Juno star Ellen Page has escaped from hell after pulling out of Sam Raimi’s latest horror movie citing scheduling conflicts.

Filming on Drag Me To Hell was due to begin on 17 March (08) in an effort to beat the potential Screen Actors Guild (SAG) strike later this year (08), but shooting on the project was delayed until a later date, forcing 21-year-old Page to withdraw from the film altogether.

A statement from the film’s producers, Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures and financier Mandate Pictures, reads: "We were racing to start production so that we could accommodate Ellen’s schedule.

"But like so many other productions trying to start before the potential SAG strike date, this one needed more time and we had to push back the start of production." Members of SAG are expected to go on strike again over working conditions on 30 June (08), when their current contract expires, reports the Hollywood Reporter.