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Will you shudder with horror, or shake with laughter? A glorious tongue-in-cheek romp.

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EAN5060105721632

eBay Product ID (ePID)168210107

Product Key Features

ActorPeter Lorre, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court, Olive Sturgess, Jack Nicholson

Film/TV TitleThe Raven

DirectorRoger Corman

Release Year2013

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

GenreDrama, General

Run Time85 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Number of Discs1

Additional InformationNot only does this atmospheric AIP horror-comedy feature Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and Peter Lorre, but it also stars a young Jack Nicholson. Add a funny script by Richard Matheson and deft direction by Roger Corman and this is unbeatable fun, a perfect Halloween film for the whole family. Price stars as Craven, a sensitive, nonpracticing 16th-century wizard who begins the movie alone in his castle, lamenting for the lost Lenore, via the famed Edgar Allan Poe poem. Naturally, he's soon visited by a raven, which in this case turns out to be a wine-swilling, obnoxious fellow magician, Bedlo (Lorre), who's been enchanted by the evil sorcerer down the road, Dr. Scarabus (Karloff). When it's revealed that Craven's presumed-dead wife, Lenore (Hazel Court), was seen at Scarabus's castle, Craven heads over to investigate, along with Bedlo, Bedlo's son (Nicholson), and Craven's attractive daughter, Estelle (Olive Sturges). Once they arrive at Scarabus's gloomy, cobweb-covered abode, a wild night of horror and hilarity ensues, highlighted by a climactic wizard's duel between Scarabus and Craven, replete with colourful special effects and great comic timing. Hardly a gloomy tale of woe as the title might suggest, THE RAVEN is a hoot, with the chemistry of the leads providing maximum alchemical yield.

ScreenwriterRichard Matheson

AuthorEdgar Allan Poe

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleThe Raven

Consumer AdviceContains infrequent moderate violence and mild horror