Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Comedy, Witches, Wizards & Magic, Fantasy, Campy, Cult Classic
Tagline: The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror!
Plot: Not 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 daugter, 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 colorful 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
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| Directed by |
Roger Corman
The Little Shop of Horrors, Pit and the Pendulum, House of Usher |
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| Cast |
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 | Boris Karloff
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein |
 | Jack Nicholson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, As Good as It Gets |
 | | Hazel Court
The Masque of the Red Death, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Premature Burial | | | |
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| Music By |
Les Baxter
Pit and the Pendulum, House of Usher, The Demon's Mask |
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