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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: In spite of getting knocked around for much of the film's runtime, Christine always looks presentable.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: In spite of getting knocked around for much of the film's runtime, Christine always looks presentable.presentable…[[spoiler: That is, until she's hauled off to Hell. Her eyes protrude out of their sockets and her face starts to burn from the fire just before she's fully sucked into the ground]].
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* DraggedOffToHell: The theme of the movie, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title suggests]].

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* DraggedOffToHell: The theme of the movie, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as It's right there in the title suggests]].title]]. The curse is that anyone who falls under it will be haunted by malevolent spirits for three days, then dragged down to Hell at the end of it. This is shown early on in the movie when a little boy is sent to Hell for stealing some jewelry. [[spoiler:Christine herself suffers the same at the end of the movie thanks to mixing up an envelope.]]



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The movie is called ''Drag Me to Hell''. Guess what the curse does? [[spoiler: [[CruelTwistEnding And guess what happens]] [[SuddenDownerEnding to Christine]] [[DownerEnding at the end?]]]]

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The movie is called ''Drag Me to Hell''. [[DraggedOffToHell Guess what the curse does? does]]? [[spoiler: [[CruelTwistEnding And guess what happens]] [[SuddenDownerEnding to Christine]] [[DownerEnding at the end?]]]]
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* HopeSpot: An absolutely merciless one.

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* HopeSpot: An absolutely merciless one. [[spoiler:It looks like Christine has broken the curse... but psych, no she didn't. And she's DraggedOffToHell.]]



* WickedWitch: Mrs. Ganush herself.

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* WickedWitch: Mrs. Ganush herself.herself, seeing as how she curses Christine with the chance of going to Hell.
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%%* BlackComedy: It's a Sam Raimi horror, so naturally it runs on this. The [[CruelTwistEnding ending]] is a particularly brutal punchline.

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%%* * BlackComedy: It's a Sam Raimi horror, so naturally it runs on this. The There's a lot of really gross moments, most of which involve Christine getting something gross spilled, spat, or gushed all over her face. But all of the grossness is played for comedy, mostly by how over-the-top it is and snarky one-liners that occur thereafter. [[spoiler:The [[CruelTwistEnding ending]] is a particularly brutal punchline.punchline, as Christine gets DraggedOffToHell after everything.]]



%%* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Again, the button]].

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%%* * ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Again, [[spoiler:The button from the button]].coat. It turns out that the CatScare knocked it out of Christine's hand, so the curse is still active, which she finds out [[DraggedOffToHell a little too late]].]]



%%* DangerousKeyFumble: Christine does this in the car.

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%%* * DangerousKeyFumble: Christine does this in the car.car once she tries to hold onto the button from the coat. There's even a CatScare, just to keep the fumbling going for a little longer before she finally gets it. [[spoiler:Except not. It was the coin from Clay's collection.]]



* EasyRoadToHell: Apparently, being sent to hell is so easy that a single curse can do it regardless of how good you've lived your life or what you've done.

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* EasyRoadToHell: Apparently, being sent to hell is so easy that a single curse can do it it, regardless of how good you've lived your life or what you've done.



* EyeScream: Staple to the eye! Fork to the eye! Also the anvil scene.

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* EyeScream: Staple to the eye! Fork to the eye! Also Anvil to the anvil scene.head that causes an eye to pop out! There's a lot of eye-related trauma here.



* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: The Curse]] has yet to fail.

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* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: The Curse]] Curse has yet to fail.]]

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* DaylightHorror: [[spoiler:The final fright occurs in the middle of the day at a train station.]]
* DeathOfAChild: The prologue features a 10-year-old or so boy being [[AndIMustScream doomed to burn in Hell for all eternity]].

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* DaylightHorror: [[spoiler:The final fright occurs in the middle of the day at a train station.]]
* DeathOfAChild: The prologue features a 10-year-old ten-years-old or so boy being [[AndIMustScream doomed to burn in Hell for all eternity]].
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* TakenDuringTheEnding: [[spoiler:After Christine believes she has finally beaten the curse and her life is about to go back to normal, she learns at the end that she failed to beat the curse and because it hasn't been lifted, she's literally DraggedOffToHell by a bunch of demonic hands as her boyfriend Clay watches helplessly]].
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Again, the button]].

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* %%* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Again, the button]].



* CosmicPlaything: Poor Christine.

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* %%* CosmicPlaything: Poor Christine.



* DangerousKeyFumble: Christine does this in the car.

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* %%* DangerousKeyFumble: Christine does this in the car.



* DeerInTheHeadlights: While [[spoiler: Christine]] sits on the [[spoiler: train tracks]].

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* %%* DeerInTheHeadlights: While [[spoiler: Christine]] sits on the [[spoiler: train tracks]].

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