The Raven (1963)
Genre: Horror / Comedy
Duration: 86 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Roger Corman
Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff
IMDb score:
6,5 (15.299)
Releasedate: 25 January 1963
The Raven plot
"Wits and wizardry run a-fowl!"
dr. Craven is the son of a great magician who has died. One night, the cowardly magician Bedlo comes to Craven for help. The evil Scarabus has turned him into a raven and he needs someone to turn him back to human. Craven doesn't feel like it, but Bedlo tells him that Craven's missing wife Leonore is with Scarabus.
Actors and actresses
Dr. Erasmus Craven
Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
Dr. Scarabus
Lenore Craven
Estelle Craven
Rexford Bedlo
Roderick Craven
Maid
Grimes
Gort
Reviews & comments
Drs. DAJA
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- 4355 messages
- 4521 votes
Very funny film by Roger Coreman, not that the jokes are that great but the amazing acting quartet of Peter Lorre, Vincent Prize, Boris Karloff and Jack Nicolson manage to set a light and fun tone with their wonderfully cool acting. The atmosphere and decors are also very successful, only a pity that the story doesn't have much substance. Anyway, The Raven is a very atmospheric and successful film by Coreman.
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ikkegoemikke
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- 3508 messages
- 5029 votes
Wow, the cast is phenomenal anyway. Price, Karloff and Lorre in a kind of fairytale movie about wizards. I didn't even recognize the very young Jack Nicholson. Oh, the duel looked a bit dated and bland, but all in all this was still a pleasant movie. Funny that they used the footage from this movie for the burning down of the abbey in "The Tomb of Ligeia".
3*
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wendyvortex
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- 5309 messages
- 7325 votes
And in the review as a small tribute to Roger Corman who passed away earlier this year. Those Edgar Allen Poe film adaptations came by with some regularity on the German. Now in a nice box on Blu Ray. Always had a soft spot for The Raven. Not a literal Poe film adaptation but a comic horror with some elements from Poe's poem. Most fun of course because of the cast with Vincent Price vs Boris Karloff and as an extra dessert Peter Lorre. Yep also with a very young Jack Nicholson who hung around in the Corman camp at that time. This remains fun. Forget Harry Potter, these are the real wizards.
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