The Raven (1963)
- Directed by
- Roger Corman
- Genre
- fantasy film, comedy film, horror film, B movie, independent film, gothic film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rated
- 9
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 283 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three rival sorcerers trade spells and insults in a gothic castle. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff play the magicians, with Jack Nicholson as Lorre's son.
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What happens
The Raven is a 1963 American comedy Gothic horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers. The supporting cast includes Jack Nicholson as the son of Lorre's character. It was the fifth in the so-called Corman-Poe cycle of eight films largely featuring adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories produced by Roger Corman and released by American International Pictures (AIP). The film was written by Richard Matheson, based on references to Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven". AIP released the film as a double feature with Night Tide. Three decades earlier, Karloff had appeared in another film with the same title, Lew Landers's 1935 horror film The Raven with Bela Lugosi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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