hell in three days. A spirit arrives and torments her during that time. Obviously, she takes steps to avoid going to hell. Who wouldn't? And was she successful? Ah, that would be telling, wouldn't it?
It was fairly gory, with rotten corpses, demonic beasts, open graves, and slimy worms. The noisy girls in front of us jumped and screamed (I only jumped), and what more do you want from a horror movie? It was, however, quite predictable: both Alan and I figured out the basic ending (I was a little wrong on details) way before it happened.
I couldn't really warm up to the woman. If you can picture Gwen Stacy from the Spiderman comic books, she's a dead ringer. One of the reasons why I couldn't much like her was that her ethical-choice score sheet was fairly mixed, and tended towards failing. Actions have consequences, right? She fails the first one in a big way, which leads to the curse in the place. She fails the second one, easily. The third one she squeaks by, but barely. But perhaps her moral failings make her more than one-dimensional? We've all done things we're not proud of, after all: that's part of being human.
The very best part of the movie, in my opinion, was a short 20 second conversation regarding cats and the lack of them. It was easily worth the seven dollar ticket. The worse part? A strange place to keep something very heavy.
In short: if you have time to kill and a few bucks to waste, and if you generally like scary movies, you'll probably not dislike this movie. While a little silly at times, it had its moments.
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