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Posted: Mon., Mar. 2, 2009, 7:00pm PT

'Hell' to fire up SXSW

Demme's Neil Young performance film added

'Drag Me to Hell'

Sam Raimi’s 'Drag Me to Hell' will screen in SXSW’s midnight section.

South by Southwest has added Sam Raimi's "Drag Me to Hell" as a work in progress and Jonathan Demme's Neil Young performance film to its lineup.

Raimi will introduce "Drag Me to Hell" at a midnight screening on March 15. The Universal horror project stars Alison Lohman and Justin Long in a story of young woman's desperate quest to break an evil curse.

Demme, who also directed "Neil Young: Heart of Gold," will premiere "Neil Young Trunk Show" on March 21.

The SXSW Film Conference and Festival runs March 13-21 in Austin, Texas. It will open with a screening of "I Love You, Man," directed by John Hamburg and starring Paul Rudd, Jason Segel and Rashida Jones.

Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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