The Raven
– A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit ..
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
27 Apr 2012
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
James McTeigue
Hannah Shakespeare, Ben Livingston
John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson
This movie is set in the mid 1800s and involves poet Edgar Allan Poe. A serial killer is on the loose and murdering people using Poe's descriptions from his published stories and poems. Poe teams up with Detective Fields, a Baltimore policeman to try and catch the killer by using his knowledge of the descriptions. Even though the stories are fictional, they start to become reality and the killer is a step ahead of them. Then it takes on a personal note as Poe's lover becomes a target. Will they stop the killer in time?
5 nominations.
$16,000,000
Relativity Media