Ellen Page Drops Out Of Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell

The horror genre's nasty feud with Oscar nominees continues, as Juno star Ellen Page has pulled out out of the dark place that is director Sam Raimi's upcoming horror-thriller Drag Me to Hell. Bloody Disgusting reports that the sweet tart wasn't happy over the latest draft of the script, which was written by Raimi and his brother Ivan Raimi, but they speculate that this is really "Oscar cold feet." Page came aboard the film earlier this month.

No word on a replacement, but who would you like to see in the flick? It was described here earlier as "a 'spook-a-blast,' a wild ride with all the chill and spills of [Raimi's] The Evil Dead, without relying on the excessive violence of that film." I'm digging the exploitation-vibe of the title, which recalls grindhouse films like I Spit on Your Grave and Thriller: A Cruel Picture. The plot reportedly revolves around "the unwitting recipient of a supernatural curse" and presumably that's who Page was going to play. Page will next be seen in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, the rollerskating-fem movie Whip It!, due in 2009.

Discuss: Who's the best replacement for Page? What young actress who hasn't starred in a horror flick would you like to see take "the plunge"? And after three Spider-Man films and many Jacuzzi nights, does Raimi still have the goods to scare you up a wall and make you do a spit-take back to back?