When you think of horror film premises, your first thought usually involves some sort of outside force acting on the main characters. Sometimes that’s in the form of a supernatural entity, or any sort of killer. But with Drag, the feature debut of director/screenwriters Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer, that initial driving factor is more mundane than that, which, in turn, ups the fear factor.
Drag opens up on two sisters, played by Lizzy Caplan and Lucy DeVito, who are staking out a house to rob it. Seems simple, right? That’s what they think, too. And it seems like it does, as Caplan (who is listed as simply “Fuckup”) leaves DeVito (who is listed as “Sister”) to wait in the car. But when a pained, panicked call on the walkie comes through to DeVito, it seems like something has indeed gone very wrong. Once she gets into the house, she finds her sister slumped in the master bathroom’s spacious tub, her back thrown out and unable to move.
